Question: How do I cite a journal article in APA Style?

Key:

Author. (date of publication). Title of the article. Title of the Journal, volume number(issue number), page range. DOI in URL format

Example:

Orben, A. (2020). Teenagers, screens and social media: A narrative review of reviews and key

studies. Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology, 55(4), 407-414.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-019-01825-4

Identify the Citation Elements of a Journal Article with a DOI Found in a Database

1. Author
2. date of publication
3. Title of article
   • use sentence-style capitalization
   • do not italicize 
4. Title of the Journal
   • ​use title-style capitalization​
   • italicize
5. volume number
   • ​​italicize
   • do not add the letters vol, just enter the number itself
   • if the article does not have a volume number, then omit this element
6. (issue number)
   • enter the issue number itself inside parenthesis
   • do not italicize
   • if the article does not use issue numbers, then omit this element
   • if you are not able to find the issue number by looking at the article, then use the citation tool from the database to get this information
7. page range
8. DOI in URL format
   • start this element with:  https://doi.org then add the DOI number from the source
   • you can copy this DOI URL from the source, or from the citation tool

Orben, A.  (2020).  Teenagers, screens and social media: A narrative review of reviews and key studies.  Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology,  55  (4), 407-414.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-019-01825-4

The example below is a screenshot of the first page of the journal article, as found in an EBSCOhost database from the library. The issue number is not depicted in the screenshot, but this can be found by using the citation tool from the database,or by looking up this particular journal on the web.