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American Anthropological Association Citation Generator
Generate references in American Anthropological Association from a DOI or link in seconds. CitApp renders this style with citeproc, the same engine as Zotero and Mendeley, so every comma matches the spec. Free for students, no sign-up to try.
What an American Anthropological Association reference looks like
American Anthropological Association is an author-date style: the in-text citation gives the author surname and year in parentheses.
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Journal article
Babonis, Leslie S., and Mark Q. Martindale 2022 A Novel Regulatory Gene Network in Cnidarians. PNAS 119(19): e2113701119.
Book
Kuhn, Thomas S. 1970 The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. University of Chicago Press.
Web page
IPCC 2021 Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/, accessed July 15, 2026.
In-text citation
(Babonis and Martindale 2022)
Journal article with 26 authors
Harris, Charles R., K. Jarrod Millman, Stéfan J. van der Walt, et al. 2020 Array Programming with NumPy. Nature 585(7825): 357–362.
American Anthropological Association at a glance
Read from the style file and checked against the examples above.
- Used mainly in anthropology.
- For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names the first 3 authors and shortens the rest.
- In the text, the same paper becomes (Harris et al. 2020).
- First names are written out in full.
- The reference leaves the DOI out.
- Web pages include the date you accessed them.
- The reference list is sorted alphabetically by author.
- The style file was last updated in September 2012.
The guide this style follows: aaanet.org
How American Anthropological Association compares with Chicago Manual of Style 18th edition (author-date)
Where American Anthropological Association differs:
- The reference leaves the DOI out.
- Web pages include the date you accessed them.
- The reference list has no hanging indent, which Chicago Manual of Style 18th edition (author-date) uses.
The same journal article in Chicago Manual of Style 18th edition (author-date)
Babonis, Leslie S., and Mark Q. Martindale. 2022. “A Novel Regulatory Gene Network in Cnidarians.” PNAS 119 (19): e2113701119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2113701119.
Frequently asked questions
How many authors does American Anthropological Association list?
For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names the first 3 authors and shortens the rest. In the text, the same paper becomes (Harris et al. 2020).
How does American Anthropological Association handle DOIs and web pages?
The reference leaves the DOI out. Web pages include the date you accessed them.
How is the reference list ordered in American Anthropological Association?
The reference list is sorted alphabetically by author.
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