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What a Cambridge University Press, CambridgeB (author-date) reference looks like
Cambridge University Press, CambridgeB (author-date) is an author-date style: the in-text citation gives the author surname and year in parentheses.
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Journal article
Babonis, L. S., & Martindale, M. Q. (2022). A novel regulatory gene network in cnidarians. PNAS, 119(19), e2113701119.
Book
Kuhn, T. S. (1970). The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, University of Chicago Press.
Web page
IPCC. (2021, August 9). Climate change 2021: the physical science basis. Retrieved July 15, 2026, from https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/
In-text citation
(Babonis & Martindale 2022)
Journal article with 26 authors
Harris, C. R., Millman, K. J., van der Walt, S. J., … Oliphant, T. E. (2020). Array programming with NumPy. Nature, 585(7825), 357–362.
Cambridge University Press, CambridgeB (author-date) at a glance
Read from the style file and checked against the examples above.
- For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names the first 3, then an ellipsis and the last author.
- In the text, the same paper becomes (Harris et al. 2020).
- First names are shortened to initials.
- The reference leaves the DOI out.
- Web pages include the date you accessed them.
- The reference list is sorted alphabetically by author.
- The reference list uses a hanging indent and double spacing.
- The style file was last updated in January 2025.
The guide this style follows: cambridge.org
How Cambridge University Press, CambridgeB (author-date) compares with APA Style 6th edition
Where Cambridge University Press, CambridgeB (author-date) differs:
- For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names the first 3, then an ellipsis and the last author.
- The reference leaves the DOI out.
- In the text it writes (Babonis & Martindale 2022) where APA Style 6th edition writes (Babonis & Martindale, 2022).
The same journal article in APA Style 6th edition
Babonis, L. S., & Martindale, M. Q. (2022). A novel regulatory gene network in cnidarians. PNAS, 119(19), e2113701119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2113701119
Frequently asked questions
How many authors does Cambridge University Press, CambridgeB (author-date) list?
For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names the first 3, then an ellipsis and the last author. In the text, the same paper becomes (Harris et al. 2020).
How does Cambridge University Press, CambridgeB (author-date) handle DOIs and web pages?
The reference leaves the DOI out. Web pages include the date you accessed them.
How is the reference list ordered in Cambridge University Press, CambridgeB (author-date)?
The reference list is sorted alphabetically by author. The reference list uses a hanging indent and double spacing.
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