How Harvard references look
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Harvard referencing generator
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Journal article
Suri, T. and Jack, W. (2016) “The long-run poverty and gender impacts of mobile money,” Science, 354(6317), pp. 1288–1292. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aah5309.
In-text: (Suri and Jack, 2016)
Book
Achebe, C. (1958) Things fall apart. London: Heinemann.
In-text: (Achebe, 1958)
Web page
World Health Organization (2023) Malaria, World Health Organization. Available at: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/malaria (Accessed: October 1, 2026).
In-text: (World Health Organization, 2023)
Harvard rules at a glance
- Reference list
- Reference list: alphabetical by first author’s surname
- In-text citations
- author and year in parentheses, e.g. (Suri and Jack, 2016)
- Author names
- Surname and initials, joined with “and”, e.g. Suri, T. and Jack, W.
- Many authors
- Four or more authors: first author followed by “et al.”
- Date
- Straight after the authors, in parentheses, with no full stop: (2016)
- Titles
- Sentence case; article titles: in quotation marks, sentence case
- Italics
- Journal names and book titles
- DOIs and links
- “Available at:” before the DOI or URL, and “(Accessed: date)” for web pages
Who uses Harvard?
Harvard is the most common referencing style at universities in the UK, Australia, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa and Kenya. Cite Them Right is the version most of those universities follow. The style is published by Cite Them Right (Bloomsbury); CiteSwap follows the Cite Them Right 12th edition.
Harvard referencing generator: frequently asked questions
How do I cite a journal article in Harvard?
Search for the article by title, author or DOI above and copy the formatted reference. For example, the Suri and Jack article in Science becomes: Suri, T. and Jack, W. (2016) “The long-run poverty and gender impacts of mobile money,” Science, 354(6317), pp. 1288–1292. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aah5309.
How do in-text citations work in Harvard?
Harvard uses author and year in parentheses, e.g. (Suri and Jack, 2016). For the same article: (Suri and Jack, 2016).
What is the Harvard reference list called?
Reference list. Alphabetical by first author’s surname.
Which edition of Harvard does this generator use?
Harvard referencing (Cite Them Right), published by Cite Them Right (Bloomsbury) (Cite Them Right 12th edition). CiteSwap formats references with the official Citation Style Language definition of the style.
How do I cite a website in Harvard?
Use “Cite manually” under the search box: enter the author or organisation, page title, website name, date and URL. A web page in Harvard looks like this: World Health Organization (2023) Malaria, World Health Organization. Available at: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/malaria (Accessed: October 1, 2026).
Is this Harvard referencing generator free?
Yes. There is no sign-up and no limit. Everything runs in your browser, and your references are not stored anywhere.