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Leeds Harvard: cite a report

A source-specific Leeds Harvard example, the details to collect and the checks needed for a report.

Choose the actual source form

Identify the report as a publication in its own right. Record the responsible author or organization, title, date, publisher and any supplied report number. For technical reports, a sponsor, performing organization and publisher can be different bodies.

Use the named convention

Harvard is a family of author-date conventions. This guide explicitly uses the University of Leeds version and its published source-type guidance. Check that your institution requires this variant before copying the punctuation or element order.

This guide explicitly uses Leeds Harvard.
The example is an unnumbered print report treated as a standalone book.

Gather the source details

Inspect the report’s title and publication pages.
Record an actual individual or organizational author.
Keep any supplied report number with the source.
Verify which organization published the work and which version you read.

Author: Maya Stone
Title as supplied: A sample report
Publication year: 2024
Publisher: Example Institute
Awarding or responsible institution: Example Institute
Publication place: London

An independently written example

This is an invented publication used to demonstrate the reference structure. The text below is a plain-text example; use the typography notes above for the required italics or quotation marks.

Stone, M. 2024. A sample report. London: Example Institute.

Review the part that is easy to miss

A funding body is not automatically the author or publisher. A report number is not a journal issue, and a distributor should not silently replace the issuing organization.

The workbench does not provide a Leeds Harvard template; follow the linked Leeds guidance for this example.

Follow the Leeds guidance directly