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What is ASA 6th edition?
The ASA Style Guide (6th ed., 2019) is the citation style for the American Sociological Association journals (ASR, AJS, Social Forces) and most US sociology programs. It uses author-date in-text citations very similar to Chicago author-date but with sociology-specific reference formatting.
When to use ASA
- American Journal of Sociology, ASR, and other ASA journals
- US sociology graduate programs
- Some criminology, demography, and social policy programs
ASA quick reference
In-text citation
Author–date: (Author Year:page).
(Smith 2023:45)
References (alphabetical, hanging indent)
Author, First. Year. "Article Title." Journal Name Volume(Issue):pages.
Smith, Jane D. 2023. "The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Academic Research." Nature Machine Intelligence 5(3):234–45.
Author, First. Year. Title. City: Publisher.
Brown, Peter. 2021. Citation in the Digital Age. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Key ASA formatting rules
- Title case for titles, italicize books and journals.
- Year goes second (after author), period-separated.
- Use a colon to separate volume from page number in-text and in references.
- For 4+ authors, list all in the reference list and use "et al." in-text.
Other citation styles
ASA FAQ
Very similar but not identical — ASA uses (Author Year:page) with a colon while Chicago author-date uses (Author Year, page) with a comma. Reference list ordering and formatting are also slightly different.