APSA Citation Guide

The American Political Science Association uses a variation of the Chicago Manual of Style citation system. It concentrates on formats important to political science, with special attention given to documents produced within the United States government.

The citation style guide for the revised 2018 edition of the American Political Science Association is predicated upon the 17th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style. Most of the citation style guidelines are based on the Chicago Style.

An APSA formatted paper should follow these basic formatting guidelines:

• 12pt font
• Times New Roman
• Double-Spaced 
• 1-inch margins on all sides
• Page numbers should be on the upper right corner of each page