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Verify ASA citations

ASA is the author–date standard across sociology. Its reference-list entries hinge on the journal title, volume and page range, so the easiest errors to slip past a reader are a slightly-wrong container name and an invented page range on an otherwise real-looking citation.

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ASA reference anatomy

Author(s). Year. "Title." Journal Volume(Issue):pages.

DiMaggio, Paul, and Walter W. Powell. 1983. "The Iron Cage Revisited." American Sociological Review 48(2):147–160.

What goes wrong in ASA bibliographies

  • Container titles that don't match the actual journal
  • Invented or shifted page ranges
  • Real authors attached to articles they never wrote

A ASA citation we would flag

DiMaggio, Paul, and Walter W. Powell. 1983. "The Iron Cage Revisited." American Journal of Sociology 48(2):147–160.

Partial — real source, fields differ

The article is real, but it appeared in the American Sociological Review — not the American Journal of Sociology. We flag the container mismatch and show the correct venue.