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APA Citation Style Guide (6th Ed.): 6 or More Authors

This guide contains examples of common citation formats in APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Article with 6 or more Authors

General Format 
 
      In-Text Citation (Paraphrase): 
      (Author Surname et al., Year)
     
      In-Text Citation (Quotation):
      (Author Surname et al., Year, page number)
 
      References:
      Author Surname, First Initial. Second Initial., Author Surname, First Initial. Second
 
            Initial., Author Surname, First Initial. Second Initial., Author Surname, First Initial.
 
            Second Initial., Author Surname, First Initial. Second Initial., & Author Surname,
 
            First Initial. Second Initial. (Year). Article title: Subtitle. Journal Title, Volume(issue),
 
            page range. doi:xx.xxxxxxxxxx [if available] OR Retrieved from URL of journal
 
            home page [if available].
 
NOTE: If an article has more than seven authors, list the names of
the first six authors followed by ... and then the last author's name in the
reference entry (p. 198).
   
Example 1
 
      In-Text Citation (Paraphrase): 
      (Dietz et al., 2007)
     
      In-Text Citation (Quotation):
      (Dietz et al., 2007, p. 1517)
      
      References:
      Dietz, P. M., Williams, S. B., Callaghan, W. M., Bachman, D. J., Whitlock, E. P., &
 
            Hornbrook, M. C. (2007). Clinically identified maternal depression before,
 
            during, and after pregnancies ending in live births. American Journal of Psychiatry,
 
            164(10), 1515-1520. Retrieved from http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/
 
Example 2
 
      In-Text Citation (Paraphrase): 
      (Rehm et al., 2011)
     
      In-Text Citation (Quotation):
      (Rehm et al., 2011, p. 690
      
      References:
      Rehm, J., Giesbrecht, N., Gliksman, L., Graham, K., Le, A., Mann, R., & ... Wells, S.
 
            (2011). Addiction research centres and the nurturing of creativity. Substance
 
            abuse research in a modern health care centre: The case of the Centre for
 
            Addiction and Mental Health. Addiction, 106(4), 689-697.
 
            doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.02955.x