Some articles are published online in advance of being formally published in the journal. These can be called ‘advance online publication’, ‘published ahead of print’ or ‘epub ahead of print’ or a similar variation.
These will often miss some of the standard details given in a journal article reference such as volume number, issue number and page numbers. Give as many details as you have available for a standard journal article reference.
If you don’t have volume, issue and page numbers, you could use the date of publication online instead.
You will need to include a statement to indicate your article is published online ahead of formal publication.
Mizuno (2020) identifies how stretching velocity...
It is clear that the velocity of the stretching... (Mizuno 2020).
AUTHOR, Year of publication. Title of article. Title of journal, publication day and month if no volume and issue number [epub ahead of print]
MIZUNO, T., 2020. Effects of dynamic stretching velocity on joint range of motion, muscle strength, and subjective fatigue. Journal of strength and conditioning research, 1 October [epub ahead of print]
You may want to include the page number or number range indicating where you found the information you are referring to for some sources. For guidance on how to do this see the ‘Page numbers for in-text references’ section.
Include the details of both authors in the in-text citations and the full reference list.
Only the first author surname is reversed in the full reference list entry.
Vidic and Greene (2024) have referred to the concern...
It is clear that there is a concern around the "extreme information overload" (Vidic and Greene 2024, p.35).
AUTHOR SURNAME, Initial. and Initial. AUTHOR SURNAME, Year of publication. Title of article. Title of journal, publication day and month if no volume and issue number [epub ahead of print]
The format for adding two authors to a full reference is shown below.
VIDIC, P. and L. GREENE, 2024. [Add full reference details for the source type after the author following the format above]
You may want to include the page number or number range indicating where you found the information you are referring to for some sources. For guidance on how to do this see the ‘Page numbers for in-text references’ section.
Include the details of all three authors in both the in-text citations and the full reference list.
Only the first author surname is reversed in the full reference list entry.
Rosa, Harris and Weyers (2021) have referred to the concern...
It is clear that there is a concern around the "extreme information overload" (Rosa, Harris and Weyers 2021)...
AUTHOR SURNAME, Initial., Initial. AUTHOR SURNAME and Initial. AUTHOR SURNAME, Year of publication. Title of article. Title of journal, publication day and month if no volume and issue number [epub ahead of print]
The format for adding three authors to a full reference is shown below.
ROSA, L., P. HARRIS and T. WEYERS, 2021. [Add full reference details for the source type after the author following the format above]
You may want to include the page number or number range indicating where you found the information you are referring to for some sources. For guidance on how to do this see the ‘Page numbers for in-text references’ section.
If your source has four or more authors, just include the first author in both the in-text citation and full reference list entry. You will need to add et al. after the first author to indicate there were multiple additional authors.
Svoen et al. (2023) have referred to the concern...
It is clear that there is a concern around the "extreme information overload" (Svoen et al. 2023)...
AUTHOR SURNAME, Initial. et al., Year of publication. Title of article. Title of journal, publication day and month if no volume and issue number [epub ahead of print]
The format for adding four or more authors to a full reference is shown below.
SVOEN, L. et al., 2023. [Add full reference details for the source type after the author following the format above]
You may want to include the page number or number range indicating where you found the information you are referring to for some sources. For guidance on how to do this see the ‘Page numbers for in-text references’ section.
A source may sometimes have a corporate author rather than an individual or several people named as author.
A corporate author is an organisation or company, for example, that created the information source.
Add a corporate author by including the full name both in your in-text citation and in your full reference list.
…aims to provide a top-class university education for all those qualified and able to benefit (Southampton Solent University 2015).
CORPORATE AUTHOR, Year of publication. Title of article. Title of journal, publication day and month if no volume and issue number [epub ahead of print]
The format for adding a corporate author to a full reference is shown below.
SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY, 2015. [Add full reference details for the source type after the author following the format above]
You may want to include the page number or number range indicating where you found the information you are referring to for some sources. For guidance on how to do this see the ‘Page numbers for in-text references’ section.