Upgrade StorageAPA 7th ed.:single citation vs. multiple citation differences
I have observed a behavior that I would appreciate someone explaining to me.
All with APA 7th ed. style, US-English locale.
Reference 1:
A1, A2, & A3. (2025). Title1.
A1, A2, & A4. (2025). Title2.
First Citation by Zotero: "(A1 et al., 2025)". Ok.
Second Citation by Zotero: "(A1 et al., 2025)". Ok.
Both citations exported from Zotero at once: "(A1, A2, & A3, 2025; A1, A2, & A4, 2025)". ???
This does not meet my expectations and, to my knowledge, does not comply with the requirements of APA 7th edition. Could someone explain to me why this is the case?
[UPDATE: My expectation was *wrong*, Zotero behaves correctly according to https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/citations/basic-principles/same-year-first-author]
To make the former case more interesting:
Reference 2:
A1, A2, & A3. (2025a). Title1.
A1, A2, & A3. (2025b). Title2.
Both citations exported from Zotero at once: "(A1 et al., 2025a, 2025b)" - which is correct (at least IMO).
Reference 3:
A1, A2, & A3. (2025). Title1.
A1, A2, A3, & A4. (2025). Title2.
Both citations exported from Zotero at once: "(A1, A2, & A3, 2025; A1, A2, A3, et al., 2025)" - which, again IMO, should instead result in exactly the same citation as the last example: "(A1 et al., 2025a, 2025b)".
All with APA 7th ed. style, US-English locale.
Reference 1:
A1, A2, & A3. (2025). Title1.
A1, A2, & A4. (2025). Title2.
First Citation by Zotero: "(A1 et al., 2025)". Ok.
Second Citation by Zotero: "(A1 et al., 2025)". Ok.
Both citations exported from Zotero at once: "(A1, A2, & A3, 2025; A1, A2, & A4, 2025)". ???
This does not meet my expectations and, to my knowledge, does not comply with the requirements of APA 7th edition. Could someone explain to me why this is the case?
[UPDATE: My expectation was *wrong*, Zotero behaves correctly according to https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/citations/basic-principles/same-year-first-author]
To make the former case more interesting:
Reference 2:
A1, A2, & A3. (2025a). Title1.
A1, A2, & A3. (2025b). Title2.
Both citations exported from Zotero at once: "(A1 et al., 2025a, 2025b)" - which is correct (at least IMO).
Reference 3:
A1, A2, & A3. (2025). Title1.
A1, A2, A3, & A4. (2025). Title2.
Both citations exported from Zotero at once: "(A1, A2, & A3, 2025; A1, A2, A3, et al., 2025)" - which, again IMO, should instead result in exactly the same citation as the last example: "(A1 et al., 2025a, 2025b)".
The third one is a borderline case, but only because APA would want A4 instead of et al in the second citation, a quirk in its rule based on the dubious claim that et al is always plural that CSL/Zotero has always ignored
Just after I wrote my post I found the relevant link:
https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/citations/basic-principles/same-year-first-author