Author(s) are requested to use APA 7th Edition for Citation Style and References in manuscript.
Book with One Author
Last name, First initial. (Year). Title of the book. Publisher.
Example: Nikhilananda, S. (2023). Hinduism: Its Meaning for Liberation of Spirit. Fingerprint! Pub.
Book with Multiple Authors
Author Last Name, First Initial., Author Last Name, First Initial., Author Last Name, First Initial., & Author Last Name, First Initial. (Year). Title of the book. Publisher.
Example: Corti, L., Eynden, V. V. den, Bishop, L., & Woollard, M. (2019). Managing and Sharing Research Data: A Guide to Good Practice. SAGE Publications Ltd.
Edited Book by Single Editor
Editor Last Name, First Initial. (Ed.). (Year). Title of the book. Publisher.
Example: Doe, J. (Ed.). (2020). Contemporary Issues in Sociology. Springer.
Edited Book by Two Editors
Editor Last Name, First Initial., & Editor Last Name, First Initial. (Eds.). (Year). Title of the book. Publisher.
Example: Doe, J. A., & Smith, R. B. (Eds.). (2020). Contemporary Issues in Sociology. Springer.
Chapter in Edited Book
Author Last Name, First Initial., Author Last Name, First Initial., & Author Last Name, First Initial. (Year). Title of the chapter. In Editor First Initial. Last Name & Editor First Initial. Last Name (Eds.), Title of the book (pp. page range of the chapter). Publisher.
Example: Smith, J. A., Johnson, R. B., & Williams, S. C. (2020). Understanding the effects of social media on mental health. In M. Brown & L. White (Eds.), Contemporary Issues in Sociology (pp. 45-67). Springer.
Chapter in a Edited Book by Three Authors (Multiple Editors of Book)
Author Last Name, First Initial., Author Last Name, First Initial., Author Last Name, First Initial., & Author Last Name, First Initial. (Year). Title of the book. Publisher.
Example: Ageev, M., Dobrov, B., & Loukachevitch, N. (2006). Socio-Political Thesaurus in Concept-Based Information Retrieval. In C. Peters, F. C. Gey, J. Gonzalo, H. Müller, G. J. F. Jones, M. Kluck, B. Magnini, & M. de Rijke (Eds.), Accessing Multilingual Information Repositories (pp. 141–150).
Author Last Name, First Initial. (Year). Title of the article. Title of the Journal, Volume(Issue), Page range. DOI or URL
Example: Bartol, T. (2012). Non-agricultural databases and thesauri: Retrieval of subject headings and non-controlled terms in relation to agriculture. Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 46(2), 258–276.
Author Last Name, First Initial., Author Last Name, First Initial., & Author Last Name, First Initial. (Year). Title of the article. Title of the Journal, Volume(Issue), Page range. DOI or URL
Example: Chan, K., Yeung, P., & Chung, K. K. H. (2024). The effects of foreign language anxiety on English word reading among Chinese students at risk of English learning difficulties. Reading and Writing.
Author Last Name, First Initial., Author Last Name, First Initial., Author Last Name, First Initial., & Author Last Name, First Initial. (Year). Title of the article. Title of the Journal, Volume(Issue), Page range. DOI or URL
Example: Smith, J. A., Johnson, R. B., Williams, S. C., & Brown, L. M. (2020). Understanding the effects of social media on mental health. Journal of Psychology, 25(4), 112-125
Author Last Name, First Initial., Author Last Name, First Initial., Author Last Name, First Initial., ..., & Author Last Name, First Initial. (Year). Title of the article. Title of the Journal, Volume(Issue), Page range. DOI or URL
Example: Wilkinson, M. D., Dumontier, M., Aalbersberg, Ij. J., Appleton, G., Axton, M., Baak, A., Blomberg, N., Boiten, J.-W., da Silva Santos, L. B., Bourne, P. E., Bouwman, J., Brookes, A. J., Clark, T., Crosas, M., Dillo, I., Dumon, O., Edmunds, S., Evelo, C. T., Finkers, R., … Mons, B. (2016). The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship. Scientific Data, 3(1), Article 1.Please ensure to insert all authors in the reference list of the given citation and insert &() before the name of the last author. If there are more than 20 authors, insert the first 19 authors followed by an ellipsis (...) and then the last author's name.
