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Et al means "and others" or it can mean "and elsewhere." When used in citing a reference it often means there are multiple authors of the work cited and the citation is for the first author and the others. John Smith, et al would mean John Smith and his coauthors.
According to Snyder et al. (1975) yellow bone marrow has a density of 0.98g/cm³. Snyder et al. Report of the task group on reference man. 1975.
No, there is not a period after et, rather, the period is after al. Et al. is Latin for et alli, meaning "and other people."
This Et Al ended in 2008.
This Et Al was created in 2002.
Et ux et al means "the wife and all of the others"
Li [as the author's last name] and others is the English equivalent of Li et al. In the word by word translation, the conjunction 'et' means 'and'. The syllable 'al.' is an abbreviation for 'alii'. The adjective/pronoun 'alii' means 'others'.This is a bibliographic/footnoting/reference style. It's used to refer to many authors. This way, the reference identifies only the first of the authors by last name. It's less cumbersome and saves on printing ink and space.
Definitely! "et al." is an abbreviation of "et alli". "et" is a complete word hence no full-stop is required BUT "al." is an abbreviation of "alli" hence a full stop is required.
Jorg et al Eberhard has written: 'Jorg Eberhard, Christine Glaser, Julius Kaesdorf et al'
Melanophages are macrophages which have ingested (endocytosis) melanosomes or melanin. (Weiss et al, 1988; James et al, 1987; Cooper et al, 1986)
no, Et Al. is legal jargon for Etc. It is the abbreviation of the Latin phrase et alia meaning 'and others'
Et al. is the abbreviation for the Latin phrase et alii which literally means "and the others".