This problem is due to biblatex-apa's (apa.bbx's) apaauthor name format; you might want to notify the author of this small bug.
The string and others in the author list sets ifmorenames to true. apaauthor checks for this case whenever a name is printed, not just at the very end of the list; consequently it prints the andothers string ("et al.") after each name.
The fix is to add the following lines to your preamble.
\DeclareNameFormat{apaauthor}{%
\ifthenelse{\value{listcount}=\maxprtauth\AND\value{listcount}<\value{listtotal}}
{\addcomma\addspace\ldots\addspace}
{\ifthenelse{\value{listcount}>\maxprtauth\AND\value{listcount}<\value{listtotal}}
{}
{\ifthenelse{\iffieldequalstr{doubtfulauthor}{true}}
{\mkbibbrackets{\usebibmacro{name:apa:last-first}{#1}{#3}{#4}{#5}{#7}?}}
{\usebibmacro{name:apa:last-first}{#1}{#3}{#4}{#5}{#7}}}}%
\ifthenelse{\value{listcount}=\value{listtotal}}% this test is new
{\ifmorenames{\andothersdelim\bibstring{andothers}}{}}{}}
The MWE
\RequirePackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents*}{\jobname.bib}
@Article{boker2011,
Author = {Boker, S. and Neale, M. and Maes, H. and Wilde, M. and
Spiegel, M. and Brick, T. and Spies, J. and Estabrook,
R. and Kenny, S. and Bates, T. and others},
Title = {Open{M}x: {A}n open source extended structural
equation modeling framework},
Journal = {Psychometrika},
Volume = {76},
Number = {2},
Pages = {306--317},
year = 2011
}
\documentclass{apa6}
\usepackage[american]{babel}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage[style=apa,maxnames=999,sortcites=true,sorting=nyt,apabackref=true,backend=biber]{biblatex}
\DeclareLanguageMapping{american}{american-apa}
\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}
\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}
\DeclareNameFormat{apaauthor}{%
\ifthenelse{\value{listcount}=\maxprtauth\AND\value{listcount}<\value{listtotal}}
{\addcomma\addspace\ldots\addspace}
{\ifthenelse{\value{listcount}>\maxprtauth\AND\value{listcount}<\value{listtotal}}
{}
{\ifthenelse{\iffieldequalstr{doubtfulauthor}{true}}
{\mkbibbrackets{\usebibmacro{name:apa:last-first}{#1}{#3}{#4}{#5}{#7}?}}
{\usebibmacro{name:apa:last-first}{#1}{#3}{#4}{#5}{#7}}}}%
\ifthenelse{\value{listcount}=\value{listtotal}}
{\ifmorenames{\andothersdelim\bibstring{andothers}}{}}{}}
\shorttitle{IFA}
\begin{document}
OpenMx \parencite{boker2011,aksin,wilde,murray}
\printbibliography
\end{document}
then yields
Update 2013-10: This has been corrected in biblatex-apa version 6.4 according to a comment below the question from user PLK.
Congratulations! You have incurred in a case when a page break changes each time the document is processed, caused by the difference in size between the author name and the rule for denoting the repetition.
A simple way for solving the issue is forcing the bib entries not to be split across pages, which is done by setting \interlinepenalty to 10000.
I made also some changes to the document, in particular for loading hyperref last. Please, study carefully the differences.
