


If there are three or more authors, only include the first author’s last name followed by “et al.”, meaning “and others”. If a work has two authors, separate their names with an ampersand (&) in a parenthetical citation or “and” in a narrative citation. APA in-text citations with multiple authors Check out a full example paragraph with in-text citations. The parenthetical citation can be placed within or at the end of a sentence, just before the period.

The publication year appears directly after the author’s name when using the narrative format. Narrative: Parker (2019) found a correlation between social media usage and anxiety symptoms in teenagers.Parenthetical: There is a correlation between social media usage and anxiety symptoms in teenagers (Parker, 2019).The in-text citation can be placed in parentheses or naturally integrated into a sentence.
