Limiting Number of Authors
Hello Zotero Team,
I would like to add a rule that "et al" gets added after the third author if there are six or more authors. (If there are 1 to 5 authors all of them should be listed.) I can't figure out where to place this in XML coding. I was trying to use this forum post (https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/67225/limiting-number-of-authors) as a reference but it's still unclear to me where this rule should be inserted.
Thank you,
Grace
I would like to add a rule that "et al" gets added after the third author if there are six or more authors. (If there are 1 to 5 authors all of them should be listed.) I can't figure out where to place this in XML coding. I was trying to use this forum post (https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/67225/limiting-number-of-authors) as a reference but it's still unclear to me where this rule should be inserted.
Thank you,
Grace
Find the line that starts with <bibliography and add
et-al-min="6" et-al-use-first="3"
If there are existing values for either of those two, just change the number.
Thank you for your quick response and for your help with this! I was able to find line and make the adjustment.
I made the change you suggested but now "et al" does not appear at all, regardless of the number of authors. Additionally, Zotero is only listing 1, 2, or 3 authors. It stops at 3 even if there are more than 3 authors, and again, no "et al". I undid this change in XML and that didn't solve it. Any ideas?
1 Fenner M, Crosas M, Grethe JS, et al. A data citation roadmap for scholarly data repositories. Scientific Data 2019;6(1):28. doi:10.1038/s41597-019-0031-8
1 Meriney SD, Tarr TB, Ojala KS. Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome: mouse passive-transfer model illuminates disease pathology and facilitates testing therapeutic leads. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2018;1412(1):73-81. doi:10.1111/nyas.13512
Error: File is not valid XML"
If so, please double check that and also let us know which version of Zotero. Definitely not happening for me.