How to Cite a Report

Government, agency and company reports. When the organisation is both author and publisher, APA prints it once. Examples for APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE, Vancouver, AMA, ACS, Nature, ASA, APSA, OSCOLA, the Bluebook and AGLC4 are below, each produced by the generator itself.

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APA 7th edition

References entry

World Health Organization. (2022). World mental health report: Transforming mental health for all. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240049338

In-text citation

(World Health Organization, 2022)
MLA 9th edition

Works Cited entry

World Mental Health Report: Transforming Mental Health for All. World Health Organization, 2022, https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240049338.

In-text citation

(World Mental Health Report: Transforming Mental Health for All)
Chicago 18th edition (notes and bibliography)

Bibliography entry

World Health Organization. World Mental Health Report: Transforming Mental Health for All. World Health Organization, 2022. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240049338.

Footnote

World Health Organization, World Mental Health Report: Transforming Mental Health for All (World Health Organization, 2022), https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240049338.

Later footnotes

World Health Organization, World Mental Health Report: Transforming Mental Health for All.
Chicago 18th edition (author-date)

References entry

World Health Organization. 2022. World Mental Health Report: Transforming Mental Health for All. World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240049338.

In-text citation

(World Health Organization 2022)
Harvard (Cite Them Right)

Reference list entry

World Health Organization (2022) World mental health report: Transforming mental health for all. Available at: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240049338.

In-text citation

(World Health Organization, 2022)
IEEE

References entry

[1] World Health Organization, “World mental health report: Transforming mental health for all,” World Health Organization, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240049338

In-text citation

[1]
Vancouver (NLM)

References entry

1. World Health Organization. World mental health report: Transforming mental health for all [Internet]. World Health Organization; 2022. Available from: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240049338

In-text citation

(1)
AMA 11th edition

References entry

1. World Health Organization. World Mental Health Report: Transforming Mental Health for All. World Health Organization; 2022. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240049338

In-text citation

1
ACS

References entry

(1) World Health Organization. World Mental Health Report: Transforming Mental Health for All; World Health Organization, 2022. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240049338

In-text citation

1
Nature

References entry

1. World Health Organization. World Mental Health Report: Transforming Mental Health for All. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240049338 (2022).

In-text citation

1
ASA 7th edition

References entry

World Health Organization. 2022. World Mental Health Report: Transforming Mental Health for All. World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240049338.

In-text citation

(World Health Organization 2022)
APSA

Reference List entry

World Health Organization. 2022. World Mental Health Report: Transforming Mental Health for All. World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240049338.

In-text citation

(World Health Organization 2022)
OSCOLA

Bibliography entry

World Health Organization, ‘World Mental Health Report: Transforming Mental Health for All’ (World Health Organization 2022) <https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240049338>

Footnote

World Health Organization, ‘World Mental Health Report: Transforming Mental Health for All’ (World Health Organization 2022) <https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240049338>.

Later footnotes

World Health Organization (n 1).
Bluebook

Bibliography entry

World Health Organization, World Mental Health Report: Transforming Mental Health for All (2022), https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240049338.

Footnote

World Health Organization, World Mental Health Report: Transforming Mental Health for All (2022), https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240049338.

Later footnotes

World Health Organization, supra note 1.
AGLC4

Bibliography entry

World Health Organization, World Mental Health Report: Transforming Mental Health for All (2022) <https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240049338>

Footnote

World Health Organization, World Mental Health Report: Transforming Mental Health for All (2022) <https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240049338>.

Later footnotes

World Health Organization (n 1).

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