Only 5 authors in the bibliography, but always give the last author

Sim1_ · March 13, 2023

Hi all,
I need to customize the reference style in the bibliography part. Based on the style from "Ecology", I have to provide a maximum of five authors, afterwards, "et al" should be given in case of more authors. However, the last author should always be displayed. Can you provide help on how to make this happen?

Thanks a lot
Sim

damnation · March 13, 2023

Is this an error in the style, something you want for another journal or just a personal preference?

You can edit a style by following this guide. https://www.zotero.org/support/dev/citation_styles/style_editing_step-by-step

In your case, you want to change the et-al settings as well as set `et-al-use-last`.

See: https://docs.citationstyles.org/en/stable/specification.html#name

You can download the ecology.csl here: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/citation-style-language/styles/master/ecology.csl