Published February 3, 2021. Updated August 15, 2021.

To create an editorial reference or citation, you will need to know the title of the editorial, title of the newsletter/journal, publication year, volume, issue, and page.

The templates and examples below will show you how to cite an editorial in MLA, APA, Chicago style, and Harvard referencing.

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Citing an editorial in MLA style

Set the title of the editorial in title case and enclose it in double quotation marks. Set the title of the journal in title case and italicize it. If it is obvious in the full citation that the source is an editorial, you may omit “Editorial” at the end of the reference. Precede the volume number with “vol.” and the issue number with “no.” in the full citation.

In-text citation template and example:

(Author Surname/“Title” Page number)

(“Editorial Note” 1)

Works cited entry template and example:

Citing an editorial in APA style

Set the title of the editorial in sentence case. Set the title of the journal in title case and italicize it.

In-text citation template and example:

(Author Surname, Publication year, Page number)

(Ladd, 2020, p. lii)

Reference list entry template and example:

Citing an editorial in Chicago style, Notes-Bibliography

Set the title of the editorial in title case and enclose it in double quotation marks. Set the title of the journal in title case and italicize it. Precede the issue number with “no.”

Footnote template and example:

Note

1. Author Full Name, “Title of the Editorial,” editorial, Journal/Newsletter Title Volume, Issue (Publication year): Page range.

2. “Editorial Information,” editorial, Innovar: Revista De Ciencias Administrativas Y Sociales 29, no. 72 (2019): 163–64.

Shortened note

1. Author Surname, “Editorial Title,” Page number.

2. “Editorial Information,” 164.

Bibliography entry template and example:

Citing an editorial in Chicago style, Author-Date

Set the title of the editorial in title case and enclose it in double quotation marks. Set the title of the journal in title case and italicize it. Precede the issue number with “no.”

In-text citation template and example:

(Author Surname Publication year, Page number)

(Baylis, Cattapan, and Snow 2017, 145)

Reference list entry template and example:

How to cite an editorial in Harvard referencing style

The title of the editorial should be sentence case and enclosed with single quotes. The title of the journal should be title case and italicized.

In-text citation template and example:

(Author Surname, Publication year)

(Bijak, 2019)

Reference list entry template and example:

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