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What a University of Cape Town (author-date/Harvard) reference looks like
University of Cape Town (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):e2113701119. 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. Available: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/ [2026, July 15].
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., et al. 2020. Array programming with NumPy. Nature. 585(7825):357–362. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2649-2.
University of Cape Town (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 8 authors and shortens the rest.
- In the text, the same paper becomes (Harris 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 June 2014.
The guide this style follows: lib.uct.ac.za
How University of Cape Town (author-date/Harvard) compares with APA Style 7th edition
Where University of Cape Town (author-date/Harvard) differs:
- For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names the first 8 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.
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 University of Cape Town (author-date/Harvard) list?
For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names the first 8 authors and shortens the rest. In the text, the same paper becomes (Harris et al., 2020).
How does University of Cape Town (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 University of Cape Town (author-date/Harvard)?
The reference list is sorted alphabetically by author.
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