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Chicago Manual of Style

Journal Articles (Sec. 14.67-86)

Note:
  • For articles with more than one author, see the book examples above on how to structure the author information (e.g., Author First Name/Initial Surname, Author First Name/Initial Surname, and Author First Name/Initial Surname for notes and Author Surname, First Name/Initial, Author First Name/Initial Surname, and Author First Name/Initial Surname for bibliography)
  • For articles consulted online, include a URL (preferably base on DOI) or the name of the database.
  • A month or season does not need to be included in addition to the year if the journal includes both a volume and an issue number. (See 14.70)
  • Some journals have adopted a continuous publishing model in which each article is assigned a unique ID and is considered final the moment it is published online. Articles that include a PDF version are all paginated starting at 1 and can be cited in the notes accordingly. In a note, cited page numbers precede the article ID. In a bibliography, do not include the page range , just include the unique article ID number. (See 14.71)
General Format 
 
Full Note: 
1. Author First Name/Initial Surname, "Article Title," Journal Title Volume,
no. Issue (Year): page #, DOI/URL.
 
Example:
1. Martin Kitchen, "The German Invasion of Canada in the First World War,"
International History Review 7, no. 2 (June 1985): 248, http://www.jstor.org/stable/40105462. 
2. Joshua D. Kertzer and Brian C. Rathbun, "Fair is Fair: Social Preferences
and Reciprocity in International Politics," World Politics 67, no. 4 (2015): 650, 
doi: 10.1017/S0043887115000180. 
3. Tina Block. "'Most of Today's Teen-Agers Laugh about God': Youth, Secularization, and the Sixties in British Columbia," B.C. Studies,
no. 203 (Autumn 2019): 24, https://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/bcstudies/article/view/191629/188945
4. Julian Friedland et al., "Uncovering the Moral Heuristics of Altruism: A Philosophical Scale." PLoS ONE 15, no. 3 (2020):
e0229124. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229124
.
Subsequent Note: 
2. Author Surname, "Article Title," page #. 
 
Example:
5. Kitchen, "The German Invasion of Canada," 248.
6. Kertzer and Rathbun, "Fair is Fair," 648.
7. Block, "'Most of Today's Teen-Agers," 26. 
8. Friedland et al., "Uncovering the Moral Heuristics," 6.
 
Bibliography:
Author Surname, First Name or Initial. "Article Title." Journal Title Volume,
no. Issue (Year): Page range of article [if provided]. DOI/URL.
 
Example:  
Block, Tina. "'Most of Today's Teen-Agers Laugh about God': Youth, Secularization,
and the Sixties in British Columbia." B.C. Studies, no. 203 (Autumn 2019):  21-52. https://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/bcstudies/article/view/191629/188945
 
Friedland, Julian, Kyle Emich, and Benjamin M. Cole. "Uncovering the Moral Heuristics of
Altruism: A Philosophical Scale." PLoS ONE 15, no. 3 (2020): 4-5, e0229124.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229124
 
Kertzer, Joshua D., and Brian C. Rathbun. "Fair is Fair: Social Preferences
and Reciprocity in International Politics." World Politics 67, no. 4 (2015):
613-655. doi: 10.1017/S0043887115000180. 
 
Kitchen, Martin. "The German Invasion of Canada in the First World War."
International History Review 7, no. 2 (June 1985): 245-260.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/40105462. 
 
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