Name both authors in the signal phrase or in parentheses each time you cite the work.

Apa in text citing with two authors. If an author or editor has a hyphenated first name include first initials for both separated by a hyphen. For multiple authors names within a parenthetic citation. In parenthetical citations use an ampersand between the authors last names.

Arrange two or more works by the same authors by year of publication. Author et al Publication Date For Example. 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.

Then order works with dates in chronological order. In-Text Citation Paraphrase. Use when citing parentheses.

Book with two authors In-text citation Paraphrase with the authors in the sentence. Citations with Two Authors. When there are three or more authors cite the first author followed by et al APA does not recommend using et al in the reference list.

Johnson and Smith 2019 foundwas their conclusion Johnson Smith 2019. Think of it as a digital fingerprint or an articles DNA. Parenthetical citation at the end of a sentence General Format.

Authors Last Name First Initial. In APA Style in-text citations when a source has two authors list both. Author et al.