A basic reference list entry for a journal article in APA must include Author or authors The surname is followed by first initials Year of publication of the article (in round brackets) Article title Journal title (in italics) Volume of journal (in italics) Issue number of journal in round brackets (no italics) Page range of articleImportant Note Some electronic citations necessitate the use of brackets APA style dictates that brackets should directly surround their content without spaces (eg, bracketed content should look like this) When possible, include the year, month, and date in references If the month and date are not available, use the year of publicationThe APA citation style is a parenthetical authordate style, meaning that you need to put the author's last name and the publishing date into parentheses wherever another source is used in the narrative The APA format consists of intext citations and a reference list, along with guidelines for formatting the paper itself Ap...