Q. A magazine article I want to cite lists the issue’s date as December 25 through January 7, 1973. How should I go about citing this, and where should I place the year considering it starts in 1972 but ends in 1973?
A. That sounds like a double issue. You didn’t specify the magazine, so let’s cite something that appeared in the last printed edition of The New Yorker from 2025. The date on that cover is recorded as “DEC. 29, 2025 & JAN. 5, 2026.” Here’s how we’d cite an article from that issue:
1. Alex Abramovich, “Last Highway: How Willie Nelson Sees America,” Profiles, New Yorker, Dec. 29, 2025, and Jan. 5, 2026 (double issue).
You don’t have to clarify that it’s a double issue, but it can’t hurt to do so. And though we’ve abbreviated the months, that’s also optional; if you do it for one citation, however, do it for all (see also CMOS 10.44).
Finally, some articles, like the one above, may have been published online. If so, use the info for that version to cite it:
1. Alex Abramovich, “How Willie Nelson Sees America,” Profiles, New Yorker, Dec. 22, 2025, https://www
That version includes the following statement at the end of the article (in italics):
Published in the print edition of the December 29, 2025 & January 5, 2026, issue, with the headline “Last Highway.”
But you don’t have to include that in your citation.