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Durham University Business School (author-date/Harvard) 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. and Martindale, M.Q. (2022) A novel regulatory gene network in cnidarians. PNAS. [Online] 119 (19), e2113701119. Available at: doi:10.1073/pnas.2113701119.
Book
Kuhn, T.S. (1970) The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. University of Chicago Press.
Web page
IPCC (2021) Climate change 2021: the physical science basis. [Online]. 9 August 2021. Available at: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/ (Accessed: 15 July 2026).
In-text citation
(Babonis & Martindale 2022)
Journal article with 26 authors
Harris, C.R., Millman, K.J., van der Walt, S.J., Gommers, R., et al. (2020) Array programming with NumPy. Nature. [Online] 585 (7825), 357–362. Available at: doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2649-2.
Durham University Business School (author-date/Harvard) 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 4 authors and shortens the rest.
- In the text, the same paper becomes (Harris, Millman, van der Walt, et al. 2020).
- First names are shortened to initials.
- DOIs are printed with a "doi:" prefix.
- Web pages include the date you accessed them.
- The reference list is sorted alphabetically by author.
- The style file was last updated in April 2013.
The guide this style follows: dur.ac.uk
How Durham University Business School (author-date/Harvard) compares with APA Style 7th edition
Where Durham University Business School (author-date/Harvard) differs:
- For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names the first 4 authors and shortens the rest.
- DOIs are printed with a "doi:" prefix.
- Web pages include the date you accessed them.
- The reference list is single-spaced, where APA Style 7th edition is double-spaced.
- The reference list has no hanging indent, which APA Style 7th edition uses.
- In the text it writes (Babonis & Martindale 2022) where APA Style 7th edition writes (Babonis & Martindale, 2022).
The same journal article in APA Style 7th 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 Durham University Business School (author-date/Harvard) list?
For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names the first 4 authors and shortens the rest. In the text, the same paper becomes (Harris, Millman, van der Walt, et al. 2020).
How does Durham University Business School (author-date/Harvard) handle DOIs and web pages?
DOIs are printed with a "doi:" prefix. Web pages include the date you accessed them.
How is the reference list ordered in Durham University Business School (author-date/Harvard)?
The reference list is sorted alphabetically by author.
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