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  5. Example APA Style: Report

Example APA Style: Report

Date published November 26, 2015 by Koen Driessen. Date updated: March 10, 2020

Scientific research is published in scientific journals. If research is conducted by an organization or the government, then it will be published in a report. APA Style has a specific format for citing a report.

 Report
APA-formatOrganization Name or Author Last Name, Initials. (YearofPublication). Report Title (Report No. xxx). Retrieved from http://WebAddress
In reference listRoyal Bank of Scotland. (2015). Annual Report and Accounts 2014. Retrieved from http://investors.rbs.com/~/media/Files/R/RBS-IR/2014-reports/annual-report-2014.pdf
 In the text
  • Recent research suggests that … (Royal Bank of Scotland, 2015).
  • In a recent study Royal Bank of Scotland (2015) found that … .
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Koen has written multiple theses and founded, together with Bas and Richard, the thesis editing company Scribbr in 2012.

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