APA In-Text Citations with

Multiple Authors
By: Kiah Luzon
There are two formats in writing In-Text
citations
Two formats of writing in-text citation

1. Parenthetical In-Text Citation

this citation typically consist of the author’s last name(s), year of
publication, and page number in parenthesis at the end of the sentence.
Example:
“This is a direct citation” (Chapman, 2019, p. 126)

2. Narrative In-Text Citation

the author’s name appears in the sentence and not in parenthesis.
Interwine the author as a part of the sentence with the dateof publication.
Example:
Walters (2003)
Number of authors to include in in-text
citations
The format of the author elementof the in-text citation changes
depending on the number of authors and is abbreviated in some
cases:
● For a work with one or two authors, include the author name(s)
in every citation
● For a work with three or more authorsinclude the name of only
the first author plus “etal.” in every citation (even the first
citation)
Multiple authors in APA in-text citations
Parenthetical
Author type Narrative Citation
Citation

One auhtor (Luna, 2020) Luna (2020)

(Salas & D’ Agosino, 2020) Salas and D’ Agostino

Two authors
(2020)
Three or more authors (Martin et al., 2020) Martin et al. (2020)

Group authors (Scribbr, 2010) Scribbr (2020)