Journal article citations
- Author name(s)
- Year of publication
- Title of article
- Title of journal
- Volume number
- Issue number (omitted in most cases, unless the journal has multiple issues per volume and each issue begins with the page number 1)
- Page numbers (for articles published both in print and online) or article number (for online-only articles)
- For articles published online: URL or DOI (omitted for some citation styles)
Examples:
- 6 or fewer authors:
Freeman PR, Goodin A, Troske S, Strahl A, Fallin A, Green TC. 2017. Pharmacists’ role in opioid overdose: Kentucky pharmacists’ willingness to participate in naloxone dispensing. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association 57: S28-S33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japh.2016.12.064
- More than 6 authors:
Barnosky AD, et al. 2012. Approaching a state shift in Earth's biosphere. Nature 486: 52-58. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11018
- Published online only, with an article number rather than page numbers:
Ali-Murthy Z, Lott SE, Eisen MB, Kornberg TB. 2013. An essential role for zygotic expression in the pre-cellular Drosophila embryo. PLoS Genetics 9: e1003428. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1003428 (Note: not all article numbers begin with "e")
- Article title ending in a question mark or other punctuation mark:
Ray A, Camiolo M, Fitzpatrick A, Gauthier M, Wenzel SE. 2020. Are we meeting the promise of endotypes and precision medicine in asthma? Physiological Reviews 100: 983-1017. https://doi.org/10.1152/physrev.00023.2019
