Yes, in APA format, authors are listed alphabetically by last name.
No, in APA format, you only list the first author followed by "et al." when citing sources with three or more authors.
To cite a source in APA format with three authors, list all authors' last names in the reference list and in-text citation, separated by commas and an ampersand before the last author's name.
To cite multiple authors in APA format, list all the authors' last names in the in-text citation, separated by commas, and use an ampersand before the last author's name. In the reference list, list all authors' names in the same order as they appear in the source.
To cite a book in APA format with two authors, list both authors' last names followed by the year of publication in parentheses. For example: (Smith Johnson, 2020).
To cite an article with two authors in APA format, list both authors' last names followed by the publication year in parentheses. For example: (Smith Johnson, 2020).
To cite a source with more than 8 authors in APA format, list the first six authors followed by an ellipsis (...) and then the last author's name.
To cite a source with three authors in APA format, list all authors' last names in the in-text citation and separate them with commas. In the reference list, list all authors' last names followed by their initials, separated by commas and an ampersand before the last author's name.
To mention multiple authors in a paper using APA format, list all authors' last names in the in-text citation separated by commas, and use an ampersand before the last author's name. In the reference list, list all authors' names in the order they appear on the source.
To cite multiple authors from different sources in APA format, list the authors in alphabetical order, separate them with a semicolon, and include the publication year in parentheses. For example: (Smith, 2019; Johnson, 2020).
To properly quote two authors in APA format, include both authors' last names in the in-text citation, separated by an ampersand (). For example: (Smith Johnson, 2021). In the reference list, list both authors' last names followed by their initials, separated by a comma and an ampersand.
To cite a research paper with multiple authors in APA format, list all the authors' last names in the reference list, separated by commas and an ampersand before the last author's name. In-text citations should include all authors' last names and the publication year.
To cite a source with six authors in APA format, list all six authors' last names followed by the publication year in parentheses. For example: (Smith, Johnson, Brown, Lee, Garcia, Martinez, 2020).