APA 7th: "Eds"? "Eds."?

terber
edited 2 days ago
Concerning the bibliography of book sections using the APA 7th ed. stylesheet:

Surname, F. (2025). Section title. In E. Editorname (Ed.), Book title.
Surname, F. (2025). Section title. In E. Editorname & A. Anothereditor (Eds), Book title.

For a single book editor, the result looks fine to me. However, for multiple book editors, I was expecting "Eds." with a period, which is missing. Intended? Bug?
  • poettli
    Is the document preference set in English (UK) or in English (US)? You need to use English (US) to get the period.
  • terber
    @poettli:
    You were spot on with your suspicion that I used British English - thanks!

    While in this case it is only about a single period, that issue leads me to the more fundamental question:

    When a style (here: APA 7th edition) and a language setting (here: British English) set conflicting requirements, does Zotero give priority to the language setting? Is this a general rule?

    Does this mean that a user who wants to follow a standard such as APA 7th ed *must* set the language to US English, otherwise the standard will not be met?
  • dunning
    @terber Some styles, especially those for specific journals and publishers, are fixed to a particular locale; but styles for the large manuals such as APA and Chicago typically do not have a specific locale set, allowing them to be adapted to different regions more easily. It is also possible to have a dependent style for an individual journal or publisher that specifies both the parent style and a fixed locale.

    If the style file does not specify a particular locale, Zotero uses the user's locale settings. This allows publishers to adapt large styles to their local context. For example, editors requesting Chicago style who do not use American English will typically follow the standard British English conventions of using single instead of double quotes and contractions without full stops. I wouldn't call this a conflict: APA and Chicago simply do not specify how to use their styles in any context other than US English.
  • bwiernik
    When UK publishers use APA style, they typically follow UK conventions for abbreviations (for example, the British Journal of Psychology uses “eds” and “edn” rather than “eds.” and “ed.” [edition]).

    The APA manual is a US English style. Institutions in many other countries follow the style generally but adapt words, abbreviations, or punctuation to follow local conventions.
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