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Harvard Referencing: Journal article

Format of the reference

Citation order:

  • Name of the author(s)
  • Year of publication
  • Title of the article
  • Title of the journal
  • Volume and issue numbers
  • Page range
  • Either a DOI or a web address and access date

 

DOI

If there is a DOI available put it at the end of the reference.

Format:

Author’s surname, Initials. (Year of publication) 'Title of the article', Title of the Journal, volume number (issue number), page range of the article. DOI: DOI number.

Example:

Serebryannikov, S. V. (2010) 'The Moscow power engineering institute (Technical University): from 1930 to 2010', Thermal Engineering, 57 (12), pp. 12-30. DOI: 10.1134/S0040601510120025.

In-text citation: (Serebryannikov, 2010)

 

If there is no digital object identifier (DOI): 

 

Web address

If the article is from the open web, such as Google Scholar or ResearchGate, add Available at: URL (Accessed date)

Format:

Author’s surname, Initials. (Year of publication) 'Title of the article', Title of the Journal, volume number (issue number), page range of the article. Available at: www.webaddress.com (Accessed: day month year).

Example:

Connor, J. D., Sinclair, W. H., Leicht, A. S. and Doma, K. (2019) 'Analysis of cricket ball type and innings on state level cricket batter’s performance', Frontiers in Psychology, October, pp. 133-137. Available at: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02347/full (Accessed: 21 January 2021).

In-text citation: (Connor et al., 2019)