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APA Citation Generator: Create Citations for Multiple Authors Instantly

Paste a DOI, URL, raw reference, or article title and turn it into clean APA output. This tool is optimized for APA 7th edition and returns both the in-text citation and the reference entry.

Read the core APA multiple-author guideAPA in-text citation multiple authors

Quick Rules

The shortest version of this page.

Generates parenthetical, narrative, and reference-list output together
Supports websites, books, and journal articles
Handles multiple authors and no-author edge cases

APA citation generator

Paste a URL, DOI, raw reference, or article title below. The tool returns the parenthetical citation, narrative citation, and reference entry together.

Free trial: 3 AI-powered parses without sign-in. Paste a full reference, DOI, URL, or article title keywords. Standard references parse directly, and title keywords show candidate matches first.
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How to use this generator

Step 1: Paste your source

Use a DOI, URL, raw citation, or article title.

Step 2: Check the authors

Confirm whether the source has individual authors, a group author, or no author.

Step 3: Review publication details

Make sure the year, title, and source information match the original source.

Step 4: Copy what you need

Use the parenthetical citation, narrative citation, or full reference entry.

Supported source types

CaseParentheticalNarrativeRule
Books(Garcia, 2024)Garcia (2024)Use for books, textbooks, and other standalone works.
Journal articles(Garcia & Patel, 2024)Garcia and Patel (2024)Standard journal references and DOI-based inputs are supported.
Websites(World Health Organization, 2024)World Health Organization (2024)Useful for webpages, reports, and organization-authored materials.

APA 7th vs 6th edition quick differences

This generator focuses on APA 7th edition. For multiple authors, the biggest difference from APA 6th is that three or more authors now use et al. immediately in the in-text citation.

For the detailed rule pages, review et al. rules and keep

reference list formatting nearby.

Citation formatting quick reference

Use the related guides to solve the exact formatting problem you run into.

  • Compare parenthetical and narrative citation forms.
  • Handle sources with no author correctly.
  • Use the organization author rule when the source belongs to an institution.
  • Every result on this page outputs both in-text and reference-list formats together.

Jump to parenthetical vs narrative,

no-author citations, or

group author rules.

FAQ

Answers to the common APA edge cases

Related Citation Guides

Use the generator, then drill into the exact APA rule that caused trouble.

1

How to Use Et Al. in APA 7th Edition

Rules, edge cases, and disambiguation examples for citing 3 or more authors.

2

How to Cite Sources Without an Author

Learn the title-as-author rule for websites, reports, articles, and no-date sources.

3

Parenthetical vs Narrative Citations

See the difference between ampersands, narrative prose, and direct-quote placement.

4

How to Cite Organizations as Authors

First-citation abbreviations, repeat citations, and reference-list rules for organizations.

5

How to Format the APA Reference List

Reference-list rules for 2 to 20 authors, 21+ authors, alphabetizing, and punctuation.