When no author is indicated for an article from a website, you should

When an article has more than 20 authors, replace the names prior to the final listed author with an ellipsis, but do not omit the final author:

Davis, Y., Smith, J., Caulfield, F., Pullman, H., Carlisle, J., Donahue, S. D., James, F., O’Donnell, K., Singh, J., Johnson, L., Streefkerk, R., McCombes, S., Corrieri, L., Valck, X., Baldwin, F. M., Lorde, J., Wardell, K., Lao, W., Yang, P., . . . O’Brien, T. (2012).

Webpage citations in APA Style consist of five components: author, publication date, title, website name, and URL.

Unfortunately, some of these components are sometimes missing. For instance, there may be no author or publication date. This article explains how to handle different kinds and combinations of missing information.

What’s missing?Solution–Use title in place of author.Use “n.d.” (“no date”) in place of date.Describe the source in brackets.Use title in place of author; use “n.d.” in place of date.Use bracketed description in place of author.Use “n.d.” in place of date; describe the source in brackets.Use bracketed description in place of author; use “n.d.” in place of date.Generate accurate APA citations with Scribbr

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The Scribbr Citation Generator will automatically create a flawless APA citation

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The Scribbr Citation Generator will automatically create a flawless APA citation

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The Scribbr Citation Generator will automatically create a flawless APA citation


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Basic webpage citation format

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No author

APA formatPage title. (Year, Month Day). Website Name. URLAPA reference entryAPA citation guidelines. (2020, October 30). Scribbr. https://www.scribbr.com/category/apa-style/APA in-text citation(APA Citation Guidelines, 2020)

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When no author is indicated for an article from a website, you should

No date

APA formatLast name, Initials. (n.d.). Page title. Website Name. URLAPA reference entryStreefkerk, R. (n.d.). APA citation guidelines. Scribbr. https://www.scribbr.com/category/apa-style/APA in-text citation(Streefkerk, n.d.)

No title

APA formatLast name, Initials. (Year, Month Day). [Description of page]. Website Name. URLAPA reference entryStreefkerk, R. (2020, October 30). [Article about APA citations]. Scribbr. https://www.scribbr.com/category/apa-style/APA in-text citation(Streefkerk, 2020)

No author or date

APA formatPage title. (n.d.). Website Name. URLAPA reference entryAPA citation guidelines (n.d.). Scribbr. https://www.scribbr.com/category/apa-style/APA in-text citation(APA Citation Guidelines, n.d.)

No author or title

APA format[Description of page]. (Year, Month Day). Website Name. URLAPA reference entry[Article about APA citations]. (2020, October 30). Scribbr. https://www.scribbr.com/category/apa-style/APA in-text citation([Article about APA citations], 2020)

No date or title

APA formatLast name, initials. (n.d.). [Description of page]. Website Name. URLAPA reference entryStreefkerk, R. (n.d.). [Article about APA citations]. Scribbr. https://www.scribbr.com/category/apa-style/APA in-text citation(Streefkerk, n.d.)

No author, date, or title

APA format[Description of page]. (n.d.). Website Name. URLAPA reference entry[Article about APA citations]. (n.d.). Scribbr. https://www.scribbr.com/category/apa-style/APA in-text citation([Article about APA citations], n.d.)

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Caulfield, J. (2022, June 16). No Author, Date, or Title in APA Style | Formats & Examples. Scribbr. Retrieved December 19, 2022, from https://www.scribbr.com/apa-examples/citing-online-sources-no-author-date-title/