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I have been unable to find the solution to my problem in other questions, so here is the problem. 2 of my citations have 4 authors listed rather than having author et al. despite being the same format as other references in my .bib file. Here is my .bib entry

   @conference{midmar05,
author = {Middendorf, B. and Martirena, J.F. and Gehrke, M. and Day, R.L.},
title = {Sulphate resistance of metakaolin mortar},
journal = {Cement and Concrete Research},
year = {1998},
pages = {83-92},
}

My citation is \citet{midmar05}

I have used the exact same format for another reference which appears with author et al. whereas this lists all 4 authors. Any ideas?

EDIT - working and non working examples and link to PDF:

    @inproceedings{henvan08 ,
language = {English},
copyright = {Compilation and indexing terms, Copyright 2012 Elsevier Inc.},
copyright = {Compendex},
title = {Assessing workability of mortar by means of rheological parameters       and desorptivity},
journal = {Structural Analysis of Historic Construction: Preserving Safety and Significance - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Structural    Analysis of Historic Construction, SAHC08},
author = {Hendrickx, R. and Van Balen, K. and Van Gemert, D.},
volume = {2},
year = {2008},
pages = {973 - 979},
}

    @conference{henmin08,
title = {Workability of mortars with building lime: assessment by a panel of masons versus lab testing},
booktitle = {International Brick and Block Masonry Conference},
author = {Hendrickx, R. and Minet, J. and Van Balen, K. and Van Gemert, D.},
year = {2008},
}

    @conference{henvan09,
author    = {Hendrickx, R. and Van Balen, K. and Van Gemert, D.},
title     = {Yield stress measurement of mortar using geotechnical tehniques},
booktitle = {3rd International RILEM symposium on rheology of cement suspensions such as fresh concrete},
year      = {2009},

} 

    @inproceedings{abe02 ,
language = {English},
copyright = {Compilation and indexing terms, Copyright 2012 Elsevier Inc.},
copyright = {Compendex},
title = {Investigation of the rheology and microstructure of hydrated lime and sand for mortars},
journal = {ASTM Special Technical Publication},
author = {Abell, Anne B. and Nichols, John M.},
number = {1432},
year = {2002},
pages = {23 - 36},
issn = {00660558},
address = {Salt Lake City, UT, United states},
}

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jcmw40d00n1vwvw/reference%20list%20example.pdf?dl=0

Sarah Scannell
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To get the "et. al.", I manually use

author={A. Andreas and others}

the others automatically adds "et. al.". I have to define my own threshold, of course: anything above 3 authors and I use others.

smike
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  • Welcome to TeX.SE. While this approach will indeed succeed in generating a truncated citation call-out, it will also generate truncated list of authors for the formatted bibliographic entry. In many (most?) fields, such a setting is not acceptable; instead, all authors (or at least the first five or six authors) must be listed. – Mico Mar 04 '16 at 17:18
  • Thank you! This is my first time trying to post questions and answers on TeX.SE, even though I have been following the site for a long time with all my LaTeX/MATLAB/Mathematica/C/C++/younameit problems. I had seen people post comments but I wasn't sure how to do it until I saw yours first! – smike Mar 04 '16 at 17:21
  • Couldn't add more in my previous comment. I am still learning by, trial and error, the different methods in LaTeX. In the field I work in, usually the first name is truncated by default in almost every journal I have seen. I didn't know others did the truncation as well. Thank you for sharing this interesting information! – smike Mar 04 '16 at 17:28