APA style

These are the general criteria for citations as per the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th edition).

We recommend an adapted version of the APA style, which includes the full name of the author, to make women more visible in bibliographies. We have discussed this adaptation with the APA, and it is supported by their guidance that allows for independent adaptations of APA Style.

Bibliographic reference

• STRUCTURE


Author's surname, Author's INITIALS. [Author's name]. (Year of publication).

Article title: Subtitle. Journal title: Subtitle, volume(number), start page number–end page number.
 

• EXAMPLE


Garita, R. [Renato]. (2010). Modelos y teorías computacionales de la memoria

humana: Un estado de la cuestión y análisis crítico. Revista Educación, 34(2), 75–94.
 

• STRUCTURE


Organization. (Date of publication). Name of the model (version)

[additional description]. URL
 

• EXAMPLE


OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Mar 14 version) [Large language model].

https://chat.openai.com/chat
 

• STRUCTURE


Author's surname, Author's INITIALS. [Author's name]. (Date of publication).

Blog post title [blog post]. Blog title. URL
 

• EXAMPLE


Estudis de Psicologia i Ciències de l'Educació. (2019, 27 November).

Educación, ¿para qué? [blog post]. Blog dels Estudis de Psicologia i Ciències de l’Educació. https://blogs.uoc.edu/epce/es/educacion-para-que/
 

• STRUCTURE

Author's surname, Author's INITIALS. [Author's name]. (Year of

publication). Board game title [board game]. Publisher.

 

• EXAMPLE

Moon, A. R. [Alan R.]. (2015). Ticket to Ride [board game].

Days of Wonder.
 

• STRUCTURE


Author's surname, Author's INITIALS. [Author's name]. (Year of publication).

Book title. Publisher.
 

• EXAMPLE


Moore, M. G. [Michael Grahame]. (ed.). (2013). Handbook of Distance

Education. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
 

• STRUCTURE


Author's surname, Author's INITIALS. [Author's name]. (Year of publication).

Title of the chapter or part. In AUTHOR INITIALS [Author name] Autor surname, Book title (pp. start page number–end page number). Publisher.
 

• EXAMPLE


Egge, M. [Martin]. (2008). La práctica à plusieurs. In M. [Martin] Egge,

El tratamiento del niño autista (pp. 149–184). Gredos.
 

• STRUCTURE


Author's surname, Author's INITIALS. [Author's name]. (Date of the event).

Title of the paper [Conference session]. Name of the event, city, country. URL.
 

• EXAMPLE


Sangrà, A. [Albert]. (2021, January). Quan el desig és un altre...

llums i ombres de l'educació online en temps de pandèmia [Conference session]. IX Trobada de Monitors, Monitores i Policies de la Campanya Game Over 2020. https://edums.gencat.cat/ca/ activitats/noticies/detalls/noticia/20210120-conferencia-albert-sangra
 

• STRUCTURE


Organization. (Date). Title of the report (number) [document type]. Source.

URL
 

• EXAMPLE


National Cancer Institute. (2019). Taking time: Support for people with cancer

(NIH Publication No. 18–2059) [Health report]. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health. https://cancer.gov/publications/patient-education/takingtime.pdf
 

• STRUCTURE


Author (if stated). (Year of publication). Database name [online database].

URL
 

• EXAMPLE


ProQuest Information and Learning Company. (1971). Psychology Database

[online database]. https://about.proquest.com/products-services/pq_psychology_journ.html
 

• STRUCTURE


Author's surname, Author's INITIALS. [Author's name]. (Year of publication).

E–book title: Subtitle. Publisher. URL
 

• EXAMPLE


Berger, K. S. [Kathleen Stassen]. (2016). Psicología del desarrollo: infancia

y adolescencia. Editorial Médica Panamericana. https://www.medicapanamericana.com/es/libro/psicologia-del-desarrollo-berger
 

• STRUCTURE


Author's surname, Author's INITIALS. [Author's name]. (Year). Final project

title. [Bachelor's/Master's degree final project]. Department, Institution. URL
 

• EXAMPLE


Minguella, J. [Joana]. El mur europeu. Implicacions de l'Educació Social

amb persones refugiades: el cas de Síria. [Bachelor's degree final project]. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. http://hdl.handle.net/10609/93446
 

• STRUCTURE


Journal title: Subtitle (start publication year–end publication year, if no

longer published). Place of publication: Publisher. ISSN
 

• EXAMPLE


Annual Review of Psychology (1950– ). California: Annual Reviews.

ISSN 1545–2085
 

• STRUCTURE


Interviewed's surname, Interviewed's INITIAL/s. [Interviewed's name].

(Date of publication). Title of the document / by Name and Surname of the author. Source. URL.
 

• EXAMPLE


Springsteen, B. [Bruce]. (2014, 9 Jan). A 54–Minute Conversation With

Bruce Springsteen / by Andy Greene. Rolling Stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/a-54-minute-conversation-with-bruce-springsteen-181303/
 

• STRUCTURE


Organization. Title of the law or decree, publication title, number (year of

publication).
 

• EXAMPLE


Jefatura del Estado. Ley Orgánica 2/2006, de 3 de mayo, de Educación.

Official Gazette of the Government of Spain no. 106 (2006).
 

• STRUCTURE


Author's surname, Author's INITIALS. [Author's name]. (Year of publication).

Online article title. Journal title, volume(number), start page number–end page number. URL
 

• EXAMPLE


Guasch, T. [Teresa], Espasa, A. [Anna] i Martinez–Melo, M. [Montserrat].

