How to cite a forthcoming article

Bluebook (22d ed.) citation format, B16 / R17.3.

Bluebook (22d ed.) citation format for a forthcoming article, governed by B16 / R17.3. Worked example, required elements, and the rules that apply.

Example

Eduardo Peñalver, Land Virtues, 94 Corn. L. Rev. (forthcoming May 2009).

Governing rules

B16 / R17.3

• 16.3 — article author & title.
• 17 — unpublished & forthcoming sources (ordinary roman type).
• 17.3 — forthcoming publications.

Required elements

• Author
• Title
• Journal
• Year

Optional elements

• Volume
• First page
• Designation
• Month
• Manuscript page — R17.3: manuscript pagination is cited “(manuscript at 3)”.
• Where it can be found
• URL

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