Library: AIU Citation Examples

Reminder: Pay attention to italics and capitalization. In your reference list, every line after the first line should be indented.

1-20 authors

Note: Include all of the authors in the reference list entry.

Reference Format and Example

Author, T. T., Author, A. A., & Author, L. (Year). Title of the book in italics. Publisher Name.

Konopaske, R., Ivancevich, J. M., & Matteson, M. T. (2017). Organizational behavior and management (11th ed.). McGraw-Hill.

In-Text Citation Format and Example

Note: Include the last name of the first author followed by the abbreviation "et al." which means "and others."

Parenthetical citation:(Last Name of First Author, et al., Year)

(Konopaske et al., 2017)

Narrative citation: Last Name of First Author, et al. (Year)

Konopaske et al. (2017)

21 or more authors

Reference Format and Example

Note: List the first nineteen (19) author names followed by an ellipsis and the last author's name.

Author, T. T., Author, A. A., Author, L., Author, T. T., Author, A. A., Author, L., Author, T. T., Author, A. A., Author, L., Author, T. T., Author, A. A., Author, L., Author, T. T., Author, A. A., Author, L., Author, T. T., Author, A. A., Author, L., Author, C., . . . Author, D. D. (Year). Title of article. Journal Title in Title Case and Italics, Volume(Issue), pages. DOI or URL

Nath, A. P., Ritchie, S. C., Grinberg, N. F., Tang, H. H., Huang, Q. Q., Teo, S. M., Ahola-Olli, A. V., Wurtz, P., Havulinna, A. S., Santalahti, K., Pitkanen, N., Lehtimaki, T., Kahonen, M., Lyytikainen, L. P., Raitoharju, E., Seppala, I., Sarin, A. P., Ripatti, S., Palotie, A., . . . Inouye, M. (2019). Multivariate genome-wide association analysis of a cytokine network reveals variants with widespread immune, haematological, and cardiometabolic pleiotropy. American Journal of Human Genetics, 105(6), 1076-1090. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2019.10.001

In-Text Citation Format and Example

Note: Include the last name of the first author followed by the abbreviation "et al." which means "and others."

Parenthetical citation: (Last Name of First Author et al., Year)

“Broadly speaking, cytokines include chemokines, which drive movement of cells, and growth factors, which drive cell growth and proliferation” (Nath et al., 2019, p. 1076).

Narrative citation: Last Name of First Author et al. (Year)

According to Nath et al. (2019) “Broadly speaking, cytokines include chemokines, which drive movement of cells, and growth factors, which drive cell growth and proliferation” (p. 1076).

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