(2019). The art of questioning in online learning environments: the potentialities of feedback in writing. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 44(1), 111–123. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2018.1479373
 

• STRUCTURE


Author's surname, Author's INITIALS. [Author's name]. (Date of publication).

Headline. Name of the media outlet. URL.
 

• EXAMPLE


Bejerano, P. G. [Pablo G.]. (2022, 2 March). La educación desembarca

en el metaverso. El País. https://elpais.com/tecnologia/2022-03-02/la-educacion-desembarca-en-el-metaverso.html
 

• STRUCTURE


Author's surname, Author's INITIALS. [Author's name]. (Year of creation).

Image title [type of medium]. Museum or gallery name, place. URL
 

• EXAMPLE


Van Gogh, V. [Vincent]. (1889). Self–Portrait with Bandaged Ear [painting].

The Courtauld Gallery, London. https://library.artstor.org/#/asset/ACOURTAULDIG_10313599362
 

• STRUCTURE


Author's surname, Author's INITIALS. [Author's name]. (Date of publication).

Title of the episode [podcast episode]. In name of the programme. Editor. URL.
 

• EXAMPLE


Hijón, L. [Laura]. (2001, 7 December). La importancia de la psicología

emocional en los colegios [podcast episode]. In Radio 5. Salud Mental. RTVE. https://www.rtve.es/play/audios/salud-mental/salud-mental-psicologia-emocional-colegios/6238039/
 

• STRUCTURE


Author's surname, Author's INITIALS. [Author's name]. (Year). Name of

the test. Publisher.
 

• EXAMPLE


Tellegen, A. [Auke], Ben–Porath, Y. S. [Yossef S.]. (2011). Minnesota

Multiphasic Personality Inventory–2 Restructured Form (MMPI–2–RF): Technical Manual. Pearson.
 

• STRUCTURE


Author's surname, Author's INITIALS. [Author's name]. [Username]. (Date of

publication). Text of the message up to a maximum of 40 words [tweet]. URL
 

• EXAMPLE


@UOCuniversitat. (2019, 22 August). Un estudi de 2018 va revelar per

primera vegada l'impacte negatiu que té el consum de cigarretes electròniques en la #salut cardíaca. Ens ho explica l'#expertUOC Antoni Baena a @UOCNews http://ow.ly/pIuM50vpn9e cc @UOCesalut [tweet]. https://twitter.com/UOCuniversitat/status/1164500047616196608?s=20
 

• STRUCTURE


Author's surname, Author's INITIALS. [Author's name]. [Username]. (Date of

publication). Text of the message up to a maximum of 40 words [Facebook update]. URL
 

• EXAMPLE


Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. (2019, 19 December). El Deep

Learning es uno de los motores de la revolución tecnológica en la inteligencia artificial. Investigadores de primer nivel mundial hablarán de ello en el Deep Learning Barcelona Symposium [Facebook update]. https://www.facebook.com/UOC.universitat/posts/10156600051736646
 

• STRUCTURE


Author's surname, Author's INITIALS. [Author's name]. [Username] (Date of

publication). Video title [online video]. Production company or Publication channel. URL
 

• EXAMPLE


UOC – Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. (2017, 7 March). Benvinguts a la

Biblioteca de la UOC [online video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL3EdXW-Hpg
 

• STRUCTURE


Author's surname, Author's INITIALS. [Author's name] or ORGANIZATION.

(Year). Software name (version) [software].
 

• EXAMPLE


IBM. (2019). SPSS (v26) [software].
 

• STRUCTURE


Organization. (Year). Standard title in italics: Subtitle in italics (standard

identifier). URL
 

• EXAMPLE


Asociación Española de Normalización y Certificación. (2017). 

Calidad de los materiales educativos digitales (UNE 71362:2017). https://www.une.org/encuentra-tu-norma/busca-tu-norma/norma?c=N0058497
 

• STRUCTURE


Author's surname, Author's INITIALS. [Author's name]. (Year of defence).

Thesis title. [Doctoral thesis, Department, Institution (thesis supervisor [optional])]. Database or Archive Name. URL
 

• EXAMPLE


Serarols, J. [Jordi]. (2019). La implementació de les TIC en els centres

d'ensenyament secundari de Catalunya: propostes d'organització i gestió a partir d'estudis de cas. [Doctoral thesis, eLearn Center, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (supervisor: Albert Sangrà Morer)]. TDX. https://tdx.cat/handle/10803/667316#page=1

• STRUCTURE


Author's surname, Author's INITIALS. [Author's name]. (Year of publication).

Learning resource title: Learning resource subtitle (ed. num.) [textual or audiovisual learning resource]. Editor or Production company. URL
 

• EXAMPLE

 

Niño, R. [Roberto]. (2022). Derecho preconcursal: Acuerdo extrajudicial de

pagos, propuesta anticipada de convenio y acuerdos de refinanciación [audiovisual learning resource]. Fundació Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (FUOC).

 

Estruch, M. [Mònica], & Muñoz, T. [Teresa]. (2022). Manual sobre l’edició i la

correcció de textos (1st ed.) [textual learning resource]. Fundació Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (FUOC).

 

• STRUCTURE


Author's surname, Author's INITIALS. [Author's name]. (Year).

Name of the video game (version) [video game]. Producer.
 

• EXAMPLE


Amaya, D. [Daisuke]. (2017). Cave story+ (Switch version)

[video game].
 

• STRUCTURE


Organization. (Year of last update). Web page title. URL
 

• EXAMPLE


Col·legi Oficial de Psicologia de Catalunya. (2019). Col·legi Oficial de Psicologia

de Catalunya. https://www.copc.cat/