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@manual{baselcore,
title={Core {P}rinciples for {E}ffective {B}anking {S}upervision},
author={{Basel Committee on Banking Supervision}},
year={2012},
shortauthor = {BCBS},
sortname = {BCBS},
publisher={Bank for International Settlements},
url={http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbs230.pdf}
}
@manual{baselhistory,
title={A brief history of the {B}asel {C}ommittee},
author={{Basel Committee on Banking Supervision}},
year={2014},
shortauthor = {BCBS},
sortname = {BCBS},
publisher={Bank for International Settlements},
url={http://www.bis.org/bcbs/history.pdf}
}
@manual{baselI1988,
title={International convergence of capital measurement and capital standards},
author={{Basel Committee on Banking Supervision}},
year={1988},
shortauthor = {BCBS},
sortname = {BCBS},
publisher={Bank for International Settlements},
url={http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbs04a.pdf}
}
@manual{baselI1996market,
title={{Amendment to the Capital Accord to incorporate market risks}},
author={{Basel Committee on Banking Supervision}},
year={1996},
shortauthor = {BCBS},
sortname = {BCBS},
publisher={Bank for International Settlements},
url={http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbs24.pdf}
}
@manual{baselI1996mktoverview,
title={Overview of the amendment to the capital accord to incorporate market risks},
author={{Basel Committee on Banking Supervision}},
year={1996},
shortauthor = {BCBS},
sortname = {BCBS},
publisher={Bank for International Settlements},
url={http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbs23.pdf}
}
@manual{baselI1998,
title={{International convergence of capital measurement and capital standards (July 1988, UPDATED TO April 1998)}},
author={{Basel Committee on Banking Supervision}},
year={1998},
shortauthor = {BCBS},
sortname = {BCBS},
publisher={Bank for International Settlements},
url={http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbs111.pdf}
}
@manual{baselI1998market,
title={{Amendment to the Capital Accord to incorporate market risks (January 1996, updated to April 1998)}},
author={{Basel Committee on Banking Supervision}},
year={1998},
shortauthor = {BCBS},
sortname = {BCBS},
publisher={Bank for International Settlements},
url={http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbsc222.pdf}
}
@manual{baselII2001overview,
title={Overview of the New Basel Capital Accord},
author={{Basel Committee on Banking Supervision}},
year={2001},
shortauthor = {BCBS},
sortname = {BCBS},
journal={Consultative document BCBS, Basel, Switzerland},
publisher={Bank for International Settlements},
url={http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbsca02.pdf}
}
@manual{baselII2004,
title={International convergence of capital measurement and capital standards: a revised framework},
author={{Basel Committee on Banking Supervision}},
year={2004},
shortauthor = {BCBS},
sortname = {BCBS},
publisher={Bank for International Settlements},
url={http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbs107.pdf}
}
@manual{baselII2005,
title={{The Application of Basel II to Trading Activities and the Treatment of Double Default Effects}},
author={{Basel Committee on Banking Supervision}},
year={2004},
shortauthor = {BCBS},
sortname = {BCBS},
publisher={Bank for International Settlements},
url={http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbs107.pdf}
}
@manual{baselII2006,
title={{International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards. A Revised Framework. Comprehensive Version}},
author={{Basel Committee on Banking Supervision}},
year={2006},
shortauthor = {BCBS},
sortname = {BCBS},
publisher={Bank for International Settlements},
url={http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbs128.pdf}
}
@manual{baselIIh2009enhancements,
title={{Enhancements to the Basel II framework}},
author={{Basel Committee on Banking Supervision}},
year={2009},
shortauthor = {BCBS},
sortname = {BCBS},
publisher={Bank for International Settlements},
url={http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbs157.pdf}
}
\end{filecontents}
\documentclass[11pt,openright]{book}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin9]{inputenc}
\usepackage[british]{babel}
\usepackage[a4paper]{geometry}
\geometry{verbose,tmargin=3cm,bmargin=3.5cm,lmargin=4cm,rmargin=3cm,marginparwidth=70pt}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{3}
\setcounter{tocdepth}{3}
\usepackage{prettyref}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{indentfirst}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{url}
\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
\usepackage[table, fixpdftex]{xcolor}
\usepackage{algpseudocode}
\usepackage{bigstrut}
\usepackage{enumitem}
% biblatex
\usepackage[style=authoryear-icomp, natbib=true, maxcitenames=2, maxbibnames=11, backend=biber, hyperref=true, pagetracker=page]{biblatex} \usepackage{csquotes}
\renewcommand*{\bibsetup}{%
\interlinepenalty=10000\relax % default is 5000
\widowpenalty=10000\relax
\clubpenalty=10000\relax
\raggedbottom
\frenchspacing
\biburlsetup}
% package hyperref
\usepackage[unicode=true,pdfusetitle,
bookmarks=true,bookmarksnumbered=false,bookmarksopen=false,
breaklinks=false,pdfborder={0 0 0.7},backref=false,colorlinks=false]
{hyperref}
\doublespacing
% fixes the page number of the first page of each chapter
\fancypagestyle{plain}{
\fancyhead{}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
\fancyfoot[OC]{\begin{flushright}\thepage\end{flushright}}
}
% fancy headers for the thesis
\fancyhead{}
\fancyhead[LE]{\slshape \nouppercase \leftmark}
\fancyhead[RO]{\slshape \nouppercase \rightmark}
\fancyfoot[EC]{\begin{flushleft}\thepage\end{flushleft}}
\fancyfoot[OC]{\begin{flushright}\thepage\end{flushright}}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.4pt}
\setlength{\headheight}{14pt}
% add bibliography database
\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}
\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}
% space between biblio items
\setlength\bibitemsep{1.7\itemsep}
% title without ""
\DeclareFieldFormat[inbook]{title}{#1}
% non-italic
\DeclareFieldFormat[online]{title}{#1}
% title unquoted
\DeclareFieldFormat[article]{title}{#1}
% no pp.
