American Psychological Association (APA) style referencing

The APA referencing style is an "author-date" style, so the citation in the text consists of the author(s) and the year of publication
given wholly or partly in round brackets. Use only the surname of the author(s) followed by a comma and the year of publication.
Consider in case of single author
Author Shaikh Mostak Ahammad
Title Effectiveness of current curricula of BBA program in HSTU for required job fit in Bangladesh.
Journal Name Journal of Science and Technology
Volume 10
Issue 10
Publication year 2021
Page number 120-145

Consider in case of two authors

Author Md. Zahangir Kabir and Md. Kutub Uddin
Article Title Exploring student behavior towards the online shopping
Journal Title Journal of Consumer behavior
Volume 12
Issue 10
Publication year 2020
Page number 110-125

Consider in case of three or more authors

Author Mohammad Zoynul Abedin, Rafia Akhtar, Md. Mamunar Rashid, Abul Kalam, Md. Alamgir
Hossain, and Md. Shamim Hossain
Article Title Application of machine learning for motivating and assessing student performance
Journal Title Computer in Business
Volume 7
Issue 2
Publication year 2021
Page number 70-125
 APA style citation referencing in the text and reference
In case of single author
Type of sources Using location Format Example
In the text Author surname ( usually last name), publication year (Ahammad, 2020)/ Ahammad (2020)
In the reference Surname, first letter of previous name (s)/ initial (s). (Year). Ahammad, S.M. (2020). Effectiveness of current
Article title. Journal title, volume (issue), inclusive page curricula of BBA program in HSTU for required
number. job fit in Bangladesh. Journal of Science and
Technology, 10 (10), 120-145.
In case of double authors
Using location Format Example
In the text 1st author surname & 2 author surname, publication year
nd
(Kabir & Uddin, 2020) or Kabir and Uddin
(2020)
Article from any In the reference First author surname, initial (s)., & 2 author surname, initial Kabir, M.Z., & Uddin, M.K. (2020). Exploring
nd

journals (s). Year. Article title. Journal title, volume (issue), inclusive student behavior towards the online shopping.
page number. Journal of Consumer behavior, 12 (10), 110-15.
In case of three or more authors
Using location Format Example
In the text 1st author surname et al., Year (Abedin et al., 2021) or Abedin et al. (2021)
In the reference 1st author surname, initial (s)., 2nd author surname, initial (s)., Abedin, M.Z., Akhtar, R., Rashid, M.M., Kalam,
3rd author surname, initials., 4th author surname, initial(s)., 5th A., Hossain, M.A., & Hossain, M.S. (2021).
author surname, initial (s)., 6th author surname, initial (s)., & Application of machine learning for motivating
7th author surname, initial (s). Year. Article title. Journal title, and assessing student performance. Computer in
volume (issue), inclusive page number. Business, 7 (2), 70-125.
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