How ASA references look
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ASA citation generator
Find any article, book or chapter and copy it in ASA Style (American Sociological 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.” https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/malaria.
In-text: (World Health Organization 2023)
ASA 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 colon, e.g. (Suri and Jack 2016:1290)
- Author names
- First author inverted with full names, the rest in normal order
- Many authors
- All authors are listed in the reference list
- 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 ASA?
ASA is the house style of American sociology journals and many sociology departments. The style is published by the American Sociological Association; CiteSwap follows the ASA Style Guide, 6th/7th edition.
ASA citation generator: frequently asked questions
How do I cite a journal article in ASA?
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 ASA?
ASA uses author and year, with a page number after a colon, e.g. (Suri and Jack 2016:1290). For the same article: (Suri and Jack 2016).
What is the ASA reference list called?
References. Alphabetical by first author’s surname.
Which edition of ASA does this generator use?
ASA Style (American Sociological Association), published by the American Sociological Association (ASA Style Guide, 6th/7th edition). CiteSwap formats references with the official Citation Style Language definition of the style.
How do I cite a website in ASA?
Use “Cite manually” under the search box: enter the author or organisation, page title, website name, date and URL. A web page in ASA looks like this: World Health Organization. 2023. “Malaria.” https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/malaria.
Is this ASA citation generator free?
Yes. There is no sign-up and no limit. Everything runs in your browser, and your references are not stored anywhere.