Citation Examples: APA

If you decide to incorporate generative AI tools into your assignments, academic projects, or any written work you plan to publish, it's crucial to carefully consider how you give credit to and cite the results generated by these tools in your content. Make sure to consult with your instructor before integrating AI into your coursework to ensure compliance with guidelines and expectations.

Please note that guidelines for working with generative AI are both new and changing quickly. It's always a good idea to check the website of the style guide for the latest information.

APA: How to Cite ChatGPT Released April 7, 2023

When incorporating AI-generated content into your academic work following APA style, consider treating the content as the result of an algorithm, attributing authorship to the company or organisation that developed the model. For instance, if citing content from ChatGPT, credit OpenAI as the author, the entity responsible for creating ChatGPT.

Here are some guidelines to adhere to when referencing AI-generated content in APA style for your undergraduate assignments:

1. In-Text Citations and Reference List:

   • When directly citing AI-generated content in your text, provide an in-text citation.
   • In your reference list, include an entry for the content, attributing authorship to the organization that created the AI model.

2. Integration into Research Description:

   • If you utilised AI tools in any aspect of your research, explain this in your introduction or methods section.
   • Include details about the prompts you used to interact with the AI.

3. Handling Text Passages:

   • For shorter excerpts of AI-generated text, consider incorporating them directly into your paper.
   • For longer responses, you can either include relevant portions in the main text or refer readers to an appendix or online supplement for the complete content.

By following these guidelines, you can appropriately acknowledge and reference AI-generated content in your academic writing.

Format:

Author. (Date). Name of tool (Version of tool) [Large language model]. URL

Example:

OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Mar 14 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat

In-Text Citation Example:

(OpenAI, 2023)

BooksBook/eBook (single author)

Author. (Year). Title (Edition). Publisher. DOI or URL.

In-text citation

(Author, Year)

Reference

eBooks and DOIs

If a book has a DOI (Digital Object Identifier), add this to the end of the reference. If the article does not have a DOI but does have an accessible URL, include this at the end of the reference instead. You can check to see if the book you are referencing has a DOI at Crossref.

Book/eBook (two authors)

For sources with two authors, include both surnames in your in-text citation and full reference, maintaining the source's name order:

In-text citation

(Smith & Johnson, 2015, p.8) 

Reference

Smith, A., & Johnson, B. (2015). Strategies for Effective Business Management. Business Press.

Book/eBook (three to twenty authors)

For sources with three to twenty authors, cite the first author followed by 'et al' in the in-text citation. List all authors in the full reference, separating them with commas and using an ampersand before the last one:

In-text citation

(Jones et al., 2019) 

Reference

Jones, M., Davis, R., Clark, P., & Brown, S. (2019). Enhancing Leadership Skills in Business Education. Journal of Business Education, 12(3), 245-260.

Book/eBook (more than twenty authors)

For sources with more than twenty authors, include only the first author followed by 'et al' in the in-text citation. List the first 19 authors in the full reference, separated by commas, followed by an ellipsis (...) and the final author:

In-text citation

(Williams et al., 2020)

Reference

Williams, C., Adams, E., Turner, G., Harris, M., Miller, J., Moore, K., ...Taylor, R. (2020). Innovations in Business Research. Business Journal, 8, 112-125.