MLA 9 journal article citation format
Last, First. “Title of Article.” Journal Name, vol. #, no. #, Month Year, pp. #–#. DOI or URL.
Example (with DOI):
Patel, Raj. “Food Sovereignty and the Right to Eat.” Journal of Peasant Studies, vol. 36, no. 3, 2009, pp. 663–706. https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150903354086.
Required fields for a journal citation
- Author(s) — Last, First format for first author
- Article title — in straight double quotation marks
- Journal name — italicised
- Volume and issue — “vol. 12, no. 3”
- Year — publication year
- Pages — “pp. 120–135”
- DOI or URL — include the DOI if one exists; otherwise the stable URL
Examples
Online journal article (DOI)
Smith, Zadie. “Some Notes on Attunement.” The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2012, www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/12/17/some-notes-on-attunement.
Database article (no DOI)
Johnson, Mark. “Climate Policy in the Post-Paris Era.” Environmental Science & Policy, vol. 45, 2019, pp. 11–18. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/123456.
Article with multiple authors
Alvarez, Maria, and David Chen. “Neural Plasticity in Aging.” Nature Neuroscience, vol. 24, no. 8, 2021, pp. 1083–1091. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-021-00894-y.
In-text citation for a journal article
(Patel 672) or (Alvarez and Chen 1085)
For three or more authors: (Smith et al. 45)
DOI autocite tip
Use the DOI / ISBN tab on the generator. Paste the DOI (e.g. 10.1080/03066150903354086) and click “Look up” — the generator fetches full metadata from CrossRef and populates every field automatically.