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APA (7th ed.) Citation Guide for Health Sciences

Article with a DOI

Pyasik, M., Salatino, A., Burin, D., Berti, A., Ricci, R., & Pia, L. (2019). Shared neurocognitive mechanisms of attenuating self-touch and illusory self-touch. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 14(2), 119-127. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsz002

 

 

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Parenthetical citation: (Pyasik et al., 2019)

Narrative citation: Pyasik et al. (2019)

Article with a DOI, 21 or more authors

Wen, J., Long, X., Zheng, X., An, Y., Cai, Z., Cang, J., Che, Y., Chen, C., Chen, L., Chen, Q., Chen, Z., Cheng, Y., Deng, L., Deng, W., Ding, W., Du, H., Duan, L., Gan, Q., Gao, T, Gao, Z., ... Wu, D. (2019). GRID: A student project to monitor the transient gamma-ray sky in the multi-messenger astronomy era. Experimental Astronomy, 48(1), 77-95. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-019-09636-w

 

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Parenthetical citation: (Wen et al., 2019)

Narrative citation: Wen et al. (2019)

 

NOTE: Include the first 19 authors' names, an ellipses (...) then the final author's name. (Do NOT use "&" before the last author). 

Article without a DOI, from a database or in print

Venuta, S. (2018). Words that heal and harm: Making wise choices when we talk about mental health. Visions: BC's Mental Health and Substance Use Journal, 14(1), 20-22.

 

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Parenthetical citation: (Venuta, 2018)

Narrative citation: Venuta (2018)

 

NOTE: Do not include the database name or URL. "Provide database or online archive information in a reference only when it is necessary for readers to retrieve the cited work from that exact database or archive...URLs from databases or library-provided services usually require a login and/or are session specific, meaning they will not be accessible to most readers and are not suitable to include in a reference list" Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th ed., 2020, p. 317).

Articles from Cochrane's Database of Systematic Reviews

Lane, D. A., & Lip, G. Y. H. (2013). Treatment of hypertension in peripheral arterial disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic  Reviewshttps://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD003075.pub3

 

 

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Parenthetical citation: (Lane & Lip, 2013)

Narrative citation: Lane and Lip (2013)

 

Notes: 

 

  • Cochrane reviews follow the journal article format, whether you access the PDF file from Cochrane's website or via the Library database
     
  • Provide the name of the database (Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews) in italic title case in the reference, but if you write the name of the database elsewhere in the paper, do not italicize it.
     
  • For more details see: APA Blog post: Cochrane Reviews