You are advised to use the APA 7th edition citation style when you publish in the series Acta Universitatis Ouluensis. If you have started your work with APA 6th edition, you can continue to use that until the 31st of August 2022. Please note that the numbered reference system and footnotes are not used in APA style.
One notable change has to do with DOIs. Note the change and carefully check the DOIs also in the pre-filled Acta template, in chapters List of original publications (p. 13) and Original publications (p. 35). In APA 7th the DOI is formatted as a clickable URL as follows: https://doi.org/10.1080/15402002.2016.1163702 (may also begin with http://). Instructions
If necessary, you can use the IEEE citation style in the C series. Other citation styles can also be used (B series), but you should agree on the matter with the series editor. In the IEEE citation style DOI is formatted as follows: doi:10.1109/TCOMM.2012.020612.090300
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Here are some examples of how to use different types of references in a reference list using the APA 6th (American Psychological Association) citation style in texts written in English. The author must always ensure that the in-text citations and the reference list follow the practice of the community or publication for which the publication is intended. Further information: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). (2010). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association (pp. 193-224).
When you cite a book, the reference list should include the following bibliographic information:
Bennett, D. (2005). The art of precast concrete: Colour, texture, expression. Basel: Birkhäuser. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7643-7668-6
Ympäristöministeriö. (2016). Eläköön lähiö! : 22 reseptiä lähiöelämään. Helsinki: Ympäristöministeriö.
Author, A. A. (2017). Title of work. Location: Publisher.
Author, A. A. (2017). Title of work. Retrieved from http://www.xxxxxx
Author, A. A. (2017). Title of work. https://doi.org/xxxxx
Editor, A. A. (Ed.). (2017). Title of work. Location: Publisher.
How to add a chapter from an edited book to Mendeley?
Author, A. A. & Author, B. B. (2017). Title of article. In A. Editor, B. Editor, & C. Editor (Eds.), Title of the book (pp. 1–11). Location: Publisher.
Merchant, G. (2017). Hands, Fingers and iPads. In C. Burnett, G. Merchant, A. Simpson & M. Walsh (Eds.), The Case of the iPad: Mobile literacies in education (pp. 245–256). Singapore: Springer.
There is slight variation in the way articles in journals and edited books are entered.
journal article
Herbst-Damm, K. L., & Kulik, J. A. (2005). Volunteer support, marital status, and the survival times of terminally ill patients. Health Psychology, 24(2), 225–229. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-6133.24.2.225
eight or more authors
Gilbert, D. G., McClernon, F. J., Rabinovich, N. E., Sugai, C., Plath, L. C., Asgaard, G., . . . Botros, N. (2004). Effects of quitting smoking on EEG activation and attention last for more than 31 days and are more severe with stress, dependence, DRD2 A1 allele, and depressive traits. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 6(2), 249–267. https://doi.org/10.1080/14622200410001676305
journal article without DOI
Sillick, T. J., & Schutte, N. S. (2006). Emotional intelligence and self-esteem mediate between perceived early parental love and adult happiness. Sensoria: A Journal of Mind, Brain & Culture, 2(2), 38–48. Retrieved from ojs.lib.swin.edu.au/index.php/ejap
Light, M. A., & Light, I. H. (2008). The geographic expansion of Mexican immigration in the United States and its implications for local law enforcement. Law Enforcement Executive Forum Journal 8(1), 73–82.
in-press
Woods, R. K. (in press). Technique for myocardial protection in pulmonary atresia intact ventricular septum. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
in-preparation
Author, A. A. (Year). Title of manuscript. Manuscript in preparation.
submitted for publication
Author, A. A. (Year). Title of manuscript. Manuscript submitted for publication.
article in edited book
Merchant, G. (2017). Hands, Fingers and iPads. In C. Burnett, G. Merchant, A. Simpson & M. Walsh (Eds.), The Case of the iPad: Mobile literacies in education (pp. 245–256). Singapore: Springer.
Conference presentations are often published in books or periodicals. If there are no conference proceedings, include the authors and the title of the presentation, followed by the name and place of the conference.