Website Article with Author
Last name, First initial. (Year, Month Day). Title of the article. Title of the Website. URL
Example: Williams, S. (2021, January 15). The future of renewable energy: Challenges and opportunities.
Government Report
Government Agency. (Year). Title of the report. Publisher. URL or DOI
Example: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. (2015). Statistics Related to Climate Change - India.
Ebook
Last name, First initial. (Year). Title of the book [Ebook edition]. Publisher. DOI or URL
Example: Garcia, M. (2018). Introduction to Neuroscience [Ebook edition]. Springer.
Newspaper Article (Print)
Last name, First initial. (Year, Month Day). Title of the article. Newspaper Name, Page number(s).
Example: Roberts, P. (2020, December 5). New study reveals alarming trends in global warming. The New York Times, p. A1.
Newspaper Article (online)
Author Last Name, First Initial. (Year, Month Day). Title of the article. Newspaper Name. URL
Example: Qamar, F., & Pandit, J. M. (2023, December 27). Need to be careful about tech-driven human resource management in HEIs. Financialexpress.
Make sure to italicize the newspaper name and capitalize only the first word of the title, the first word after a colon or em dash, and proper nouns.
Conference Paper
Author Last Name, First Initial. (Year). Title of the paper. Title of the conference proceedings (pp. page range). Publisher.
Example: Goyal, G. R., & Mehta, H. D. (2015). Multi-objective optimal active power dispatch using swarm optimization techniques. 2015 5th Nirma University International Conference on Engineering (NUiCONE), 1–6.
Make sure to italicize the title of the conference proceedings and capitalize only the first word of the title, the first word after a colon or em dash, and proper nouns.
Book with One Author
Last name, First initial. (Year). Title of the book. Publisher.
Example: Nikhilananda, S. (2023). Hinduism: Its Meaning for Liberation of Spirit. Fingerprint! Pub.Book with Multiple Authors
Author Last Name, First Initial., Author Last Name, First Initial., Author Last Name, First Initial., & Author Last Name, First Initial. (Year). Title of the book. Publisher.
Example: Corti, L., Eynden, V. V. den, Bishop, L., & Woollard, M. (2019). Managing and Sharing Research Data: A Guide to Good Practice. SAGE Publications Ltd.Edited Book by Single Editor
Editor Last Name, First Initial. (Ed.). (Year). Title of the book. Publisher.
Example: Doe, J. (Ed.). (2020). Contemporary Issues in Sociology. Springer.Edited Book by Two Editors
Editor Last Name, First Initial., & Editor Last Name, First Initial. (Eds.). (Year). Title of the book. Publisher.
Example: Doe, J. A., & Smith, R. B. (Eds.). (2020). Contemporary Issues in Sociology. Springer.Chapter in Edited Book
Author Last Name, First Initial., Author Last Name, First Initial., & Author Last Name, First Initial. (Year). Title of the chapter. In Editor First Initial. Last Name & Editor First Initial. Last Name (Eds.), Title of the book (pp. page range of the chapter). Publisher.
Example: Smith, J. A., Johnson, R. B., & Williams, S. C. (2020). Understanding the effects of social media on mental health. In M. Brown & L. White (Eds.), Contemporary Issues in Sociology (pp. 45-67). Springer.Chapter in a Edited Book by Three Authors (Multiple Editors of Book)
Author Last Name, First Initial., Author Last Name, First Initial., Author Last Name, First Initial., & Author Last Name, First Initial. (Year). Title of the book. Publisher.
