How to Write References Sections & Author Notes
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this comprehensive and engaging course, you will be able to:
- Format the References section following American Psychological Association (APA) Style (7th Edition) guidelines
- Cite the most common types of sources in compliance with APA Style (7th Edition) guidelines
- Follow parenthetical documentation best practices
- Avoid the 7 most common mistakes in citing the literature
- Disclose potential conflicts of interest, funding sources, and acknowledgments in an effective Author Note
- Discuss implicit bias, its measurement, and its impact on Author Note disclosures
Instructor
Jay Phoenix Singh, PhD, PhD is a Fulbright Scholar and the internationally award-winning Executive Director of Publication Academy. Author of over 85 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters (average 400+ citations/year since 2010) as well as 4 books (published by Routledge, Wiley, Sage, and Oxford University Press), he completed his graduate doctoral studies in psychiatry at the University of Oxford and clinical psychology at Universität Konstanz. He was named the youngest tenured Full Professor in Norway in 2014 before accepting faculty appointments at the University of Cambridge as well as the University of Pennsylvania. Since this time, he has become the only psychology professor to have lectured for all eight Ivy League universities (Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell, Brown, Dartmouth, UPenn) as well as both Oxford and Cambridge. Dr. Singh has provided keynote speeches at leading academic conferences on six continents, and his work has been featured in leading newspapers such as The Washington Post and magazines such as People. He has been the recipient of awards from organizations including the American Psychological Association, the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the Society for Research in Child Development, the Society for Research in Adolescence, the American Board of Forensic Psychology, the American Psychology-Law Society, and the European Congress on Violence in Clinical Psychiatry.