Answered By: Kathryn Devine
Last Updated: Dec 19, 2023     Views: 1247

Sometimes, journal articles are uploaded to publisher websites before they are assigned to an issue of the journal. This is called "online first" or "advance online publication". You can still reference them, you just need to make it clear in your reference why there is no volume, issue, or page range by including the words "Advance online publication".  You can use Cite Them Right's guidance for "prepublication" articles as a basis, but you do not need to specify "to be published in". Here is an example:

Gilbride, N., James, C. and Carr, S. (2023) ‘The ways school headteachers/principals in England at different stages of adult ego development work with organisational complexity’, Educational Management Administration & Leadership [Advance online publication]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/17411432231170581.