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APA Citation Generator (7th edition)
Paste a DOI and get the reference-list entry in APA (7th edition), generated with the same citation engine and official style file CiteDash uses for full thesis bibliographies.
About APA (7th edition)
APA Style, published by the American Psychological Association and currently in its 7th edition, is the default citation style across the social and behavioural sciences. References lead with the author and year, and hanging indents plus italicised journal titles are applied in your document.
- Used by: Psychology, education, nursing and most social sciences.
- In-text convention: Author-date in-text citations, for example (Author, 2021), with a References list.
Formatting a full reference list by hand? Read the complete APA (7th edition) guide.
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APA (7th edition) citation FAQ
Is this APA (7th edition) citation generator free?
Yes. Paste a DOI and copy the reference, no account needed. It runs the same citation engine CiteDash uses to manage whole thesis bibliographies.
Where does the citation data come from?
The DOI is resolved against OpenAlex and Crossref, the same open scholarly catalogs used across CiteDash, and formatted with the official community CSL style file.
Why is the output plain text without italics?
The generator returns the exact wording and punctuation of the reference. Apply italics and hanging indents in your document, where the style requires them.
Can it format my whole bibliography?
One reference at a time here. Inside CiteDash, the Reference Manager builds and reorders your full bibliography in any of 12 styles, and every citation is verified against a real paper.