Theses formatted to APA 7th edition.

APA formatting applies the American Psychological Association 7th edition style guide to your thesis. This covers title page, abstract, heading hierarchy (5 levels), in text citations (author-date format), reference list, tables, figures, statistics reporting, and page layout. Specifically, APA is required by most universities in psychology, education, nursing, and social science programmes.

We format theses to APA 7th edition, published October 2019 by the American Psychological Association. APA 7 introduced significant changes from APA 6 including new heading formats, simplified in text citations for 3+ authors (et al. from the first citation), updated reference list formatting, and new title page requirements for student versus professional papers. Furthermore, we can also format to APA 6 if your university still requires the older edition.

APA 7 uses author-date format for in text citations. One author: (Smith, 2023). Two authors: (Smith & Jones, 2023) inside parentheses or Smith and Jones (2023) in narrative form. Three or more authors: (Smith et al., 2023) from the first citation onwards (this is a change from APA 6). Importantly, we verify every in text citation appears in the reference list with matching format.

The APA 7 reference list appears at the end of the thesis with title ‘References’ centered and bold. Entries are alphabetised by first author surname with hanging indent. Each reference type (journal article, book, edited chapter, webpage, dataset) has specific format requirements. Furthermore, DOIs are included as full URLs (https://doi.org/…) and italicisation, capitalisation, and punctuation rules are applied consistently.

APA 7 uses 5 heading levels with distinct formatting. Level 1: Centered, Bold, Title Case. Level 2: Flush Left, Bold, Title Case. Level 3: Flush Left, Bold Italic, Title Case. Level 4: Indented, Bold, Title Case, period at end, text follows on same line. Level 5: Indented, Bold Italic, Title Case, period at end. Specifically, we apply heading styles as Word styles or LaTeX commands for automatic updates.

Yes. APA 7 distinguishes between student title pages and professional title pages. Student title page includes paper title (bold, centered, upper half of page), author name, affiliation, course code and name, instructor name, and submission date. Professional title page adds author note, running head (max 50 characters), and page number. Importantly, we format to your university’s specific APA title page requirements.

APA 7 tables include table number (bold) above table, table title (italic) on next line, table body with appropriate borders, and notes below table. Figures follow similar pattern with figure number bold, figure title italic, image, and notes. Both tables and figures are numbered consecutively throughout the thesis. Furthermore, we ensure all tables and figures are cross referenced from the main text.

Standard APA formatting typically takes 3 to 5 working days for a Master’s dissertation (15,000 to 30,000 words) and 5 to 10 working days for a PhD thesis (60,000 to 100,000 words). Notably, express service compresses these timelines to 2 to 3 days for Master’s and 3 to 7 days for PhD. We confirm exact timing in your free quote within 3 hours.

Yes. We work directly with EndNote, Mendeley, Zotero, and BibTeX reference manager files to apply APA 7 style. Specifically, we can clean up your existing library, remove duplicates, fix incomplete entries, update DOI links, and apply APA 7 output style to your entire library. The cleaned library is delivered alongside your formatted thesis.

Yes. APA 7 introduced significant changes from APA 6 including et al. usage rules, new heading formats, simplified citations for digital sources, and different title page requirements. Notably, we handle complete APA 6 to APA 7 conversion as part of standard formatting, including reviewing every citation and reference entry for the new style requirements.

APA 7 has specific rules for reporting statistics including italicisation of statistical symbols (M, SD, p, t, F), removal of leading zeros before decimals where values cannot exceed 1 (p < .05 not p < 0.05), and specific formatting for confidence intervals, effect sizes, and degrees of freedom. Importantly, we apply these rules consistently throughout your results and discussion chapters.

Yes. We work natively with Microsoft Word (.docx) using built in APA style support and Word styles. For LaTeX theses, we work with apa7 document class and apacite or biblatex-apa packages. Furthermore, we deliver formatted files in your original working format with all APA formatting applied at the source for easy future updates.

Yes. APA abstracts have specific requirements: typically 150-250 words (varies by university), on a separate page, with the word ‘Abstract’ centered and bold at the top, followed by the abstract paragraph without indent. Keywords appear below the abstract with the label ‘Keywords:’ italicised. Specifically, we format your abstract to APA standards plus any university word count requirements.