Citation Guide

Citation Guide

Citation Guide

APA 7th Edition Citation Norms

The International Journal of Open Science requires all manuscripts to follow the citation style of the American Psychological Association (APA), 7th edition, both for in-text citations and for the reference list.

1. In-text citations

  • One author: (Abadal, 2012)

  • Two authors: (González & Martínez, 2021)

  • Three or more authors: (Araya et al., 2020)

  • Corporate author: (UNESCO, 2023)

2. Reference list

References must be organized alphabetically and include a hanging indent. Examples:

Book:
Abadal, E. (2011). Acceso abierto a la ciencia. UOC. https://hdl.handle.net/2445/24542

Book chapter:
Fecher, B., & Friesike, S. (2014). Open Science: One term, five schools of thought. In S. Bartling & S. Friesike (Eds.), Opening Science: The evolving guide on how the internet is changing research, collaboration and scholarly publishing (pp. 17–47). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00026-8_2

Journal article:
Fressoli, M., & De Filippo, D. (2021). New scenarios and challenges for open science. Between optimism and uncertainty [Nuevos escenarios y desafíos para la ciencia abierta. Entre el optimismo y la incertidumbre]. Arbor, 197(799), Article 001. https://doi.org/10.3989/arbor.2021.799001

Institutional document:
UNESCO. (2021). UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000379949

3. Additional considerations

  • Use italics for book titles, journal titles, and complete documents.

  • Include the DOI or URL in references when available.

  • Capitalize only the first word of the title and proper nouns.

  • Do not number references.

For further details, consult the official APA 7th edition guide.