Cite Them Right 13th edition - Harvard

r.patterson
Hi,

The 13th edition of Cite Them Right Harvard has just been published. The place of publication has been dropped from references.

I just wondered whether anyone was creating the following two styles to reflect this update?
Cite Them Right 13th edition - Harvard
Cite Them Right 13th edition - Harvard (no "et al.")

Thanks,

Ruth
  • damnation
    I am about to start working together with the publishers of CTR to rework their style. It'll be a few months though to get this through.
  • r.patterson
    That's great. Thanks for letting me know.
  • Zz3aint
    That's so cool, thank you guys!
  • colinrutland
    edited September 11, 2025
    With the 12th edition style sheet, there isn't a natural way to render the language of a translation as required by the CTR Harvard specification (12th & 13th edns). CTR makes it complicated by having different cases for modern and ancient translations (I assume there is a good reason for this!):

    Translated from the Spanish by G. Haycraft and R. Haycraft. [separate sentence]

    Homer (1991) The Iliad (Translated from the Greek by R. Fagles.) [embedded in the same sentence as the title in parentheses]

    The existing style sheet can be hacked to do this in various ways, e.g. by (mis)using the 'language' field or using CSL-M locales, but is there a clean solution that might be suitable for the 13th edition?
  • damnation
    edited October 10, 2025
    As I mention above, I'm currently working with Bloomsbury on their CTR13 style, which also includes an update to support classic works.
  • colinrutland
    That's good to hear, thank you! Classic works are the reason for the hacks I've been making.
  • Will1122330
    Hi, has anyone heard any more from this? Really hoping to use Zotero but my institution requires we use 13th edition. Thanks in advance!
  • damnation
    Still in the works (and very slow)
  • colinrutland
    edited October 10, 2025
    @Will1122330 You really should use Zotero :-) As mentioned above, perhaps the most noticeable change in CTR13 Harvard is to remove the place of publication. If this would be enough to keep your institution happy for now, as an interim fix you could just delete 'Place' from your Zotero items. Alternatively, if you are confident enough to edit stuff, you could make a copy of the CTR12 Harvard style sheet and delete the lines <text variable="publisher-place"/>
  • NFER Reference Manager (Admin account)
    Hello - just wondering on progress for CTR 13 (no et el) - and also to flag an error in the 12th edition (no et al) in case useful for the 13 update - where when you use a book section item, the author names are correct for the author of the chapter but the opposite way around for the author/editor of the parent book
    eg. Lander, V. and Sheikh Zaheerali, A. (2016) ‘One step forward, two steps back: the continuing saga of Black and minority ethnic teacher recruitment and retention in England’, in C. Schmidt and J. Schneider (eds) Diversifying the teaching force in transnational contexts: critical perspectives. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
    (I checked these were correct in the fields)
  • adamsmith
    Not sure about the 13th edition, but the editor names format is correct for chapters in CTR: it should indeed be "Initial Surname"
  • r.patterson
    Hi. I just wondered whether it was possible to give some idea when the 13th edition style might be available? Thanks
  • Jared55
    Hi. Since we are waiting for CTR13, and my institution requires the use of CTR13, can someone assist me in what changes to make to the CTR12 style sheet? So I have an temporary solution for the interim.
    I note the following changes between CTR12 and CTR13:
    1. Removal of place of publication: The 13th edition no longer requires the place of publication (e.g., city) for books, conference proceedings, or similar sources. Only the publisher’s name is needed.
    2. Updated formatting for digital sources: New examples and guidance are included for modern digital content, including AI-generated material (text, images, code, video), TikTok, Zoom/Teams meetings, and recorded lectures.
    3. Simplified journal article formatting: For journals that assign individual article numbers, the format now uses “article” instead of “article number.”
    4. Enhanced guidance on AI use: The 13th edition includes advice on acknowledging and referencing AI tools (like ChatGPT or Copilot) when they are used to generate specific content or assist in tasks such as brainstorming or structuring work.
    5. Improved in-text citation options: Optional use of paragraph numbers in in-text citations is now recommended for online sources without page numbers.
    6. Updated style for titles: Titles in the reference list now use sentence case, while titles in-text use title case (previously, the same case was used throughout).
  • dunning
    @damnation Are you still working on this?
  • damnation
    I am, but I'm at the hands of the publishers and going at their pace.
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