{"id":95909,"date":"2019-10-25T10:26:55","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T08:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scribbr.nl\/?post_type=qa_faqs&p=95909"},"modified":"2022-06-16T13:18:33","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T11:18:33","slug":"et-al-apa-citations","status":"publish","type":"qa_faqs","link":"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/frequently-asked-questions\/et-al-apa-citations\/","title":{"rendered":"When should I use \u201cet al.\u201d in APA in-text citations?"},"content":{"rendered":"
The abbreviation \u201cet al.<\/a>\u201d (meaning \u201cand others\u201d) is used to shorten APA in-text citations<\/a> with three or more authors<\/strong>. Here\u2019s how it works:<\/p>\n Only include the first author\u2019s last name, followed by \u201cet al.\u201d, a comma and the year of publication, for example (Taylor et al., 2018).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","faq_category":[45252],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"