APA Citation Generator
Fill in the source details and get a ready-to-paste APA 7th edition reference list entry plus the matching in-text citation. Three source types are covered — books, journal articles and web pages — with author formatting (initials, ampersands, "et al."), (n.d.) for missing dates and DOI normalization handled for you. Remember to italicize book titles, journal names and volume numbers when pasting into your document, as plain-text copies cannot carry formatting.
Frequently asked questions
What does an APA 7 reference entry consist of?
Four elements: author (surname plus initials), date in parentheses, title in sentence case, and source — the publisher for books, the journal with volume(issue) and pages for articles, or the site name and URL for web pages. A DOI is added as an https://doi.org/ link whenever one exists.
How do in-text citations work in APA 7?
Cite the author's surname and year: (Doe, 2020). Two authors are joined with an ampersand: (Doe & Smith, 2020). For three or more authors, use the first author plus "et al.": (Grady et al., 2019).
How should titles be capitalized?
Reference list titles use sentence case: capitalize only the first word, the first word after a colon, and proper nouns. Journal names are an exception — they keep their own title case (e.g. Psychology of Popular Media Culture).
When do I include a retrieval date for a web page?
Only when the page content is designed to change over time and is not archived — for example a dictionary entry or a live statistics dashboard. Most web pages need just the site name and URL, without "Retrieved from".