Katz, I., Gabayan, K., & Aghajan, H. (2007). A multi-touch surface using multiple cameras. In J. Blanc-Talon, W. Philips, D. Popescu, & P.
Scheunders (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Vol. 4678. Advanced Concepts for Intelligent Vision Systems (pp. 97–108). https://doi.org /10.1007/978-3-540-74607-2_9
Viitanen, K., & Reiman, T. (2017, June). Building an adaptive safety culture in a nuclear construction project - insights to safety practitioners. Paper presented at the 7th Resilience Engineering International Symposium, Liège, Belgium. Retrieved from http://www.resilience-engineering-association.org/resources/symposium-papers/2017-liege-luik-b/
Include author, time of publication, title and publication channel.
Tiiro, A. (2018). Effect of visual realism on cybersickness in virtual reality (Master's thesis, University of Oulu). Retrieved from http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201802091218
Oikarinen, E. (2018). Perspectives on humor in recruitment advertising on the Internet (Doctoral dissertation, University of Oulu). Acta Universitatis Ouluensis. G, Oeconomica, 97. Retrieved from http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789526218397
For patents, include the names of the inventor(s), effective year, country and patent number. In text, cite the patent number, not the names of the inventors, e.g. (Finnish patent FI20000522, 2001)
Kinnunen, H. & Nissilä, S. (2001). Finnish patent FI20000522. Helsinki: Finnish patent and registration office.
Kinnunen, H. & Nissilä, S. (2001). U.S. Patent US2001023320. Retrieved from https://fi.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?FT=D&date=20010920&DB=&locale=fi_FI&CC=US&NR=2001023320A1&KC=A1&ND=4
For standards, include the standardizing organization and year, as well as the title and identifier of the standard. An example of an in-text citation: (International Organization for Standardization, 2016).
International Organization for Standardization. (2016). Occupational health and safety management systems—Requirements with guidance for use (ISO/DIS Standard No. 45001). Retrieved from http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail?csnumber=6378
For maps, include the title of the map and possible map series; if the cartographer's name is given, enter it as the author. If there are user-defined locations in online maps, enter them in square brackets.
Google. (n.d.). [Google Maps directions for driving from Ingolstadt, Germany, to Geneva, Switzerland]. Retrieved August 4, 2015, from
https://goo.gl/maps/ILt8O
Karttakeskus (2014). Hevonkack ja muita alatyylisiä paikannimiä Suomesta [Map]. Helsinki: Karttakeskus.
In text
When citing an act, use its official abbreviation (you have to specify the act when it appears for the first time in your text), chapter, section and subsection. Example (KPL 3:9.2 §)
You can check the correct spelling of abbreviations of acts and decrees in the Finlex and Edilex databases, or in the printed books Suomen Laki or Suomen säädöskokoelma. For example on https://www.edilex.fi/#toolbar=tab-abbreviations
In reference list
Kirjanpitolaki 30.12.1997/1336.
____________
The APA style has been applied in this example.
Use hanging indent.
If you are citing more than seven authors: after the sixth author's name, use an ellipsis in place of the author names, then add the final author name. There are no more then seven names.
References
Aliev, M. R., & Watson, J. (1985). Higher-order effects in the vibration-rotation spectra of semirigid molecules. In K. N. Rao (Ed.), Molecular spectroscopy: Modern research (pp. 1–67). Orlando: Academic Press.
HART Communication Foundation. (2009, December 22). Wireless hart. Retrieved from http://www.hartcomm.org/
Mitra, S. K. (1991). Some unconventional signal processing applications of multirate techniques. Proceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems 1, 13–16.
Paulson, M. (1992). Basement membrane proteins: Structure, assembly, and cellular interactions. Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 27(1–2), 93–27. https://doi.org/10.3109/10409239209082560
Paulsson, M., Saladin, K., & Landwehr, R. (1988). Binding of Ca2+ influences susceptibility of laminin to proteolytic digestion and interactions between domain-specific laminin fragments. European Journal of Biochemistry, 177(3), 477–481. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1432-1033.1988.tb14396.x
Royal Mardsen Hospital Bone-Marrow Transplantation Team. (1977). Failure of syngeneic bone-marrow graft without preconditioning in post-hepatitis marrow aplasia. Lancet, 310(8041), 742–744. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(77)90241-0
Watson, M. A. J. (1985). Higher-order effects in the vibration-rotation spectra of semirigid molecules. Molecular Spectroscopy: Modern Research, 3, 1.
