How to cite a magazine article

Bluebook (22d ed.) citation format, B16 / R16.5.

Bluebook (22d ed.) citation format for a magazine article, governed by B16 / R16.5. Worked example, required elements, and the rules that apply.

Example

Barbara Ward, Progress for a Small Planet, Harv. Bus. Rev., Sep.-Oct. 1979, at 89, 90.

Governing rules

B16 / R16.5

• 3.2(a) — pinpoint pages.
• 16 — periodicals.
• T13 — periodical title abbreviations.
• 16.5 — nonconsecutively paginated journals & magazines.

Required elements

• Article title
• Magazine
• Date
• First page

Optional elements

• Author
• Designation
• Volume
• Issue
• Year
• Section
• Pincite
• Place of publication
• Publishing organization
• Database citation

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