I’m using Paperpile in MS word, with APA 7th edition style, and trying to include two citations with the same first author, but different co-authors:
Greenwald, A. G., McGhee, D. E., & Schwartz, J. L. K. (1998). Measuring individual differences in implicit cognition: The implicit association test. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74(6), 1464–1480. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.74.6.1464
Greenwald, A. G., Poehlman, T. A., Uhlmann, E. L., & Banaji, M. R. (2009). Understanding and using the Implicit Association Test: III. Meta-analysis of predictive validity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97(1), 17–41. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0015575
I’ve double checked that all citations with AG Greenwald have exactly matching form and spelling in Paperpile (I copy-pasted to be sure). However, the in-text citation is showing up as (A. G. Greenwald et al., 1998, 2009). These are two different 'et al.'s, but the same Greenwald. There are no other Greenwalds let alone AG Greenwalds in the document (I ensured this by creating a new document with only these two citations in it for testing).
I believe the in-text citation ought to look either like (Greenwald et al.,1998; Greenwald et al., 2009) or perhaps even (Greenwald, McGhee & Schwartz,1998; Greenwald, Poehlman et al., 2009). It’s possible it might even be (Greenwald et al., 1998, 2009). In any of these cases, there should be no first initials.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
