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26.3 punctuation commas and semicolons Below are some examples of how to punctuate references within the main text. They should be considered as being typical usages rather than rules.
SUGGESTED USAGE EXAMPLES one author name + comma + year
Wallwork, 2015 two authors name and name +
year Wallwork and Southern, 2016 three authors name + comma + name and name + year (Note writing the names of three authors is quite unusual)
Wallwork, Brogdon and Southern, 2016 three or more authors name + et al.
Wallwork et al., 2016 two or more references ref + semicolon + ref + semicolon etc.
Wallwork et al., 2016; Sanchez, 2017;
Poplova,
Huang and Sun, 2018 several works by same author name + comma + year + comma + year etc.
Wallwork, 2012, 2014, 2016
26.4 punctuation parentheses Some journals use (rounded parentheses, others use square parentheses.
SUGGESTED USAGE EXAMPLES when the author is the subject of the verb name + year in parentheses. Alternatively name + reference number in parentheses
Wallwork [2012] suggests that …
Wallwork [6] suggests that … when the author is not the subject of the verb both name and year in parentheses It has been suggested that one plus two is equal to four (Moron, 2011).