Example: Ageev, M., Dobrov, B., & Loukachevitch, N. (2006). Socio-Political Thesaurus in Concept-Based Information Retrieval. In C. Peters, F. C. Gey, J. Gonzalo, H. Müller, G. J. F. Jones, M. Kluck, B. Magnini, & M. de Rijke (Eds.), Accessing Multilingual Information Repositories (pp. 141–150).Journal Article
Author Last Name, First Initial. (Year). Title of the article. Title of the Journal, Volume(Issue), Page range. DOI or URL
Example: Bartol, T. (2012). Non-agricultural databases and thesauri: Retrieval of subject headings and non-controlled terms in relation to agriculture. Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 46(2), 258–276.Author Last Name, First Initial., Author Last Name, First Initial., & Author Last Name, First Initial. (Year). Title of the article. Title of the Journal, Volume(Issue), Page range. DOI or URL
Example: Chan, K., Yeung, P., & Chung, K. K. H. (2024). The effects of foreign language anxiety on English word reading among Chinese students at risk of English learning difficulties. Reading and Writing.Author Last Name, First Initial., Author Last Name, First Initial., Author Last Name, First Initial., & Author Last Name, First Initial. (Year). Title of the article. Title of the Journal, Volume(Issue), Page range. DOI or URL
Example: Smith, J. A., Johnson, R. B., Williams, S. C., & Brown, L. M. (2020). Understanding the effects of social media on mental health. Journal of Psychology, 25(4), 112-125Author Last Name, First Initial., Author Last Name, First Initial., Author Last Name, First Initial., ..., & Author Last Name, First Initial. (Year). Title of the article. Title of the Journal, Volume(Issue), Page range. DOI or URL
Example: Wilkinson, M. D., Dumontier, M., Aalbersberg, Ij. J., Appleton, G., Axton, M., Baak, A., Blomberg, N., Boiten, J.-W., da Silva Santos, L. B., Bourne, P. E., Bouwman, J., Brookes, A. J., Clark, T., Crosas, M., Dillo, I., Dumon, O., Edmunds, S., Evelo, C. T., Finkers, R., … Mons, B. (2016). The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship. Scientific Data, 3(1), Article 1. Please ensure to insert all authors in the reference list of the given citation and insert &() before the name of the last author. If there are more than 20 authors, insert the first 19 authors followed by an ellipsis (...) and then the last author's name.Website Article with Author
Last name, First initial. (Year, Month Day). Title of the article. Title of the Website. URL
Example: Williams, S. (2021, January 15). The future of renewable energy: Challenges and opportunities.Government Report
Government Agency. (Year). Title of the report. Publisher. URL or DOI
Example: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. (2015). Statistics Related to Climate Change - India.Ebook
Last name, First initial. (Year). Title of the book [Ebook edition]. Publisher. DOI or URL
Example: Garcia, M. (2018). Introduction to Neuroscience [Ebook edition]. Springer.Newspaper Article (Print)
Last name, First initial. (Year, Month Day). Title of the article. Newspaper Name, Page number(s).
Example: Roberts, P. (2020, December 5). New study reveals alarming trends in global warming. The New York Times, p. A1.Newspaper Article (online)
Author Last Name, First Initial. (Year, Month Day). Title of the article. Newspaper Name. URL
Example: Qamar, F., & Pandit, J. M. (2023, December 27). Need to be careful about tech-driven human resource management in HEIs. Financialexpress.Make sure to italicize the newspaper name and capitalize only the first word of the title, the first word after a colon or em dash, and proper nouns.
Conference Paper
Author Last Name, First Initial. (Year). Title of the paper. Title of the conference proceedings (pp. page range). Publisher.
Example: Goyal, G. R., & Mehta, H. D. (2015). Multi-objective optimal active power dispatch using swarm optimization techniques. 2015 5th Nirma University International Conference on Engineering (NUiCONE), 1–6.Make sure to italicize the title of the conference proceedings and capitalize only the first word of the title, the first word after a colon or em dash, and proper nouns.