A basic reference list entry for a journal article in APA should include: Author(s). Year of publication of the article in parentheses. The title of the article. Title of the journal in italics. Volume of the journal in italics. Publication number of the journal in parentheses, without italics. Article page range. DOI or URL. Basic format. In an APA reference, the author name is reversed: start with the last name, followed by a comma and initials, separated by a period and a space. Treat infixes, such as “Van” or “De,” as part of the last name. Do not include personal titles such as doctorate. or Dr. but include suffixes. Smith, THJIn this video, Dr. Kristin Rodier explains how to locate the volume and item number, as well as the page range across the library page and. Write all volume numbers in Arabic numerals and italics. No abbreviation for volume. The issue number immediately follows the volume and is not italicized. Place all information about the problem in parentheses. Example: Volume number is issue number: Advertising to Adolescents: An Examination of Skepticism. 2011. Author: Indicate the author's last name, then the first and middle initials. Put a space between the initials. Example: Jack, AA Two authors: Put a comma and an ampersand between the authors. Example: Cook, M. amp Croft, JB Three or more authors: Put a comma after each author. Before the final author, put a comma. Not all journals use issue numbers. The APA recommends providing both the volume and issue number if each issue of the journal is separately paginated, that is, if each issue begins with. Turabian suggests that more is better - if the journal provides both volume and issue numbers, include them both in the citation. APA Handbook of Educational Psychology Vols. 1-3. American Psychological Association. A volume of a multi-volume work: If the volume has its own title, as in the example above, include the volume number and title after the main title in italics. lt, lt Previous: Dictionary Next: Poetry gt, gt Last update: 3: