Upgrade Storageet al replace only one name - in-text citation, APA7
Hi Zotero community,
I would like to present a question regarding in-text citations in Zotero.
For example, I have the following two papers to cite:
- Author A, Author B, Author C (2025). Title. Journal.
- Author A, Author C, Author B (2025). Title. Journal.
Zotero's default in-text citation appears as follows:
- (Author A, Author B, et al., 2025)
- (Author A, Author C, et al., 2025)
However, according to APA guidelines, "et al." must replace at least two names (APA6: https://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2011/11/the-proper-use-of-et-al-in-apa-style.html;
APA7: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/citations/basic-principles/same-year-first-author).
In this case, I need to list all authors in the in-text citation:
- (Author A, Author B, & Author C, 2025)
- (Author A, Author C, & Author B, 2025)
Is there a way to make Zotero do this automatically, or will I need to manually check all references?
Thank you for your assistance!
I would like to present a question regarding in-text citations in Zotero.
For example, I have the following two papers to cite:
- Author A, Author B, Author C (2025). Title. Journal.
- Author A, Author C, Author B (2025). Title. Journal.
Zotero's default in-text citation appears as follows:
- (Author A, Author B, et al., 2025)
- (Author A, Author C, et al., 2025)
However, according to APA guidelines, "et al." must replace at least two names (APA6: https://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2011/11/the-proper-use-of-et-al-in-apa-style.html;
APA7: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/citations/basic-principles/same-year-first-author).
In this case, I need to list all authors in the in-text citation:
- (Author A, Author B, & Author C, 2025)
- (Author A, Author C, & Author B, 2025)
Is there a way to make Zotero do this automatically, or will I need to manually check all references?
Thank you for your assistance!
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poettliThis blog post is about APA6.
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psychpanThank you for the comment. The same issue exists for APA7 as well.
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adamsmithNo, Zotero can't do this automatically. APA's logic here is weird -- et al. of course can equally abbreviate et alius and et alia -- and APA journals don't actually follow the rule, but if you want to follow it to the letter, you have to do so manually.
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psychpanThanks!