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APA (7th ed.) referencing guide (Online): Journal article with no identified author/anonymous author

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Articles with no identified author/anonymous author

When a work has no identified author, cite in text the first few words of the reference list entry (usually the title) and the year. Use double quotation marks around the title of an article, a chapter or a web page, and italicise the title of a journal, a book, a brochure, or a report.

When a work's author is designated as "Anonymous" cite in text the word Anonymous followed by a comma and the date.

In text citations

Example:

“Supporting healthy” (2013) describes....
OR
...(“Supporting healthy", 2013).

Reference list

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

Example:

Supporting healthy and normal physiologic childbirth: A consensus statement by ACNM, MANA, and NACPM*. (2013). Journal of Perinatal Education, 22(1), 14-18.