How to cite papers where the names are sorted?
If the authors are listed as Adams, Brown, Clinton, Dylan, you cannot cite it as Brown et al. The standard thing is to simply cite Adams et al.

If you are one of the authors and you cite it.
Let's say that you are Brown and you now have an article with Eldridge. Then you can write the following:


  ... as was shown by the first author in collaboration with Adams et al. [ABCD14].


This way you cite the paper properly and at the same time, you make it clear that you are one of its authors.