Upgrade StorageConfiguring Zotero for APA 7 Citations with Institutional Author Initials
Hello,
In APA 7 guidelines, when the author is an institution, such as the World Health Organization, you should include the full name of the organization in the reference, followed by the initials in brackets, for example, World Health Organization [WHO]. In the first citation, use the complete format, for instance, (World Health Organization [WHO], 2023), and in subsequent citations, when there are a large number of references, you can use just the initials, like (WHO, 2023). How can I set up Zotero to automatically generate these citations with the organization's initials after the first bibliographic citation?
Thank you in advance.
In APA 7 guidelines, when the author is an institution, such as the World Health Organization, you should include the full name of the organization in the reference, followed by the initials in brackets, for example, World Health Organization [WHO]. In the first citation, use the complete format, for instance, (World Health Organization [WHO], 2023), and in subsequent citations, when there are a large number of references, you can use just the initials, like (WHO, 2023). How can I set up Zotero to automatically generate these citations with the organization's initials after the first bibliographic citation?
Thank you in advance.
It is possible to work around this with some effort and a custom version of the style, but I'd avoid that if at all possible.
citation-label: WHOin Extra.You can then do something like
<if variable="citation-label" match="any"><text variable="citation-label"/>
</if>
<else>
<names variable="author">
<name form="short" and="symbol" delimiter-precedes-last="always"/>
</names>
for the short author on subsequent citations.