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Staffordshire University (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. & Martindale, M.Q. (2022). A novel regulatory gene network in cnidarians. PNAS. 119 (19). p.p. e2113701119.
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 from: 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., Virtanen, P., Cournapeau, D., Wieser, E., Taylor, J., Berg, S., Smith, N.J., Kern, R., Picus, M., Hoyer, S., van Kerkwijk, M.H., Brett, M., Haldane, A., del Río, J.F., Wiebe, M., Peterson, P., Gérard-Marchant, P., Sheppard, K., Reddy, T., Weckesser, W., Abbasi, H., Gohlke, C. & Oliphant, T.E. (2020). Array programming with NumPy. Nature. 585 (7825). p.pp. 357–362.
Staffordshire University (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 all 26.
- 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.
- The style file was last updated in September 2012.
The guide this style follows: staffs.ac.uk
How Staffordshire University (author-date/Harvard) compares with APA Style 7th edition
Where Staffordshire University (author-date/Harvard) differs:
- For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names all 26.
- The reference leaves the DOI out.
- Web pages include the date you accessed them.
- The reference list is single-spaced, where APA Style 7th edition is double-spaced.
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 Staffordshire University (author-date/Harvard) list?
For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names all 26. In the text, the same paper becomes (Harris et al., 2020).
How does Staffordshire University (author-date/Harvard) 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 Staffordshire University (author-date/Harvard)?
The reference list is sorted alphabetically by author. The reference list uses a hanging indent.
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