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How to Cite a Journal Article in Chicago
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Chicago example for a journal article
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Reference list entry
Vaswani, Ashish, Noam Shazeer, Niki Parmar, et al. 2017. “Attention Is All You Need.” Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 30: 5998–6008.
In-text citation
(Vaswani et al. 2017)
Quoting? Add the page number
(Vaswani et al. 2017, 6000)
No date? It renders like this
Vaswani, Ashish, Noam Shazeer, Niki Parmar, et al. n.d. “Attention Is All You Need.” Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 30: 5998–6008.
What you need to cite a journal article
- All authors (the style abbreviates with “et al.” where required)
- Article title
- Journal name
- Year, volume, issue and page range
- DOI, if there is one
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Frequently asked questions
How do I cite a journal article in Chicago?
Vaswani, Ashish, Noam Shazeer, Niki Parmar, et al. 2017. “Attention Is All You Need.” Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 30: 5998–6008.
What if the journal article has no author or date?
With no date, it becomes: Vaswani, Ashish, Noam Shazeer, Niki Parmar, et al. n.d. “Attention Is All You Need.” Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 30: 5998–6008.
How do I add a page number when quoting a journal article in Chicago?
(Vaswani et al. 2017, 6000)
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