Yonkers, K. A., Ramin, S. M., Rush, A. J., Navarrete, C. A., Carmody, T., March, D., . . . Leveno, K. J. (2001). Onset and persistence of postpartum depression in an inner-city maternal health clinic system. American Journal of Psychiatry, 158(11), 1856–1863. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.11.1856
Zar, J. H. (1984). Biostatistical Analysis. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall.
Here are some examples of how to use different types of references in a reference list using the APA 7th (American Psychological Association) citation style in texts written in English. The author must always ensure that the in-text citations and the reference list follow the practice of the community or publication for which the publication is intended.
Use hanging indent.
Further information:
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. (2020). American Psychological Association (7th ed.).
Major differences between APA 6th & 7th
When you cite a book, the reference list should include the following bibliographic information:
Bennett, D. (2005). The art of precast concrete: Colour, texture, expression. Birkhäuser. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7643-7668-6
Ympäristöministeriö. (2016). Eläköön lähiö! : 22 reseptiä lähiöelämään. Ympäristöministeriö.
Author, A. A. (2020). Title of work. Publisher.
Author, A. A. (2020). Title of work. Publisher. http://www.xxxxxx
Author, A. A. (2020). Title of work. https://doi.org/xxxxx
Editor, A. A. (Ed.). (2020). Title of work. Publisher.
How to add a chapter from an edited book to Mendeley?
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (2017). Title of article. In A. Editor, B. Editor, & C. Editor (Eds.), Title of the book (pp. 1–111). Publisher.
Merchant, G. (2017). Hands, Fingers and iPads. In C. Burnett, G. Merchant, A. Simpson, & M. Walsh (Eds.), The Case of the iPad: Mobile literacies in education (pp. 245–256). Springer.
There is slight variation in the way articles in journals and edited books are entered.
journal article
Herbst-Damm, K. L., & Kulik, J. A. (2005). Volunteer support, marital status, and the survival times of terminally ill patients. Health Psychology, 24(2), 225–229. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-6133.24.2.225 21 or more authors
Wiskunde, B., Arslan, M., Fischer, P., Nowak, L., Van den Berg, O., Coetzee, L., Juárez, U., Riyaziyyat, E., Wang, C., Zhang, I., Li, P., Yang, R., Kumar, B., Xu, A., Martinez, R., McIntosh, V., Ibáñez, L. M., Mäkinen, G., Virtanen, E., . . . Kovács, A. (2019). Indie pop rocks mathematics: Twenty One Pilots, Nicolas Bourbaki, and the empty set. Journal of Improbable Mathematics, 27(1), 1935–1968. https://doi.org/10.0000/3mp7y-537 journal article without DOI
Sillick, T. J., & Schutte, N. S. (2006). Emotional intelligence and self-esteem mediate between perceived early parental love and adult happiness. Sensoria: A Journal of Mind, Brain & Culture, 2(2), 38–48. Retrieved from ojs.lib.swin.edu.au/index.php/ejap Light, M. A., & Light, I. H. (2008). The geographic expansion of Mexican immigration in the United States and its implications for local law enforcement. Law Enforcement Executive Forum Journal 8(1), 73–82.
Woods, R. K. (in press). Technique for myocardial protection in pulmonary atresia intact ventricular septum. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
Author, A. A. (Year). Title of manuscript [Manuscript in preparation].
Author, A. A. (Year). Title of manuscript [Manuscript submitted for publication]. Merchant, G. (2017). Hands, Fingers and iPads. In C. Burnett, G. Merchant, A. Simpson, & M. Walsh (Eds.),
Conference presentations are often published in books or periodicals. If there are no conference proceedings, include the authors, full dates of the conference, the title of the presentation [describe the presentation in square brackets after the title] followed by the name and place of the conference (instructions).
