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[tuala]

Hi there,

I'm wondering how to cite a journal paper that was first published online - by Taylor & Francis' iFirst system - and then later published as a hard copy. The journal must have a huge backlog, because the online publication date is 2009, but the hard copy didn't appear until 2011.

Thanks.

[bwwm1]

The final hard copy date. There are some journals that are moving online only, with no issues, but if it isn't one of those, the hard copy issue is considered the definitive version. (At least in my field).

[tuala]

Thanks very much, bwwm1.

[tuxedo_cat]

Not to muck up the works here but . . . it's also important to indicate when the work was actually completed, especially in any field where research might have moved ahead significantly in 2 years.  I'm in the humanities, and things don't change a whole lot over that time span usually, but if I cite a 2010 edition of a work that originally appeared in, say, 1985, our citation style requires you to indicate both dates.

This page shows the style for citing a reprint in Chicago Style, which is not the same as the situation you describe OP, but there is a similar principle at work.

[tuala]

Thanks tuxedo-cat. That makes sense and it's definitely something I do for books. I haven't seen it done for journals, but perhaps I could go with:

Wishbone, C (2011). Ethics of basketweaving. Journal of Basketweaving, 9, 27-44. online paper first accessed in 2009.