APA Citation Generator — 7th Edition
Plug in your source details, get a perfectly formatted APA 7th edition citation back. Books, journals, websites — whatever. Copy-paste ready. Takes about 15 seconds per source.
APA 7th Edition: What You Need to Know
Psychology, education, social sciences, nursing — they all use APA. The 7th edition dropped some of the annoying stuff. No more publisher city. Up to 20 authors allowed. DOIs look like normal URLs now. But honestly, APA is still picky enough that it's easy to mess up a comma or forget to italicize something. That's where this APA citation generator earns its keep.
Common APA Mistakes to Avoid
The mistakes people make over and over: forgetting the hanging indent (0.5 inches after the first line). Writing 'Retrieved from' before URLs (not a thing anymore in 7th ed). Getting confused about when issue numbers go in parentheses (only when not continuously paginated, which makes no sense, right?). Italicizing volume but not issue numbers. This tool handles all that so you don't have to keep a cheat sheet handy.
Frequently Asked Questions
7th edition — the current one. If you're wondering what changed from 6th: you can now list up to 20 authors (was 7), DOIs show up as URLs, publisher location is gone, and the running head got simpler. This APA citation generator follows all the 7th edition rules.
Yes. Each citation comes with both the full reference (for your bibliography) and the in-text parenthetical citation. Just copy whichever you need.
Fill in the author (or organization), date, page title, site name, and URL. No author? Start with the title. No date? Use 'n.d.' The generator figures out these edge cases for you so you don't have to.