Electronic journals

Usually you ignore the web address and give the reference as you would for a printed journal article.

You should only use this electronic journal article format when the journal:

• Has no volume, issue and page numbers, or
• Is not available as a print version at all (or you're not sure)

Or when the article is "forthcoming", "in press" or "online ahead of print", so that it is available electronically but has not yet been given a place in a print issue and assigned page numbers.

A reference to an electronic journal article should include the following information, in this order:

• Author(s) of the article. Use family name, followed by initial(s)
• The title of the article.
• The title of the journal which must be in italics.
• The year of publication
• The volume number if available
• The first and last page numbers of the article, if available
• Web address
• Optional: Access date

Example of reference

License S, Smith R, McGuigan MP and Earnest CP. Gait pattern alterations during walking, texting and walking and texting during cognitively distractive tasks while negotiating common pedestrian obstacles. PLOS One, 2013. 0133281 http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0133281