APA reference list example: Article in a magazine. The author is listed by last name and first initials. Raloff, J. The date of publication is given in year, month day format: 2001, May 12 in parentheses. The article title is Lead therapy won't help most kids. The magazine title is Science News. It is italicized and is followed by a comma. The volume is 159 and it is italicized and followed by a comma. The page is 292.