Conference proceeding:
Fahrenberg, U., Jipsen, P., & Winter, M. (Eds.). (2020). Lecture notes in computer science: Vol. 12062. Relational and Algebraic Methods in Computer Science: 18th International Conference, RAMiCS 2020, Palaiseau, France, April 8–11, 2020, Proceedings. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21070-9
As a book chapter:
Katz, I., Gabayan, K., & Aghajan, H. (2007). A multi-touch surface using multiple cameras. In J. Blanc-Talon, W. Philips, D. Popescu, & P. Scheunders (Eds.), Lecture notes in Computer Science: Vol 4678. Advanced concepts for Intelligent Vision Systems (s. 97–108). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74607-2_9
In a journal:
Rönkkö, T., Kuuluvainen, H., Karjalainen, P., Keskinen, J., Saukko, E., Järvinen, A., Silvennoinen, H., Rostedt, A., Olin, M., Yli-Ojanperä, J., Dal Maso, M., Hillamo, R., Timonen, H. J., Saarikoski, S., Niemi, J. V., Kousa, A., Pirjola, L., & Nousiainen, P. (2017). Traffic is a major source of atmospheric nanocluster aerosol. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114(29), 7549–7554. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1700830114
Conference presentation:
Viitanen, K., & Reiman, T. (26–29 June 2017). Building an adaptive safety culture in a nuclear construction project - insights to safety practitioners [Conference presentation]. 7th Resilience Engineering International Symposium, Liège, Belgium. http://www.resilience-engineering-association.org/resources/symposium-papers/2017-liege-luik-b/
Include author, time of publication, title and publication channel.
Published dissertations and theses
Tiiro, A. (2018). Effect of visual realism on cybersickness in virtual reality [Master's thesis, University of Oulu]. JULTIKA University of Oulu Repository. http://jultika.oulu.fi/Record/isbn978-952-62-1839-7
Oikarinen, E. (2018). Perspectives on humor in recruitment advertising on the Internet (Acta Universitatis Ouluensis. G, Oeconomica 97) [Doctoral dissertation, University of Oulu]. JULTIKA University of Oulu Repository. http://jultika.oulu.fi/Record/isbn978-952-62-1839-7
Unpublished dissertations and theses
Author, A. A. (year). Title [Unpublished doctoral dissertation/Unpublished master's thesis]. Name of Institution.
For patents, include the names of the inventor(s), effective year, country and patent number. In text, cite the patent number, not the names of the inventors, e.g. (Finnish patent FI20000522, 2001)
Kinnunen, H., & Nissilä, S. (2001). Finnish patent FI20000522. Finnish patent and registration office.
Kinnunen, H., & Nissilä, S. (2001). U.S. Patent US2001023320. https://fi.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?FT=D&date=20010920&DB=&locale=fi_FI&CC=US&NR=2001023320A1&KC=A1&ND=4
For standards, include the standardizing organization and year, as well as the title and identifier of the standard. An example of an in-text citation:
International Organization for Standardization. (2016). Occupational health and safety management systems—Requirements with guidance for use (ISO/DIS Standard No. 45001). http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail?csnumber=6378
For maps, include the title of the map and possible map series; if the cartographer's name is given, enter it as the author. If there are user-defined locations in online maps, enter them in square brackets.
Google. (n.d.). [Google Maps directions for driving from Ingolstadt, Germany, to Geneva, Switzerland]. Retrieved August 4, 2015, from
https://goo.gl/maps/ILt8O
Karttakeskus (2014). Hevonkack ja muita alatyylisiä paikannimiä Suomesta [Map]. Karttakeskus.
In text
When citing an act, use its official abbreviation (you have to specify the act when it appears for the first time in your text), chapter, section and subsection. Example (KPL 3:9.2 §)
You can check the correct spelling of abbreviations of acts and decrees in the Finlex and Edilex databases, or in the printed books Suomen Laki or Suomen säädöskokoelma. For example on https://www.edilex.fi/#toolbar=tab-abbreviations
In reference list
Kirjanpitolaki 30.12.1997/1336.
