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Journal article with four or more authors

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Authors . "Title of Article". Journal Name volume number.Issue number (Year of publication): page number(s). Print.

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Fukao, S., J. P. McClure, A. Ito, T. Sato, I. Kimura, T. Tsuda, and S. Kato. Authors "1st VHF radar observation of midlatitude F-region field-aligned irregularities."Title of article (within double quotation marks) Geophysical Research LettersName of publication (italicized) 15.3Volume number. Issue number (1988):Year 768-770.Page numbers Print.Print

Fukao, S., et al. "1st VHF radar observation of midlatitude F-region field-aligned irregularities." Geophysical Research Letters 15.3 (1988): 768-70. Print.

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In a major study, (Fukao et al. 769) found that …

Fukao et al. (769) have argued that …

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For works with four or more authors, you can either provide the first author's last name followed by et al. or all names in full in the order in which they appear
The elements are as follows;
Author's name.
Title of the article (in quotation marks).
Name of the periodical italicised.
Series number or name.
Volume number (provide number only, do not use Vol or Volume).
Issue number if available.
Date of publication.
Inclusive page numbers.
Medium of publication.

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