OSCOLA Citation for Periodicals

In our citation examples, we use the following color coding:

  • Red – Author
  • Blue – Title of book/article/charter/webpage
  • Pink – Date
  • Green – Periodical title
  • Turquoise – Place of publication
  • Black – Volume, number/issue
  • Sienna – Pages
  • Gray – URL/database/website where the source is retrieved

Journal article 

Example:

Footnote citation:

Carmen Moreno and others, ‘How Mental Health Care Should Change as a Consequence of

the COVID-19 Pandemic’ (2020) 7(9) The Lancet Psychiatry 813.

Bibliography entry:

Moreno C and others, ‘How Mental Health Care Should Change as a Consequence of

the COVID-19 Pandemic’ (2020) 7(9) The Lancet Psychiatry.

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Online journals

For these, use the same format and add URL and access date.

Example:

Footnote citation:

Carmen Moreno and others, ‘How Mental Health Care Should Change as a Consequence of

the COVID-19 Pandemic’ (2020) 7(9) The Lancet Psychiatry
<https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(20)30307-2/fulltext> accessed 26 June 2024.

Bibliography entry:

Moreno C and others, ‘How Mental Health Care Should Change as a Consequence of

the COVID-19 Pandemic’ (2020) 7(9) The Lancet Psychiatry
<https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(20)30307-2/fulltext> accessed 26 June 2024.

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Newspaper article

Example:

Footnote citation:

Francesca Ebel, ‘Closed-Door Espionage Trial of U.S. Journalist Kicks Off in Russia’

Washington Post (Washington, 26 June 2024)
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/06/26/journalist-evan-gershkovich-russia-trial/> accessed 26 June 2024.

Bibliography entry:

Ebel F, ‘Closed-Door Espionage Trial of U.S. Journalist Kicks Off in Russia’ Washington Post

(Washington, 26 June 2024)
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/06/26/journalist-evan-gershkovich-russia-trial/> accessed 26 June 2024.

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