Problem with some author names in inline cites

michaelkatell
I'm having a problem with some, not all, entries in my db. In these isolated cases, the author name appears correctly formatted in the Zotero 'info' pane, but when I add an inline cite of one of the affected references to a document (APA format), instead of the name showing (Lastname, 1990), I get (Lastname F.N., 1990) - or similar with some piece of the first name showing up. This occurs no matter how many times I check or reenter the author name in the info pane - or whether I use the single field name entry or double field name entry. It happens to just a few of my Zotero records. The problem must be in some underlying feature of the record that I cannot see in the GUI. Any tips?
  • fbennett
    This is the effect of cite disambiguation, which is invoked (intentially) by the style you are using. If the names with added details all refer to the same author, editing the names in Zotero for consistency will fix it. Details here: https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/given_name_disambiguation

  • bwiernik
    If you are seeing the first name AFTER the last name, however, that would suggest that you have the name entered wrong in Zotero, such as in single-field mode.
  • fbennett
    edited April 27, 2018
    @bwiernik I think you mean "BEFORE" maybe? In either case, @michaelkatell, you should be entering ordinary names in two-field mode.

    (edited)
  • bwiernik
    They said “Lastname F.N.” APA style would show it as “F. N. Lastname”
  • fbennett
    D'oh! Sorry, my mistake.
  • tangri
    I'm having the same problem. One author shows up in different ways in in-line citations and the bibliography. After I change all citations in Zotero and refresh the Word doc, the error persists.
  • adamsmith
    Could you paste citation & bibliography here? Same problem in a new document?
  • musleme
    I have a problem like that as
    ——, B. Lintner, K. Findell, and A. Giannini, 2017: Soil Moisture Influence on Seasonality and Large-Scale Circulation in Simulations of the West African Monsoon. J. Clim., 30, 2295–2317, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0877.1.
  • adamsmith
    (Generally avoid posting to threads with no activity in 6 years). You'd have to say more about what the problem is, including which citation style you're using (it's definitely not APA).
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