\DeclareFieldFormat[article]{pages}{#1}
% bold volume
\DeclareFieldFormat*{volume}{\mkbibbold{#1}\setpunctfont{\textbf}}
% no in:
\renewbibmacro{in:}{}
% (volume)
\renewbibmacro*{volume+number+eid}{%
\printfield{volume}%
%\setunit*{\adddot}% DELETED
% \setunit*{\addnbspace}% NEW (optional); there's also \addnbthinspace
\printfield{number}%
% \setunit{\addcomma\space}%
\printfield{eid}}
\DeclareFieldFormat[article]{number}{\mkbibparens{#1}}
% edition.
\DeclareFieldFormat{edition}%
{(\ifinteger{#1}%
{\mkbibordedition{#1}\addthinspace{}ed.}%
{#1\isdot}).}
% publisher and location position
\renewbibmacro*{publisher+location+date}{%
\printlist{publisher}%
\setunit*{\addcomma\space}%
\printlist{location}%
\setunit*{\addcomma\space}%
\usebibmacro{date}%
\newunit}
% shortauthor before author
\renewbibmacro*{begentry}{%
\ifkeyword{Key}{\sffamily}{}%
\iffieldundef{shorthand}
{}
{\global\undef\bbx@lasthash
\printfield{shorthand}%
\addcolon\space}%
\ifboolexpr{test {\usebibmacro{bbx:dashcheck}} or test {\ifnameundef{shortauthor}}}%
{}%
{\printnames{shortauthor}%
\addspace\textendash\space}}
\begin{document}
\frontmatter
\pagenumbering{Alph} % avoid the problem with page anchors
\pagestyle{empty}
\newgeometry{margin=3cm}title-page\restoregeometry
\cleardoublepage
\begin{flushright}
dedication
\end{flushright}
\cleardoublepage
\pagenumbering{roman}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\tableofcontents
\mainmatter
\renewcommand{\sectionmark}[1]{\markright{\thesection.\ #1}}
\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{\markboth{\thechapter.\ #1}{}}
\chapter*{Introduction\label{chap:introduction}}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Introduction}
\markboth{Introduction}{Introduction}
introduction
\cite{aristotle:rhetoric}
\cite{aristotle:anima}
\cite{baselcore}
\cite{baselhistory}
\cite{baselI1988}
\cite{baselI1996market}
\cite{baselI1998}
\cite{baselI1998market}
\cite{baselII2001overview}
\cite{baselII2006}
\cite{baselIIh2009enhancements}
\chapter*{Conclusions\label{chap:conclusion}}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Conclusions}
\markboth{Conclusions}{Conclusions}
conclusions
\cleardoublepage{}\phantomsection
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Bibliography}
\markboth{Bibliography}{Bibliography}
\printbibliography
\end{document}
Best Answer
The problematic entry
has two commas after the
addendumfield, but none after theurl.The contents of each field must be terminated with a comma
,. That comma can be omitted for the very last field of an entry. (Though I still recommend you include it even then.)Make it read
or even better
The answer to
Is: You don't (– Overleaf does that automatically for you (by using the awesome
latexmk). But a Biber run may not finish successfully or may not contain all cited references in case the are errors in your entries. So if you get a warning likeon Overleaf, check the other warnings and messages listed in the warnings/error area and see if there is something pointing to Biber and your
.bibfiles.If your
.bibfile and your.texfile are free of errors, Overleaf will run LaTeX and Biber for you automatically as often as required until you get a stable output.In very specific circumstances you may get stuck with nasty errors, in that case it may help to delete the cache and recompile from scratch, see https://overleaf.com/learn/how-to/Clearing_the_cache