First End-of-Sentence Parenthetical Citation.

Apa format for in text citation of multiple authors. First Authors Last Name Second Authors Last Name Publication Year Page Number if instructed. Only list the first author with the Latin abbreviation et al for any subsequent references. For two authors the format is.

Because et al is plural meaning and others it. For sources with twenty-one or more authors write out the first twenty authors and forgo all subsequent authors. For multiple authors names within a parenthetic citation use.

In case one has more than two authors always ensure you have their surnames. 1 Author Include authors last name and year of publication separated by a comma in parentheses. Citing an Author or Authors A Work by Two Authors.

Al year from the first use. Arrange two or more works by the same authors by year of publication. Order the citations of two or more works by different authors within the same parentheses alphabetically in the same order in which they appear in the reference list including citations that would otherwise shorten to et al.

When using multiple authors names as part of your narrative rather than in parentheses always spell out the word and. For in-text citations sources with three or more authors can be abbreviated to Author et. It is seldom relevant to note that two names refer to the same person.

Studies indicate that polar bear populations will dramatically decline as Arctic ice melts Jedden 2006. Sometimes people publish under multiple names because of a name change eg transgender authors authors with a change in marital status. If you are dealing with two editors instead of two authors you would simply insert the names of the editors into the place where the authors names are now followed by Eds without the quotation marks see the Example.