# American Psychological Association (APA) 7th edition

American Psychological Association (APA) 7th edition — author-date style; used in anthropology, communications, generic-base, law, medicine, psychology, social science, sociology; United States.

Canonical page: https://www.citationeasy.com/citation-style/apa
## What this style is

APA style is used in psychology, education, and the social sciences. It uses an author-date in-text citation system and a reference list at the end.

## When it is used

Psychology, education, social sciences, nursing, and business in the United States and many other countries.

## Facts

- Citation format: **author-date**
- Disciplines declared by the CSL definition: anthropology, communications, generic-base, law, medicine, psychology, social science, sociology
- Region: United States
- CSL style slug: `apa`

## Real examples in this style

The same three sources formatted by this style's own CSL definition:

**Journal article**

> Rivera, M., & Chen, D. (2021). The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice. Journal of Scholarly Communication, 12(3), 145–162. https://doi.org/10.1000/jsc.2021.145

**Book**

> Okafor, A. (2019). The craft of research writing (2nd ed.). University Press.

**Website**

> Larsen, S. (2023, May 14). How peer review works. Open Science Digest. https://www.example.org/peer-review

**In-text citation** (for the journal article above)

> (Rivera & Chen, 2021)

## Generate a citation in this style

```http
POST https://www.citationeasy.com/api/v1/cite
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "input": "10.1038/nature12373",
  "style": "apa",
  "inText": true
}
```

## Related

- Style record as JSON: https://www.citationeasy.com/api/v1/styles/apa
- Browse all styles: https://www.citationeasy.com/citation-styles

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