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Chicago Referencing Guide: Journal articles

Journal article

Format

Author Last Name, First Name. Year. "Title of Article in Title Case." Title of Journal in Italic Title Case Volume number, no. issue number (Month or Season): page range of article. URL or DOI (formatted as https://doi.org/10####)

Reference List

Wirl, Franz. 2022. "Environmental Incentives Facing Private Information." Environment and Development Economics 27, no. 2 (April): 167-183. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355770X21000048.

Lampel, Joseph, Theresa Lant, and Jamal Shamsie. 2000. “Balancing Act: Learning from Organizing Practices in Cultural Industries.” Organization Science 11 (3): 263–69.

In-Text

... (Wirl 2022, 169). 

... (Lampel, Lant, and Shamsie 2000, 265).

OR

Wirl (2022) ... 

Lampel, Lant, and Shamsie (2000) ...

Notes

  • Invert the name of the first author in the reference list and use the form of the authors' names as they appear on the source.
  • Put quotation marks around the article title. Capitalise the first letter of all the major words in the title and subtitle.
  • If you find an article missing things like volume or issue numbers, or a DOI number, just leave them out of the reference, only include what you can.
  • A span of months or seasons may be cited, e.g. (May/June) 
  • Some articles may have what is called an 'elocator' number or 'article number' e.g. Article e12174. If that is the case, put that in place of the page numbers, but keep the rest of the reference the same.
  • If an online article has both a DOI number and a URL, only include the DOI.

Journal article - Advance online publication

Format

Author Last Name, First Name. Year. “Title of the Article in Title Case.” Title of the Journal in Italic Title Case (forthcoming). URL or DOI (formatted as https://doi.org/10####)

Reference List

Kappes, Andreas, and Gabriele Oettingen. 2014. “The Emergence of Goal Pursuit: Mental Contrasting Connects Future and Reality.” Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (forthcoming). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2014.03.014.

In-Text

... (Kappes and Oettingen 2014). 

OR

Kappes and Oettingen (2014) ... 

Notes

  • Put quotation marks around the article title. Capitalise the first letter of all the major words in the title and subtitle.
  • An advance online publication is one that has been accepted by the journal and published online but has not yet been given a volume, issue or page number, which will be assigned at a later date. Add forthcoming in brackets after the journal title.
  • The final published version of the article may be different from the advanced online publication. Cite the version of the work you have used, however try and cite the final, published version of the work if you can.
  • If you find an online article missing things like volume or issue numbers, just leave them out of the reference, only include what you can.

Journal article - Forthcoming

Format

Author Last Name, First Name. Forthcoming. "Title of the article in Title Case." Title of the Journal in Italic Title Case. URL or DOI (formatted as https://doi.org/10####)

Referencing List

Davis, James, and Alberto Bellocchi. Forthcoming. "Intensity of emotional energy in situated cultural practices of science education". Cultural Studies of Science Education.

In-Text

... (Davis and Bellochi, forthcoming).

OR

Davis and Bellochi (forthcoming) state that ...

Notes

  • Articles that are 'Forthcoming' have been accepted for publication and can be cited, however they have not yet been formally published. Because of this they would often be missing elements such as the year of publication, volume and issue numbers, and page numbers.
  • The articles may be found in a database search, or possibly an institutions website. Add a URL or DOI if supplied.
  • Try and use the formally published version of the article if you can, as changes may have been made from the forthcoming version and consider re-checking references prior to submitting your work in case a forthcoming article has been assigned a volume, issue and page numbers, and even extra authors. If this is the case, re-format your reference and in-text citation if necessary. 
  • If you find an online article missing things like volume or issue numbers, just leave them out of the reference, only include what you can.