When referencing a journal article in a paper do you use quotations?

That depends on what format you are writing in. But basically you do it by whatever article you are talking about within the magazine itself. Like this: Smith, John. "Article Title." Magazine Title (Underlined). Date of magazine: page numbers of complete article. Within the text you must only reference the author name, as long as the rest of the information is in a works cited. Is that what you wanted?