| Department | Citation Style |
| Manning School of Business | APA (American Psychological Association) Style |
| Accounting | APA (American Psychological Association) Style |
| Finance | APA (American Psychological Association) Style |
| Management | APA (American Psychological Association) Style |
| Marketing, Entrepreneurship, & Innovation | APA (American Psychological Association) Style |
| Operations and Information Systems | APA (American Psychological Association) Style |
| Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences | APA (American Psychological Association) Style |
| Solomont School of Nursing | APA (American Psychological Association) Style |
| Public Health Department | APA (American Psychological Association) Style |
| Biomedical & Nutritional Sciences Department | APA (American Psychological Association) Style |
| Physical Therapy Department | APA (American Psychological Association) Style |
| Francis College of Engineering | Varies* |
| Chemical Engineering Department | AICHE or APA |
| Civil & Environmental Engineering Department | ASME, ASCE or APA |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering Department | IEEE or APA |
| Mechanical Engineering Department | IEEE (or AIAA, ASME, APA) |
| Plastics Engineering Department | AICHE, ASME or APA |
| College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | Varies* |
| Art & Design Department | MLA (Modern Language Association) Style |
| Criminology and Justice Studies | APA (American Psychological Association) |
| Economics Department | Chicago Manual of Style |
| English Department |
MLA (Modern Language Association) Style |
| History Department | Chicago Manual of Style |
| Music Department | MLA (Modern Language Association) Style |
| Philosophy Department | MLA (Modern Language Association) Style |
| Political Science Department | APA (American Psychological Association) Style |
| Psychology Department | APA (American Psychological Association) Style |
| Sociology Department | APA (American Psychological Association) Style |
| World Languages & Cultures Department | MLA (Modern Language Association) Style |
| Kennedy College of Sciences | *Varies |
| Biological Sciences Department | APA (American Psychological Association) Style |
| Chemistry Department | APA or ACS |
| Computer Science Department | IEEE Style & ACM Style |
| Environmental, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Department | APA (American Psychological Association) Style |
| Mathematical Sciences Department | APA (American Psychological Association) Style |
| Physics Department | AIP Style (American Institute of Physics) |
| College of Education | APA (American Psychological Association) Style |
