How to Cite

Articles published in IJECE should be cited using the APA 7th Edition referencing style. Below is the general format for citing journal articles, followed by a sample citation using IJECE details.

  1. General APA Format for Journal Articles

Author Last Name, Initials. (Year). Title of the article. Title of Journal, Volume(Issue), page range. https://doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyy

If there is more than one author, list each author separated by commas, with an ampersand (&) before the final author.

  1. How to Cite Articles from IJECE

When citing articles specifically from IJECE, use the following template:

Author Last Name, Initials. (Year). Title of the article. International Journal of Educational Contemporary Explorations, Volume(Issue), page range. https://doi.org/xxxxxxx

  1. Sample Citation (IJECE)

Example:

Santos, M. R., & Villanueva, J. P. (2024). Exploring digital pedagogies in higher education: A contemporary analysis. International Journal of Educational Contemporary Explorations, 2(1), 45–60. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.xxxxxxx

  1. In-Text Citation Examples
    Parenthetical citation:

(Santos & Villanueva, 2024)

Narrative citation:

Santos and Villanueva (2024) argued that…

  1. Citing Online Versions

Since IJECE is an open-access online journal, always include the DOI when available. If a DOI is not assigned, use the direct article URL.

Format (no DOI):
Author, A. A. (Year). Title of article. International Journal of Educational Contemporary Explorations, Volume(Issue), pages. URL