APA 7 vs APA 6: What Actually Changed
The practical differences between APA 6 and APA 7 that affect your references.
APA 7th edition (2019) simplified several rules. Here are the changes that matter most for students.
No more “Retrieved from”
For most web sources you now list the URL directly.
Up to 20 authors
List up to 20 authors in a reference; for 21+, list the first 19, an ellipsis, then the final author.
No publisher location
Book references no longer include the city of publication.
DOIs as URLs
Format DOIs as https://doi.org/… links.