AGLC4 Rule 5.3: Journal Articles: Year
For journals numbered by volume, the year goes in round brackets; for journals organised by year, it goes in square brackets. Where a volume covers several years, a volume-numbered journal shows the year the article appeared, while a year-organised journal shows the whole span. A journal without volume numbers counts as organised by year.
AGLC4 page 92
Formatting
- Volume-numbered journals: the year is in round brackets.
- Year-organised journals: the year is in square brackets.
- For a volume-numbered journal whose volume spans several years, only the year the article was published is given.
- For a year-organised journal whose volume spans several years, the span is given in square brackets, written under rule 1.11.4.
- A journal with no volume number is treated as organised by year, even if its issues are numbered.
- The year follows the closing quotation mark of the title after a space.
Examples
Quoted from the Guide, page 92- 3Jeremy Masters, ‘Easing the Parting’ (2008) 82(11) Law Institute Journal 68, 69–71.
- 4John Kleinig, ‘Paternalism and Personal Integrity’ [1983] (3) Bulletin of the Australian Society of Legal Philosophy 27.
Forms in the rule
Quoted from the Guide, page 92- ‘( )’
- ‘[ ]’
- ‘[1992–93]’
See also
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