A typical Works Cited page citation for an article includes these elements, with a website or digital object identifier (DOI). A DOI is preferable to a website URL for a scholarly journal article because the DOI is a permanent, online location for the article.
The formatting rules for multiple authors also apply to scholarly articles. Article titles are always in quotation marks. Journal titles are always italicized because they are the containers for the articles:
Author Last, First Name. “Title of article.” Journal or Publication Title, vol. #, no. #, Publication Year. pp. pages of article. https://doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyy.
Guneratne, Anthony. “The Greatest Shakespeare Film Never Made: Textualities, Authorship, and Archives.” Shakespeare Bulletin, vol. 34, no. 3, 2016, pp. 391–412. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26355195.
If a journal article does not have a DOI, cite as much information as you have for the article.
Marks, D.F. (1995). New Directions for Mental Imagery Research. Journal of Mental Imagery, vol. 19, no. 3-4, pp.153-67.
Sometimes, journals do not have a DOI, but they do have a stable URL or permalink. If this is the case, cite the journal as you would any journal with a DOI, replacing the DOI with the stable URL or permalink. Some databases allow you to generate a permalink for an article if you want to use one.
Author Last, First Name. “Title of article.” Journal or Publication Title, vol. #, no. #, Publication Year, pp. pages of article, https://doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyy or https://www.permalink.xyz
Vecina, Maria Luis, et al. Eco-anxiety or simply eco-worry? Incremental validity study in a representative Spanish sample. Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 16, 2025, pp.1-11, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1560024. PMID: 40276657; PMCID: PMC12020512. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12020512/
Galton, F. (1880). Statistics of Mental Imagery. Mind, vol. 5, no. 9, pp. 301-318. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2246391
Citing an article in a print journal or magazine in your Works Cited list is very similar to citing an online journal. Include the author or authors, the title of the article, the journal or magazine name, a volume number if there is one, the date of publication, and the page range of the article. The same rules for listing multiple authors for other sources also apply to print journals and magazines.
Author Last, First Name. “Title of article.” Journal or Publication Title, vol. #, no. #, Publication Year, pp. pages of article.
Tamayo, Jesus, et al. Stand Up and Ball: Fan Perceptions and Reaction to Activism by NBA Teams.
International Journal of Sport Management, vol.26, 2025, pp. 107-32.
Institutional research is cited similarly to other publications when you are including these works in your Works Cited list. Institutional research can take the form of articles, dissertations, textbooks, among other things, so it is important to look at the source carefully to determine the correct citation format. As with all citations, include as much information as you have available. Often, the associated URL will be from the institution where the research was generated.
Author Last, First Name. “Title of Article.” Publication date. Institution. Type of Institutional Research or Journal or Publication Title, vol. #, no. #, Publication Year, Institutional Identifier, https://xxx.yyy.xyz/zzz
Zhen, Jingying. "Small Universe: Exploring Microorganisms in Water From an Artistic Perspective." 2020. University of Northern Colorado, Master's Thesis, 168, https://digscholarship.unco.edu/theses/168.
Ramirez, Antonio. "The Labor of Art." 2020. University of Northern Colorado. Action Research Projects, 24, https://digscholarship.unco.edu/arp/24.
If your source is a book, cite it as you would a print or online book, making sure you are using the institution's generated URL for the source.
Author Last, First Name. “Title of Work.” Publication date. Type of Institutional Research or Publication, Institutional Identifier, https://xxx.yyy.xyz/zzz.
Park, Junpyo, "Review: The Economy 1.0 (CORE Econ)." 2019. Open Textbooks & Reviews, 9, https://digscholarship.unco.edu/textbooks/9.