Research Guides: Citation Style: Authors' Names

Authors' Names: In-Text Citations (APA 7th ed.)

Two authors

If the authors' names are in your sentence, use and between their last names.
If the authors' names are in your parenthetical citation, use & between their last names.
Add the year and page numbers (if there are any).

Examples:

A recent study examined the impact of citations in medical literature (Pence & Chapman, 2017).
Pence and Chapman (2017) wrote a definitive work on citation style.

Include the name of only the first author plus “et al.” in every citation. Add the year and page numbers (if there are any). For example:
(Emerson et al., 1993, p. 76)

Include the title and year of publication. If the title is long (more than 3 words), shorten it.
If the title of the work is not italicized in the reference (article, book chapter, page or section on a website), use the first word or two of the title in quotation marks.
If the title of the work is italicized in the reference (book, entire website), use the first word or two of the title in italics.
For example, if you had an article with the title Practical oral care for people with intellectual disability, the parenthetical citation would look like ("Practical oral," 2014).

List by their last names and initials, separated by a comma. Put an & between the final two names.
Brooks, K., & Dunn, R.
Knowles-Carter, B., Carter, B.I., & Carter, S.

List by last names and initials; commas separate author names.
Include the first 19 authors’ names, insert an ellipsis ... (but no ampersand), and then add the final author’s name:.
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., Author, C. C., Author, D. D., Author, E. E., Author, F. F., Author, G. G., Author, H. H., Author, I. I., Author, J. J., Author, K. K., Author, L. L., Author, M. M., Author, N. N., Author, O. O., Author, P. P., Author, Q. Q., Author, R. R., Author, S. S., . . . Author, Z. Z.. (2018).