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APA (7th ed.) referencing guide (Online): Journal article with one author

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Journal article with one author

Below you will find guidance and examples of how to set out a reference to a journal article with one author in the body of your work and in the reference list at the end.

In text citations

In-text citation requires that the last name of the author and the year of publication be inserted into the text.

Example:
Nakley (2015) states that...
OR
...(Nakley, 2015).
 
Example:
Lee (2021) claims that...
OR
...(Lee, 2021).

Reference list

Last name, Initial(s). (Year). Article title. Journal title in italics, Volume number in italics(issue or part number), page numbers. DOI

Examples:
Lee, D. (2021). Bringing personality to personal finance. Accounting Today, 35(3), 8.

Nakley, S. (2015). On the unruly power of pain in Middle English drama. Literature and Medicine, 33(2), 302-325. https://doi.org/10.1353/lm.2015.0022