Harvard Examples - Articles - Electronic

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In-text

Standard in-text citation examples are in Getting started - In-text citation.

Reference List

Template

Author. Year. "Title of article." Title of Journal Volume (Issue): Pages. http://www.xxxxxxx.

Example with DOI

de Janasz, Suzanne C. and Monica L. Forret. 2008. "Learning the art of networking: A critical skill for enhancing social capital and career success." Journal of Management Education 32 (5): 629-650. https://doi.org/10.1177/1052562907307637.

Example without a DOI

Sutherland, Edwin H. 1945. "Is 'white collar crime' crime?" American Sociological Review 10 (2): 132-39. https://www.proquest.com/docview/940915352?accountid=13380.

Journal article preprint

Articles published on a preprint server (e.g. PsyArXiv, ChemArXiv, Figshare) are cited much like published journal articles, except that "preprint", followed by the name of the preprint server, takes the place of journal details. Also include the month, date and year the article was published/last updated/last edited.

Template

Author. Year. "Title of article." Preprint, Name of preprint server. Month date, year. https://doi.org/xx.xxx.xxxx.xxxxx.

Example

Yong Gun Lee, Vitaliy Vinogradov, Gulnara Zhakupova, Gaukhar Mergenova, Chenxi Yang, Caitlin Laughney, Alissa Davis, et al. 2024. "Minority stress and psychological distress among sexual and gender expansive people: Evidence from Kazakhstan." Preprint, PsyArXiv, September 6, 2024. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/zbcnp.

Notes

Adding a URL with a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) is preferable when it is available.

Some electronic articles have no issue number. In that case, substitute the month or season in the parentheses.

When including both the issue number and the month or season, use the formatting as described in the Print examples, followed by the appropriate URL information.

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