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The Astrophysical Journal Citation Generator
Generate references in The Astrophysical Journal 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 The Astrophysical Journal reference looks like
The Astrophysical Journal is an author-date style: the in-text citation gives the author surname and year in parentheses.
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Journal article
Babonis, L. S., & Martindale, M. Q. 2022, PNAS, 119, e2113701119
Book
Kuhn, T. S. 1970, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (University of Chicago Press)
Web page
IPCC. 2021, https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/
In-text citation
(Babonis & Martindale 2022)
Journal article with 26 authors
Harris, C. R., Millman, K. J., van der Walt, S. J., et al. 2020, Nature, 585, 357
The Astrophysical Journal at a glance
Read from the style file and checked against the examples above.
- Used mainly in the natural sciences.
- 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 shortened to initials.
- The reference leaves the DOI out.
- Web pages are cited without an access date.
- The reference list is sorted alphabetically by author.
- The style file was last updated in December 2012.
The guide this style follows: aas.org
How The Astrophysical Journal compares with APA Style 7th edition
Where The Astrophysical Journal differs:
- For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names the first 3 authors and shortens the rest.
- The reference leaves the DOI out.
- The reference list is single-spaced, where APA Style 7th edition is double-spaced.
- The reference list has no hanging indent, which APA Style 7th edition uses.
- In the text it writes (Babonis & Martindale 2022) where APA Style 7th edition writes (Babonis & Martindale, 2022).
The same journal article in APA Style 7th edition
Babonis, L. S., & Martindale, M. Q. (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 The Astrophysical Journal 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 The Astrophysical Journal handle DOIs and web pages?
The reference leaves the DOI out. Web pages are cited without an access date.
How is the reference list ordered in The Astrophysical Journal?
The reference list is sorted alphabetically by author.
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