Quoting Format on the APA Style and State of the Art
Critical Reflections

The APA style, presented in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, is mostly being used in the academic and scientific field when writing bibliographic and newspaper references in a text and when elaborating bibliographies. This model has been gradually added, without further criticism, to the academic and scientific activity in the United States, as well as having been the facto standard transferred to developing countries.

This has been proved by observing the massive adoption of the APA quoting format by numerous institutions and researchers and academics from both, natural and social sciences disciplines in Latin America and other regions around the world.