Issues with APA in Mendeley

Cat_1
I am using APA style (6th) citation for my work and with Mendeley. I entered a book in the Mendeley programme, which only has the editors' and not the authors' names. According to APA style, the short reference in the text should then give the editors' names. However, when using the word plug-in to add this specific reference to my text, it just shows the book title and not the editors' names. This is not the correct APA citation as far as I know. How can I adapt this? Why does the programme does this mistake?
I hope I clearly explained the problem and you can help me to solve it.

I was told by Mendeley support that I have to ask Zotero for this because they just share the repository.
  • emilianoeheyns
    edited February 28, 2020
    Does Zotero generate the same bibliography? If not, then it's a bug in Mendeley, and Mendeley support should absolutely have checked this for you before sending you here.

    If Zotero does generate the same bibliography, then it could indeed be an error in the CSL style. But while Zotero does manage the style repository (AFAICT), it doesn't oversee the style developments. The styles are edited by volunteers, by and large; I think @bwiernik is involved with the APA styles.
  • bwiernik
    The APA 6th edition style certainly will substitute editors if there are no authors, and Zotero produces correct citations.

    Can you check if you have this problem in Zotero? Alternatively, can you right-click on the problem citation in Word, click Toggle Field Codes, and copy and paste the code here?
  • damnation
    I just tested this with Mendeley and Word and it seems to work for me:
    In-text: (Seppl & Forcher, 2017)
    Bibliography: Seppl, H., & Forcher, S. (Eds.). (2017). Testbook (1st ed.). Elsevier.
  • adamsmith
    Yes, I'm assuming this is a data entry issue. Mendeley support should have been able to figure that out :(
  • emilianoeheyns
    Very much so. Maybe they're all busy searching for that mythical gdpr article that forced them to encrypt all their users databases without their consent.
  • Cat_1
    Thanks a lot for your help! I found the issue now. Mendeley showed some fields which were not relevant to enter for a book which confused me and also the plug-in :D
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