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APA 6th EDITION vs.

7th EDITION

Following are some changes in APA’s 7th edition citation.


1. The publisher location is no longer included in the reference.
6th - Covey, S. R. (2013). The 7 habits of highly effective people: Powerful lessons in Personal
change. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster.
7th - Covey, S. R. (2013). The 7 habits of highly effective people: Powerful lessons in Personal
change. Simon & Schuster.

2. The in-text citation for works with three or more authors is now shortened right from
the first citation. You only include the first author’s name and “et al.”
6th - (Taylor, Kotler, Johnson, & Parker, 2018)
7th - (Taylor et al, 2018)

3. Surnames and initials for up to 20 authors (instead of 7) should be provided in the


reference list.
6th - Miller, T. C., Brown, M. J., Wilson, G. L., Evans, B. B., Kelly, R. S., Turner, S. T., … Lee,
L. H. (2018).
7th - Miller, T. C., Brown, M. J., Wilson, G. L., Evans, B. B., Kelly, R. S., Turner, S. T., Lewis,
F., Lee, L. H., Cox, G., Harris, H. L., Martin, P., Gonzalez, W. L., Hughes, W., Carter, D.,
Campbell, C., Baker, A. B., Flores, T., Gray, W. E., Green, G., … Nelson, T. P. (2018).

4.DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers) are formatted the same as URLs. The label “DOI:” is no
longer necessary.
6th
doi: 10.1080/02626667.2018.1560449
7th
https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2018.1560449
5. URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) are no longer preceded by “Retrieved from,” unless
a retrieval date is needed. The website name is included (unless it’s the same as the author),
and web page titles are italicized.
6th - Walker, A. (2019, November 14). Germany avoids recession but growth remains weak.
BBC News. Retrieved from https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50419127
7th - Walker, A. (2019, November 14). Germany avoids recession but growth remains weak.
BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50419127

6. For e-books, the format, platform, or device (e.g. Kindle) is no longer included in the
reference, and the publisher is included.
6th - Brück, M. (2009). Women in early British and Irish astronomy: Stars and satellites
[Kindle version]. https:/doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2473-2
7th - Brück, M. (2009). Women in early British and Irish astronomy: Stars and satellites.
Springer Nature. https:/doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2473-2

Additional Pointers:
• In sentence case, most words in a title or heading must be in lowercase. Capitalize only
the first word of a book or article title even if title case was used in the original work.
Capitalize proper nouns, initials, acronyms in the title, and the first letter of the first word
in a subtitle.
Knapp, S. J. (2019). Suicide prevention: An ethically and scientifically informed approach.
American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000145-000
Scott, T. N., Gil-Rivas, V., & Cachelin, F. M. (2019). The need for cultural adaptations to
health interventions for African American women: A qualitative analysis. Cultural
Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 25(3), 331–
341. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000228

• The last part of the URLs domain is known as the top-level domain which indicates who
owns the site. Here are the most common top-level domains:

Top Level Domain Owner


.com Company
.org Non-profit Organization
.edu Educational Institution
.gov Government Agency
Source: APA Manual 7th Edition: The most notable changes. (2019, October 11).
https://www.scribbr.com/apa-style/apa-seventh-edition-changes/.

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