While completing your research work or your assignment, you may have to citing a quote. It can be from different research articles from credible authors that can substantiate your arguments. You are free to include quotes from as many articles or journals as you may like. But you need to ensure that the articles are cited properly.
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Speaking of citing a quote from a journal or article, as in the case of citing from a website, there can be multiple cases subject to the number of authors. Hence, in this section, we have covered examples of three common cases that include a single author, two authors, and three to twenty authors.
Different cases to add citation:
To begin with, let us take the case of citing a quote from an article by a single author. To begin with, let us start with the single-author case.
Single Author Case
Let’s say we need to cite a quote from A review article by Chris R.H Brown titled: The prioritization of motivationally salient stimuli in hemi-spatial neglect may be underpinned by goal relevance.
Quote
In the context of motivational stimuli, the author quoted, “when navigating a visually overwhelming environment we need to be able to rapidly detect stimuli which are motivationally salient.”
Having introduced the quote, let us see how we can cite this in the APA format
In the context of motivational stimuli, the author quoted, ‘when navigating a visually overwhelming environment we need to be able to rapidly detect stimuli which are motivationally salient” (Brown, 2022, 85-107).
Bibliography: Brown, C. (2022). The prioritisation of motivationally salient stimuli in hemi-spatial neglect may be underpinned by goal-relevance: A meta-analytic review. Cortex, 150, 85-107. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2022.03.001)
Proceeding further, let us now consider the case of an article/journal which has two authors.
Two Authors Case
Suppose you have to cite quoted information from a Journal titled: Anxiety disorders, COVID-19 fear and vaccine hesitancy published by two authors.
Quote
Discussing the fears of COVID-19 vaccination in people, the authors stated, “people with anxiety and related disorders may have unique fears about the vaccine, such as fears of contamination, needles, having an adverse emotional reaction.”
So, let us now see how this quote will seem with an APA citing.
Discussing the fears of COVID-19 vaccination in people, the authors stated, “people with anxiety and related disorders may have unique fears about the vaccine, such as fears of contamination, needles, having an adverse emotional reaction” (McNeil & Purdon, 2022).
Bibliography: McNeil, A., & Purdon, C. (2022). Anxiety disorders, COVID-19 fear, and vaccine hesitancy. Journal Of Anxiety Disorders, 90, 102598. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2022.102598
Moving forward, let us now consider the case of citing a quote from an article with three to twenty authors.
Multiple Authors Case (3 to 20 Authors)
Let’s say you need to cite a quote from a research article titled: The regulation of animal behavior by cellular stress responses
Quote:
While discussing the regulation of cellular stress responses in animals, the authors emphasized “To ensure their survival, organisms require the ability to respond to changes in environmental conditions. These changes are often perceived through cellular stress, the perturbed homeostasis, and accumulated cellular damage that results from environmental parameters or internal conditions that impose changed demands upon cells.”
Now, if we have to cite this article in the APA citation format, the cited quote will seem as presented below.
In a research article titled: The regulation of animal behavior by cellular stress responses, the authors stated, “To ensure their survival, organisms require the ability to respond to changes in environmental conditions. These changes are often perceived through cellular stress, the perturbed homeostasis, and accumulated cellular damage that results from environmental parameters or internal conditions that impose changed demands upon cells.” (Özbey et al., 2021)
Bibliography: Özbey, N., Thompson, M., & Taylor, R. (2021). The regulation of animal behavior by cellular stress responses. Experimental Cell Research, 405(2), 112720. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yexcr.2021.112720
In the above examples, the in-text citation and bibliographic citations of the journals/articles are clearly depicted as per the APA style. It is imperative to note that while citing a quote from an article or journal, in case a DOI is available, it is a must to include it in the bibliography. In this way, you can provide proper attribution to the authors of the article/journal and hence, avoid plagiarism.
The format in which DOI is added is illustrated below
https://doi.org/10.yyyy
Besides, you need to be careful of the fact that even if you are paraphrasing the information available in previously published articles or journals, you still need to cite the sources to avoid plagiarism. For a better understanding of paraphrasing, you can go through our complete guide on paraphrasing. Moving ahead, the next section sheds light on how you can cite a quote from a person.
