Thank you, APA Stylers, for reading our blog. In October 2019, in tandem with the publication of the seventh edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, we launched an extensive website, including APA Style guidelines and the seventh edition APA Style blog.
Today marks our 100th blog post. To celebrate, we present a fun and informative countdown from 100!
100 : posts on the seventh edition APA Style blog
97 : years of APA Style; the first article with publishing guidelines was published in 1929
73 : percentage of U.S. bachelor’s degree programs using APA Style (more details are in our blog post about how many U.S. college students use APA Style )
45: slang for the vinyl format of music singles; the format (vinyl, CD, streaming) is not included in the reference
20 : maximum number of surnames in a reference
18 : years of journal article reporting standards (JARS)
15: outdated guidelines and myths debunked in this refresher for instructors videoopens in new window
12: chapters of the Publication Manual available (i.e., the full text) for students at schools with the APA Style Manual
10 : years of Academic Writer
9 : fabled number of cat lives; find some of our favorite cats and dogs on the My Style highlightopens in new window on our Instagram profile
7: the current edition of the Publication Manual , the Concise Guide to APA Style , and the Mastering APA Style Student Workbook
5 : social media sites where you can chat with us about APA Style: Blueskyopens in new window , Facebookopens in new window , Instagramopens in new window , LinkedInopens in new window , and Xopens in new window
4 : elements in a reference (author, date, title, and source)
3 : posts in our series about citing AI in APA Style
2 : ways to pluralize “emoji” (“emoji” or “emojis”), per Section 6.11 of the Publication Manual (7th ed.)
<.001 : generally the smallest p values reported in a paper.
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