What does an APA citation look like?

A journal article in APA 7: Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the article. Journal Name, Volume(Issue), pages. https://doi.org/xxxx — with the in-text form (Author, Year). The generator applies the correct pattern for your specific source type.

What changed in APA 7th edition?

Compared with APA 6: publisher location is dropped, up to 20 authors are listed before an ellipsis, “Retrieved from” is removed before URLs in most cases, and DOIs are formatted as links. The generator defaults to 7th edition and offers 6th for legacy requirements.

How do I do an APA in-text citation?

Parenthetical: (Smith, 2023) — or (Smith, 2023, p. 14) with a direct quote. Narrative: Smith (2023) argued… The generator returns the correct in-text form alongside every reference entry.

Is this APA citation generator free?

Yes — unlimited APA citations, both editions, no sign-up.

Free APA Citation Generator (7th Edition)

Correct APA 7 references and in-text citations from whatever source details you have — websites, journal articles, books, reports and more.

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Why use this APA citation generator?

APA 7 by default

Current 7th-edition rules — up to 20 authors before ellipsis, no publisher location, italics and capitals in the right places.

Reference + in-text

Every result includes the reference-list entry and the matching (Author, Year) in-text citation.

All source types

Journal articles, books, chapters, websites, reports, videos — APA has a format for each, and so does the generator.

Never invents details

Missing information becomes standard APA placeholders (n.d.) plus a list of what to look up.

How to use the apa citation generator

Paste the source details
Authors, year, title, journal or publisher, DOI or URL — whatever you have.
Pick the edition
APA 7 (current) or APA 6 for older requirements.
Copy both citations
Reference-list entry and in-text form, ready to paste.

About this APA citation generator

APA is the most widely required citation style in psychology, education, nursing and the social sciences — and the 7th edition changed enough details (author counts, DOIs, publisher locations) that half the examples online are now outdated. This free APA citation generator applies current 7th-edition rules to whatever source details you paste, and returns both the reference entry and the in-text citation.

It covers the source types students actually cite: journal articles with DOIs, websites with no visible author, books, chapters in edited volumes, reports, YouTube videos. Where APA has a rule for missing information — (n.d.) for no date, title-first when there's no author — the generator applies it and tells you what to double-check.

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