____________
The APA style has been applied in this example.
When you cite electronic sources, you must indicate how to access them. You may leave links active.
Aivelo, T. (2020, April 20). Koronavirus leviää superherkästi [Blog post]. Kaiken takana on loinen. https://www.tiede.fi/blogit/kaiken-takana-loinen/koronavirus-superleviaa-herkasti
Hakala, J. (2017). E-viittaamisen ihanuus ja kurjuus. Informaatiotutkimus, 36(2), pp. 77–85. https://doi.org/10.23978/inf.65190
Bank of Finland. (n.d.). Exchange rates. Retrieved April 27, 2021 from https://www.suomenpankki.fi/en/Statistics/exchange-rates/
when pages change over time but are not archived, include a retrieval date in the reference.
OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Mar 14 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat
Use hanging indent.
Entries starting with "a", "and", "the"
If you are citing more than 20 authors: after the 19th author's name, use an ellipsis in place of the author names, then add the final author name. There are no more then 20 names.
References
Aliev, M. R., & Watson, J. (1985). Higher-order effects in the vibration-rotation spectra of semirigid molecules. In K. N. Rao (Ed.), Molecular spectroscopy: Modern research (pp. 1–67). Orlando: Academic Press.
HART Communication Foundation. (2009, December 22). Wireless hart. Retrieved from http://www.hartcomm.org/
McDuff, C., Smith, J., Kensington, K., Jones, S., Coughlan, S., Bortolin, L., Witte, M., Scott, A., Newport, A., Jensen, K., Wutzler, J., van Staden, I., McLean, J., Bergsma, G., Dowman, B., Petrie, K., Higgens, D., McCloud, R., Jessop, L., . . . Duncan, P. (2017). An introduction to quantitative analysis in finance. Houghton.
Mitra, S. K. (1991). Some unconventional signal processing applications of multirate techniques. Proceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems 1, 13–16.
Paulson, M. (1992). Basement membrane proteins: Structure, assembly, and cellular interactions. Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 27(1–2), 93–127. https://doi.org/10.3109/10409239209082560
Paulsson, M., Saladin, K., & Landwehr, R. (1988). Binding of Ca2+ influences susceptibility of laminin to proteolytic digestion and interactions between domain-specific laminin fragments. European Journal of Biochemistry, 177(3), 477–481. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1432-1033.1988.tb14396.x
Royal Mardsen Hospital Bone-Marrow Transplantation Team. (1977). Failure of syngeneic bone-marrow graft without preconditioning in post-hepatitis marrow aplasia. Lancet, 310(8041), 742–744. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(77)90241-0
Watson, M. A. J. (1985). Higher-order effects in the vibration-rotation spectra of semirigid molecules. Molecular Spectroscopy: Modern Research, 3, 1.
Zar, J. H. (1984). Biostatistical Analysis. Prentice-Hall.
More information: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed., p. 177 and 7th ed., p. 266.
Citing authors with the same surname
Citations include the author and date, either both inside parentheses or with the author names in running text and the date in parentheses. Use always page numbers with direct quotations.
If a direct quotation is longer than 40 words, indent the paragraph:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. (Author, year, page)
If direct quotation is shorter than 40 words: "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" (Author, year, page).
In other cases: xxxx (Author, year, pages).
Separate numbers in the page range using an en dash (–) in both APA editions.
If you cite the whole book or article, do not include page numbers.
Page numbers are included when citing an image, table or detailed information.
APA also encourages authors to include page numbers in other than direct quotations when it helps the reader to locate the relevant passage. If the cited material does not have page numbers, use a paragraph number. More information here.
If a direct quotation is longer than 40 words, indent the paragraph and use style "Block Text 2".
When you import a reference list from some reference manager program to Word template, select the entire reference list and apply style "Endnote Text". Please note that if you apply the style more than once, you will lose APA style italicization in the list of references. After this, you will have to add italics manually using the Microsoft Word character style "Emphasis".