diff --git a/src/js/widgets/preferences/templates/application.html b/src/js/widgets/preferences/templates/application.html
index 5c1e3a780..d50996a28 100644
--- a/src/js/widgets/preferences/templates/application.html
+++ b/src/js/widgets/preferences/templates/application.html
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
             <div class="card card-body">
               <p>
                 Specifies the number of authors to show under each result before the list is truncated.
+                Selecting "ALL" may result in slower load times for papers with many authors.
                 <br> (
                 <strong>default: {{numAuthorsDefault}}</strong>)
               </p>
diff --git a/src/js/widgets/preferences/views/application.js b/src/js/widgets/preferences/views/application.js
index 478eccb82..ed8ff603f 100644
--- a/src/js/widgets/preferences/views/application.js
+++ b/src/js/widgets/preferences/views/application.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ define([
 ], function (_, Marionette, ApplicationTemplate, config) {
   var DEFAULTS = {
     numAuthors: {
-      initialOptions: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10],
+      initialOptions: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 'ALL'],
       initialValue: 4,
     },
     externalLinks: {
@@ -209,6 +209,10 @@ define([
 
     _convertToNumber: function (val) {
       try {
+        var normalized = String(val).toUpperCase();
+        if (normalized === 'ALL' || normalized === 'NONE') {
+          return normalized;
+        }
         return _.isNaN(Number(val)) ? val : Number(val);
       } catch (e) {
         return val;
diff --git a/test/mocha/js/widgets/results_render_widget.spec.js b/test/mocha/js/widgets/results_render_widget.spec.js
index 859424519..2bb75fe3d 100644
--- a/test/mocha/js/widgets/results_render_widget.spec.js
+++ b/test/mocha/js/widgets/results_render_widget.spec.js
@@ -158,6 +158,18 @@ define([
         expect(result).to.include('[fields orcid_other=5]');
       });
 
+      it("Should NOT apply field limiters when minAuthorsPerResult is 'ALL'", function () {
+        const widget = _getWidget();
+        // Simulate 'ALL' setting which gets converted to POSITIVE_INFINITY
+        widget.minAuthorsPerResult = Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
+        const result = widget.customizeQuery(new ApiQuery({q: "star"})).get('fl')[0].split(',');
+        // Verify no [fields xxx] limiters are present
+        const hasFieldLimiters = result.some(function(field) {
+          return field.indexOf('[fields ') === 0;
+        });
+        expect(hasFieldLimiters).to.be.false;
+      });
+
       it.skip("should listen to INVITING_REQUEST event", function (done) {
 
         var stub = function (apiResponse) {