Blog · February 4, 2026 · 6 min read
Citation styles in UK academic writing: APA, Harvard, MHRA and more
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Style choice is rarely up to you — your department or journal will specify. Knowing the rules of your assigned style well is one of the cheapest grade-boosters available.
The four most common UK styles
Harvard for business and social sciences. APA for psychology and education. Vancouver for medicine and life sciences. MHRA for humanities. Each has hard rules for in-text format, reference list and footnotes.
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Which is the strictest?
Vancouver and MHRA — both have unforgiving punctuation rules.
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