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Journal article with four or more authors

Entry in Footnotes

13. Author 1 et al., “Title of Article,” Title of Journal volume number, issue number (year): page number(s).

For example - Footnotes

First entry

13. Note number Laura Dodrill et al.,Author et al. "Male Commuters in North and South England: Risk Factors for the Presence of Faecal Bacteria on Hands," Title of Article (in quotation marks) BMC Public HealthTitle of Journal (italicized) 11,volume number, no. 1issue number (2011):Year of publication (in brackets) 2.page number(s) referred to

Second and subsequent entries

24. Note number Dodrill et al.,Author et al. "Male Commuters,"Shortened Title of Article (within quotation marks) 6.page number(s)

Entry in Bibliography

Author 1 (surname, given name), Author 2, Author 3, and Author 4. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal volume number, issue number (year): page number(s).

For example - Bibliography

Dodrill, Laura, Wolf-Peter Schmidt, Emma Cobb, Peter Donachie, Valerie Curtis and Micheal de Barra.Authors "Male Commuters in North and South England: Risk Factors for the Presence of Faecal Bacteria on Hands." Title of Article (in quotation marks) BMC Public HealthTitle of Journal (italicized) 11,volume number no. 1issue number (2011):Year of publication (in brackets) 1-6.page numbers for entire article

Style Notes

In the bibliography (but not the footnotes), invert the name of the first author only (i.e. surname, given name).
The entry in the bibliography should include the names of all authors.
In footnotes, give the name only of the first author, followed by ‘et al.’ (Latin for ‘and others’).
Include both article title and subtitle, regardless of length.
Italicize the name of the journal.
Use the shortened form for second and subsequent footnotes.
In the bibliography, give the start and end pages of the article.
In footnotes, cite specific pages (unless you are referring to the whole article).
If a journal is paginated consecutively across a volume or if the month or season appears with the year, the issue number may be omitted.

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