Authordatetyylin

Authordatetyylin is a term used in this article to denote a hypothetical bibliographic and in-text citation style that emphasizes the author and the publication date. Conceptually, it sits alongside author-date systems such as APA, Chicago (Author-Date), and Harvard, but with a distinct emphasis on the date as a primary contextual marker.

Core features include in-text citations that present the author's surname followed by the publication year, for example: (Koskinen 2013). If the author has multiple works from the same year, the citations are disambiguated with letters (Koskinen 2013a; Koskinen 2013b). Narratives place the year directly after the author name: Koskinen (2013) argues that ...

Reference list entries start with author names, followed by the year in parentheses, the title in sentence case, and the publication details. Journal articles include the journal name, volume, issue, and page range; books include the publisher and location; DOIs or stable URLs are provided when available. The bibliography is alphabetized by author surname, with year used to distinguish multiple works in the same year.

Date formatting and localization: Authordatetyylin supports flexible date presentation to suit regional conventions. It may prefer ISO-like year-first formatting or local formats such as day-month-year, depending on the publisher's locale.

Status and usage: It is not part of major standard style guides and is mainly discussed in hypothetical contexts, pedagogical examples, or niche communities. In practice, most publishers adopt established styles; authordatetyylin remains a conceptual alternative for illustrating author-date citation principles.