In-text reference does not match the reference in bibliography
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Hi,
Why does the in-text reference starts with initials of first and middle name when actually it should start with last name,first name initial etc. (APA style)
eg. In-text ref. shows J.A.Y Cichero et.al
WHEN it should show Cichero J.A.Y et.al.
However in bibliography it shows correctly, ie. Last name, first name etc.
How do I fix this problem?
APA says that in-text citations should only include the surname (https://www.apastyle.org/learn/quick-guide-on-references#In-Text) and as far as I can see, that is exactly how the APA style is set up in Citavi. I do however note that your example shows different references for the in-text and bibliography citation, so it does not actually show that it Citavi displays the correct name in the bibliography, but the wrong name in text. All it shows is that different references have different authors. My strong suspicion: the author in the in-text citation is wrongly entered in the database, and Citavi incorrectly assumes that "J.A.Y. Cichero" is the last name. You would have to edit the author entry in the Cichero 2015 reference.
Hello Leena
Please right-click the name Cichero. On the shortcut menu, select the Edit option. Make your changes in the window that appears:
Kind regards,
Peter
If the author entry is different from the author entry elsewhere, e.g. J.A.Y. Cichero in one reference, Julie A.Y. Cichero in another, than Citavi will have two authors with the same last name and add the initials to resolve ambiguity. Best to check the list of authors and make sure Cichero only appears once. https://www1.citavi.com/sub/manual5/en/managing_lists.html
On Tue, Nov 20, 2018, 12:16 Citavi Service <service@citavi.com wrote:
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