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What an APSA Style Manual revised 2018 edition reference looks like
APSA Style Manual revised 2018 edition 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. doi:10.1073/pnas.2113701119.
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/ (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, Ralf Gommers, Pauli Virtanen, David Cournapeau, Eric Wieser, et al. 2020. “Array Programming with NumPy.” Nature 585(7825): 357–62. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2649-2.
APSA Style Manual revised 2018 edition at a glance
Read from the style file and checked against the examples above.
- Used mainly in political science.
- For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names the first 7 authors and shortens the rest.
- In the text, the same paper becomes (Harris et al. 2020).
- First names are written out in full.
- DOIs are printed with a "doi:" prefix.
- Web pages include the date you accessed them.
- The reference list is sorted alphabetically by author.
- The reference list uses a hanging indent.
- The style file was last updated in March 2024.
The guide this style follows: connect.apsanet.org
How APSA Style Manual revised 2018 edition compares with Chicago Manual of Style 18th edition (author-date)
Where APSA Style Manual revised 2018 edition differs:
- For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names the first 7 authors and shortens the rest.
- DOIs are printed with a "doi:" prefix.
- Web pages include the date you accessed them.
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 APSA Style Manual revised 2018 edition list?
For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names the first 7 authors and shortens the rest. In the text, the same paper becomes (Harris et al. 2020).
How does APSA Style Manual revised 2018 edition handle DOIs and web pages?
DOIs are printed with a "doi:" prefix. Web pages include the date you accessed them.
How is the reference list ordered in APSA Style Manual revised 2018 edition?
The reference list is sorted alphabetically by author. The reference list uses a hanging indent.
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