APA Referencing
Magazine articles
Some magazines (usually more scientific ones) have volume and/or issue numbers so can be cited like a journal. Examples of these include the New Scientist, and the Monitor on Psychology. You may find volume/issue numbers if you look closely even at non-science magazines. Scroll down for associated examples including different numbers of authors, supplements, articles in press etc.
Reference list:
Clay, R. A. (2018, February). Are you burned out? Here are the signs and what to do about them. Monitor on Psychology, 49(2), 31-34.
The citation in your text will be:
(Clay, 2018)
or, if you have quoted directly,
(Clay, 2018, p.32).
If you have used the author's name in your sentence then only the year of publication, with a page reference if necessary, is placed after it in brackets, eg
Clay (2018) suggests that ...
or, if you have quoted directly,
Clay (2018, p. 32) states that ...
Other Examples
Magazine article without volume or issue number
Reference: Palmer-Cooper, E. (2018, June). Public involvement in research – just good science. The Psychologist, 46-47.
Citation: (Palmer-Cooper, 2018)… or Palmer-Cooper (2018)…..
If retrieved online, give as much date detail as you can get and omit page numbers. The example below has an exact date of publication on its page:
Reference: Sherman, C. (2019, October 14). The Quest to Cure PTSD. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/articles/201910/the-quest-cure-ptsd
Citation: (Sherman, 2019)… or … Sherman (2019)….
Magazine article retrieved online, has volume and issue numbers
Reference: DeAngelis, T. (2004, June). Consumerism and its discontents. Monitor on Psychology, 35(6). http://www.apa.org/monitor/jun04/discontents.aspx
Citation: (DeAngelis, 2004)… or …De Angelis (2004)….
Reference: King, M. (2019, November). Meta-analyses: To do or not to do. APS Observer, 32(9). https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/meta-analyses-to-do-or-not-to-do
Citation: (King, 2019)… or …King (2019)…
NB Page numbers are not always given in online materials. If you cannot find a page reference, or any volume or issue number, leave it out of the citation and reference.
Magazine article, no author given
If there is no author mentioned, use the article’s title in place of the author’s name. Then give the year, magazine name, and issue details as above. For example:
Title of article. (2018). Magazine’s Name, 20(4), 45-47.