full first name appears in reference list

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I recently upgraded my Mac to Maverick and upgraded from EndNote5 to EndNote 6, and now the entire first name appears in my reference list. I double-checked to make sure it is set to APA 6 style.  Any suggestions?

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The current version of the APA 6th Style can be found here:

http://endnote.com/downloads/style/apa-6th-american-psychological-association-6th-edition

If you search for APA, it comes up as “APA 6th - American Psychological Association 6th Edition” here:

http://endnote.com/downloads/styles

It formats with just the author’s first (and middle if available) initials instead of the full names in the bibliography.

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Hi Ricardo,

Is it just for one citation or the whole reference list? I had this happen with one in-text citation and couldn’t figure out why this one name appeared in full. I had already cited a different work by the same author and it was fine. Then I took a close look at the reference that was imported: the period after the middle initial was missing, so EndNote figured it needed to distinguish (per APA guidelines I would think but I’m not sure). Anyway, changed the reference by adding the period and it fixed the in-text citation.

Upshot: if it’s a single citation by an author you’ve already cited, you may want to check that the name(s) in all references to the same author are spelled exactly the same. I know this might not address your specific question, but I hope this in some way helps. If your entire reference list is showing full names, I’m not sure what to do. Sorry. Hope you get it fixed.

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If the entire reference list is showing the full author name, it is the Initials setting of the Style. Installing the most up to date version of APA from our Site will fix the issue:

http://endnote.com/downloads/style/apa-6th-american-psychological-association-6th-edition

As an alternative, you can edit the existing style to do this.

  1. Click on the Edit menu > Output Styles > Open Style Manager.
  2. Browse to the APA style and double-click on it.
  3. Click on “Author Name” under “Bibliography.”
  4. Change the “Initials” setting to “A. B.”
  5. Click on the File menu and select Save As.
  6. You can either leave APA 6th Copy or pick a new name and click Save.
  7. Close the Style and the Style Manager.

You can now format your document with the updated copy of the Style:

http://endnote.com/kb/80893

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Hello everybody,

I’m using the APA 6th ed. but I’m struggling to fix citations in the text. According to the APA style citations should be like this:

(Farrel, Brown, & Juls, 2013) or this (Farrel et al., 2013) when there is more than one Author and the citation has to be repeated for the second time.

My EndNote changes the citation (Farrel et al., 2013) into (Farrel, 2003), which is wrong according to the APA. It doesn’t include other AUTHORS, although I have fixed the settings Edit & Manage Citations, (Author and Year).

There is also another problem, EndNote adds author’s name (when it is not requested) , for eg. (J. Farrel, M. Brown, & G. Juls, 2013), where the J. M. G. stand for the Author’s name.

How do I get over it? Is there anyone who could help me? I have already kept in touch with the techinical assistance and I have followed their indication but still it doesn’t work.

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Thanks a lot for your reply! I will try!:slight_smile: