How APSA references look
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APSA citation generator
Find any article, book or chapter and copy it in APSA Style (American Political Science Association). Free, no sign-up.
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Journal article
Suri, Tavneet, and William Jack. 2016. “The Long-Run Poverty and Gender Impacts of Mobile Money.” Science 354(6317): 1288–92. doi:10.1126/science.aah5309.
In-text: (Suri and Jack 2016)
Book
Achebe, Chinua. 1958. Things Fall Apart. London: Heinemann.
In-text: (Achebe 1958)
Web page
World Health Organization. 2023. “Malaria.” World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/malaria (October 1, 2026).
In-text: (World Health Organization 2023)
APSA rules at a glance
- Reference list
- References: alphabetical by first author’s surname
- In-text citations
- author and year, with a page number after a comma, e.g. (Suri and Jack 2016, 1290)
- Author names
- First author inverted with full names, the rest in normal order
- Many authors
- Long author lists are shortened following Chicago’s rules
- Date
- After the authors, followed by a full stop: 2016.
- Titles
- Title case; article titles: in quotation marks, title case
- Italics
- Journal and book titles
- DOIs and links
- DOI written as “doi:10.1126/…”
Who uses APSA?
APSA is used in political science and international relations, closely following Chicago author-date. The style is published by the American Political Science Association; CiteSwap follows the APSA Style Manual (2018).
APSA citation generator: frequently asked questions
How do I cite a journal article in APSA?
Search for the article by title, author or DOI above and copy the formatted reference. For example, the Suri and Jack article in Science becomes: Suri, Tavneet, and William Jack. 2016. “The Long-Run Poverty and Gender Impacts of Mobile Money.” Science 354(6317): 1288–92. doi:10.1126/science.aah5309.
How do in-text citations work in APSA?
APSA uses author and year, with a page number after a comma, e.g. (Suri and Jack 2016, 1290). For the same article: (Suri and Jack 2016).
What is the APSA reference list called?
References. Alphabetical by first author’s surname.
Which edition of APSA does this generator use?
APSA Style (American Political Science Association), published by the American Political Science Association (APSA Style Manual (2018)). CiteSwap formats references with the official Citation Style Language definition of the style.
How do I cite a website in APSA?
Use “Cite manually” under the search box: enter the author or organisation, page title, website name, date and URL. A web page in APSA looks like this: World Health Organization. 2023. “Malaria.” World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/malaria (October 1, 2026).
Is this APSA citation generator free?
Yes. There is no sign-up and no limit. Everything runs in your browser, and your references are not stored anywhere.