Three or more authors

Format for reference list

Elements, punctuation & capitalisation

Authors (Year of publication), 'Title of article', Name of Publication, Volume(Issue):Page numbers.

Style notes for this reference type

• Include a page reference in the in text citation when directly quoting text
• When a journal article has four or more authors the in-text citation shows only the name of the first listed author followed by 'et al.'
• All the authors' names must be listed in the reference in the order they appear on the article.
• Italicise the name of the journal/publication. Use maximal capitalisation - capitalise the first and all major words of the journal name. Give the journal name in full e.g. Journal of Immunology not J Immunol
• Article titles are contained within single quotation marks and are not italicised. Use minimal capitalisation - capitalise only the first word of the article title and any proper nouns. Include both article title and subtitle regardless of length e.g. 'Still moving: between cinema and photography'.
• If the journal is part of a series include the series title in the citation. Series titles are not italicised and are placed after the journal name. Use minimal capitalisation.
• There is no comma or full-stop between the authors' names and year of publication. Commas are used to separate all other elements. The reference entry finishes with a full-stop.
• The volume number, issue details and inclusive page numbers follow the journal title.
• If a journal does not use volume numbers, include the month, season or other designation after the title.
• The reference list entry for an article in a foreign language can include a translation, in brackets, following the article title e.g. Langhi, C and Cariou, B (2010), 'Metabolisme du cholesterol et fonction beta-cellulaire' (Cholesterol metabolism and beta-cell function), Medecine sciences : M/S, 26(4):385–390.