| Author type | Parenthetical citation | Narrative citation |
|---|---|---|
|
One author |
(Luna, 2020) |
Luna (2020) |
|
Two authors |
(Salas & D’Agostino, 2020) |
Salas and D’Agostino (2020) |
|
Three or more authors |
(Martin et al., 2020) |
Martin et al. (2020) |
|
Group author with abbreviation First citation a Subsequent citations |
(NIMH, 2020) |
NIMH (2020) |
|
Group author without abbreviation |
(Stanford University, 2020) |
Stanford University (2020) |
a Define the abbreviation for a group author only once in the text, choosing either the parenthetical or the narrative format. Thereafter, use the abbreviation for all mentions of the group in the text.
This page on the APA Website gives some considerations for in-text citations:
https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/citations/basic-principles
Visit this page from the Excelsior OWL to see examples of a references page citation along with the in-text narrative and parenthetical citations for the same source:
https://owl.excelsior.edu/citation-and-documentation/apa-style/apa-side-by-side/