Surnames and initials for up to twenty authors should be provided in the reference list.

In text reference apa with multiple authors. Johnson and Smith 2009 found. Do this for the FIRST author only when there are multiple authors in a single reference. The in-text citation for works with three or more authors is shortened to the first authors name followed by et al.

In-Text Citation Paraphrase. The letters are allocated in the reference list where references with the same first author last names are organised alphabetically by title. Al year from the first use.

This structure requires that any in-text citation ie within the body of the text be accompanied by a corresponding reference list entry. First Authors Last Name Second Authors Last Name Publication Year Page Number if instructed. Second Initial Author Surname First Initial.

If you are using more than one reference by the same authoror the same group of authors listed in the same orderpublished in the same year first check to see if they have more specific dates this recommendation is new to APA 7. For all sources with three to twenty authors you must write out all of the authors on the References page. Author Surname First Initial.

When using multiple authors names as part of your narrative rather than in parentheses always spell out the word and. For APA Style 6th Edition only use et al. Initials are included even if year of publication differs.

To address this the APA indicates that you should include as many names as needed to distinguish the sources before using et al. If two works have the same publication date organize them in the reference. In-text citations when there are multiple authors.