Use these Chicago journal citation examples while formatting your bibliography entries. Adding peer-reviewed articles to your school paper research helps to support your thesis argument. Follow your teacher’s instructions to use either Chicago notes-bibliography or Chicago author-date style.
Chicago Journal Citation Format With Examples
Use this basic format for citing journal articles in your Chicago paper. The “Additional Date Information” element covers dates such as months, seasonal issues and others. For example, you can include (Spring) or (May) in the citation.
Reference List Citation Format
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. Year of Publication. “Title of Article: Subtitle of Article.” Title of Journal Volume Number, Issue Number (Additional Date Information): YY-YY.
Parenthetical Citation Format
(Author’s Last Name Year of Publication, Page #)
For multiple authors, follow the same format as book citations.
Example – One Author
Colby, Bonnie G. 1988. “Economic Impacts of Water Law—State Law and Water Market Development in the Southwest.” Natural Resources Journal 28, no. 4: 721-749.
(Colby 1988, 725)
Example – Two Authors
Rosegrant, Mark W., and Renato Gazmuri S. 1995. “Reforming Water Allocation Policy Through Markets in Tradable Water Rights: Lessons from Chile, Mexico, and California.” Cuadernos de Economía 32, no. 97 (December): 291-315.
(Rosegrant and Gazmuri 1995, 312)
Example – Three Authors
Schlenker, Wolfram, W. Michael Hanemann, and Anthony C. Fisher. 2007. “Water Availability, Degree Days, and the Potential Impact of Climate Change on Irrigated Agriculture in California.” Climatic Change 81, no. 1:19-38.
(Schlenker, Wolfram, and Haneman 2007, 26)
Example – Four Authors
Seung, Chang K., Thomas R. Harris, Thomas R. MacDiarmid, and W. Douglass Shaw. 1998. “Economic Impacts of Water Reallocation: A CGE analysis for Walker River Basin of Nevada and California.” Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy 28, no.1: 13-34.
(Seung et al. 1998, 25)
Chicago Author-Date Online Journal Citation
It’s easy to find quality, peer-reviewed journal articles indexed in online databases. Follow the basic format style and add the URL, DOI or database as the last element.
Reference List Citation Format
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. Year of Publication. “Title of Article: Subtitle of Article.” Title of Journal Volume Number, Issue Number (Additional Date Information): YY-YY. URL or DOI or Database.
Parenthetical Citation Format
(Last Name Year, Page #)
One Author Example
Umbeck, John. 1977. “The California Gold Rush: A Study of Emerging Property Rights.” Explorations in Economic History 14, no. 3: 197-226. https://www.sfu.ca/~allen/umbeckEEH.pdf.
(Umbeck 1977, 199)
Examples With Multiple Authors
Many times, researchers write a journal article together. Cite a journal article written by more than one author by following these examples:
Two Authors Example
Burness, H. Stuart, and James P. Quirk. 1979. “Appropriative Water Rights and The Efficient Allocation of Resources.” The American Economic Review 69, no. 1: 25-37. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1802494.
(Burness and Quirk 1979, 35)
Three Authors Example
Jellison, Robert, José Romero, and John M. Melack. 1998. “The Onset of Meromixis During Restoration Of Mono Lake, California: Unintended Consequences of Reducing Water Diversions.” Limnology and Oceanography 43, no. 4: 706-711. https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.4319/lo.1998.43.4.0706
(Jellison, Romero, and Melack 1998, 708)
Four or More Authors Example
Escriva-Bou, Alvar, Henry McCann, Ellen Hanak, Jay Lund, and Brian Gray. 2016. “Accounting for California Water.” California Journal of Politics and Policy 8, no. 3: 1-26. https://doi.org/10.5070/P2cjpp8331935.
(Escriva-Bou et al. 2016, 20)
Chicago Notes-Bibliography Journal Citation
Follow these examples to format journal articles with one author or multiple authors. Depending on your assignment rubric, use either endnotes or footnotes.
Bibliography Citation Format
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. “Title of Article: Subtitle of Article.” Title of Journal Volume Number, Issue Number (Date of Publication): YY-YY.
Note Citation Format
##. Author’s First and Last Names. “Title of Article: Subtitle of Article,” Title of Journal Volume Number, Issue Number (Date of Publication): XX.
One Author Example
Freeman, Chris. “The National System of Innovation in Historical Perspective.” Cambridge Journal of Economics 19, no. 1 (1995): 5-24.
1. Chris Freeman. “The National System of Innovation in Historical Perspective,” Cambridge Journal of Economics 19, no. 1 (1995): 18.
Multiple Authors Citation Format
When including journal article citations written by several authors, follow these examples.
Two Authors Example
Aronson, Alan R., and François-Michel Lang. “An Overview of Metamap: Historical Perspective and Recent Advances.” Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 17, no. 3 (2010): 229-236.
2. Alan Aronson, and Francois-Michel Lang. “An Overview of Metamap: Historical Perspective and Recent Advances,” Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 17, no. 3 (2010): 232.
Three Authors Example
Bailey, Bambi L., Kathryn Scantlebury, and William J. Letts IV. “It’s Not My Style: Using Disclaimers to Ignore Gender Issues in Science.” Journal of Teacher Education 48, no. 1 (1997): 29-36.
3. Bambi L. Bailey, Kathryn Scantlebury, and William J Letts IV. “It’s Not My Style: Using Disclaimers to Ignore Gender Issues in Science,” Journal of Teacher Education 48, no. 1 (1997): 32.
Four or More Authors Example
Alvaredo, Facundo, Anthony B. Atkinson, Thomas Piketty, and Emmanuel Saez. “The Top 1 Percent in International and Historical Perspective.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 27, no. 3 (2013): 3-20.
4. Facundo Alvaredo et al. “The Top 1 Percent in International and Historical Perspective,” Journal of Economic Perspectives 27, no. 3 (2013): 14.
Chicago Notes-Bibliography Online Journal Citation
When following the Chicago notes-bibliography style, cite online journal articles in the same manner as print journals. Use the DOI for online journal articles, if available. Otherwise, add the URL at the end of the citation.
Bibliography Citation Format
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. “Title of Article: Subtitle of Article.” Title of Journal Volume Number, Issue Number (Date of Publication): YY-YY. URL, DOI or Database.
Note Citation Format
##. Author’s First and Last Names. “Title of Article: Subtitle of Article,” Title of Journal Volume Number, Issue Number (Date of Publication): XX, URL, DOI or Database.
- Append https://doi to your DOI entries.
- Arrange your bibliography in alphabetical order.
- Use ibid if your teacher requires it.
Finding Journal Articles for Your Chicago Style Paper
Find indexed journal articles in databases such as ProQuest and JSTOR. Although a subscription is required to access these databases, you’ll have free access through your school or public library. Using journal articles provides current research from respected authorities. These Chicago journal citation examples show you how to format your bibliography and reference list entries. As always, follow your assignment rubric and teacher’s guidelines when writing your research paper.