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APA Style: Author Names

"Provide surnames and initials for up to and including 20 authors."

"When there are 21 or more authors, include the first 19 authors' names, insert an ellipsis (but no ampersand), and then add the final author's name."

"Use one space between [author's] initials."

(Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 2020, p. 286)