Upgrade StorageMultiple in-text / narrative citation styles are appearing within one document
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I am having two different narrative citation styles somehow appearing in the same Word document (sometimes first initial is appearing, and sometimes only last name). Strangely, when I refresh, sometimes, some of the styles are corrected to last name only and some aren't. (I have updated Zotero this morning, my document and Zotero are both set to APA 7th, and in fact, I have to date not needed to set either to a different citation style).
Example of narrative / in-text citations with different styles:
...representations from the Global North (C. Bell, 2006; Botha & Gillespie-Lynch, 2022; Brown et al., 2024; Cheng et al., 2023; Giwa Onaiwu, 2020; Jackson-Perry et al., 2025; Kim, 2017; C. J. Lewis & Arday, 2023; Meekosha & Shuttleworth, 2009; Minich, 2016; Nair et al., 2024; Schalk, 2017) and recent...
Notice C. Bell is appearing with a first initial and last name, but all other single authored papers are correctly appearing without the first initial e.g., Kim, Minich, Shalk. Also, C.J. Lewis & Arday appears where only the first author's initials are appearing for some reason, whereas other two-author papers correctly only have last names (Botha & Gillespie-Lynch or Meekosha & Shuttleworth). All three-author+ papers seem fine.
In the references section, here is how those two citations appear (the reference types are different; Book Section for the first and Journal Article for the second):
Bell, C. (2006). Introducing White Disability Studies: A Modest Proposal. In L. J. Davis (Ed.), The disability studies reader (2nd ed, pp. 275–282). Routledge.
Lewis, C. J., & Arday, J. (2023). We’ll see things they’ll never see: Sociological reflections on race, neurodiversity and higher education. The Sociological Review, 71(6), 1299–1321. https://doi.org/10.1177/00380261231184357
In Zotero, the authors full names (not initials) are present in the First Name fields.
I have searched the forum but can't find this exact question. Why are first initials sometimes being added into narrative / in-text citations? Why does it sometimes fix it on refresh? Is there any way to correct this issue so that only the desired style is appearing?
Thanks
Lisa
I am having two different narrative citation styles somehow appearing in the same Word document (sometimes first initial is appearing, and sometimes only last name). Strangely, when I refresh, sometimes, some of the styles are corrected to last name only and some aren't. (I have updated Zotero this morning, my document and Zotero are both set to APA 7th, and in fact, I have to date not needed to set either to a different citation style).
Example of narrative / in-text citations with different styles:
...representations from the Global North (C. Bell, 2006; Botha & Gillespie-Lynch, 2022; Brown et al., 2024; Cheng et al., 2023; Giwa Onaiwu, 2020; Jackson-Perry et al., 2025; Kim, 2017; C. J. Lewis & Arday, 2023; Meekosha & Shuttleworth, 2009; Minich, 2016; Nair et al., 2024; Schalk, 2017) and recent...
Notice C. Bell is appearing with a first initial and last name, but all other single authored papers are correctly appearing without the first initial e.g., Kim, Minich, Shalk. Also, C.J. Lewis & Arday appears where only the first author's initials are appearing for some reason, whereas other two-author papers correctly only have last names (Botha & Gillespie-Lynch or Meekosha & Shuttleworth). All three-author+ papers seem fine.
In the references section, here is how those two citations appear (the reference types are different; Book Section for the first and Journal Article for the second):
Bell, C. (2006). Introducing White Disability Studies: A Modest Proposal. In L. J. Davis (Ed.), The disability studies reader (2nd ed, pp. 275–282). Routledge.
Lewis, C. J., & Arday, J. (2023). We’ll see things they’ll never see: Sociological reflections on race, neurodiversity and higher education. The Sociological Review, 71(6), 1299–1321. https://doi.org/10.1177/00380261231184357
In Zotero, the authors full names (not initials) are present in the First Name fields.
I have searched the forum but can't find this exact question. Why are first initials sometimes being added into narrative / in-text citations? Why does it sometimes fix it on refresh? Is there any way to correct this issue so that only the desired style is appearing?
Thanks
Lisa
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damnationSee https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/given_name_disambiguation