09-03-2020, 08:24 AM
According to APA guidelines, specialist software should be referenced as follows:
Author. (Year). Name of the software (Version number) [Computer software]. Publisher. URL.
Example of citation in text / methods section:
The data was analyzed and extracted using EyeLink Data Viewer software (SR Research Ltd., 2025).
In the references section:
SR Research Ltd. (2025*). Data Viewer (Version 5.5.1**) [Computer software]. SR Research Ltd. https://www.sr-research.com/data-viewer/
* Replace with year of use / version release
** Replace with version used
Author. (Year). Name of the software (Version number) [Computer software]. Publisher. URL.
Example of citation in text / methods section:
The data was analyzed and extracted using EyeLink Data Viewer software (SR Research Ltd., 2025).
In the references section:
SR Research Ltd. (2025*). Data Viewer (Version 5.5.1**) [Computer software]. SR Research Ltd. https://www.sr-research.com/data-viewer/
* Replace with year of use / version release
** Replace with version used