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ASA Citation Generator
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Built for sociology students and researchers. Generate American Sociological Association (ASA) bibliography entries and author-date in-text citations from a DOI, URL, title, or manual fields—then verify against your source.
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Smith, J. A.; Lee, M. Catalytic Pathways in Sustainable Chemistry. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146 (12), 1234–1245. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.example
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Smith and Lee (1) reported…
BibTeX
@article{smith2024catalytic, author = {Smith, J. A. and Lee, M.}, title = {Catalytic Pathways in Sustainable Chemistry}, journal = {J. Am. Chem. Soc.}, year = {2024}, volume = {146}, number = {12}, pages = {1234--1245}, doi = {10.1021/jacs.example} }
ACS typically uses numbered superscript or italicized journal abbreviations.
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ASA Citation Examples
Sociology samples formatted in American Sociological Association style
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Sociology journal article
Bibliography
Ortiz, Marisol, and Devon Blake. 2023. “Neighborhood Trust and Collective Efficacy.” American Sociological Review 88(2):210–35.
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(Ortiz and Blake 2023)
ASA Style Quick Tips
ASA uses author-date citations and an alphabetized reference list with hanging indents. Use this generator as a starting point, then match your course or ASA Style Guide edition.
Use author-date in-text citations: (Smith 2020) or (Smith 2020:45)- List references alphabetically by first author surname
- Use hanging indents in the reference list when formatting your final paper
- Italicize journal and book titles; put article titles in quotation marks
- Include DOI when available for journal articles
- Always double-check volume, issue, and page ranges
Sample ASA pattern
Author, First M., and Second Author. Year. “Article Title.” Journal Name Volume(Issue):Pages.
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ASA (American Sociological Association) style is used in sociology. It uses author-date in-text citations and an alphabetized reference list. Punctuation and author name order follow ASA guidelines closely related to Chicago author-date.
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