Citation compliance for dissertation writing is a regulatory compliance that every PhD candidate has to follow. However, there exist different compliances and it is important for the candidate to choose one and stick with it for his entire paper. Here are few of the citation compliances that are used for writing dissertations.

APA- this is the American Psychological Style and is a very common citation compliance used by the candidates who are in social science. Here, the surname of the authors has to be capitalized. Many universities follow this style such as Purdue University, Concordia University, Simon Fraser University, University of Canterbury and others.

APA6ed- this is another part of APA style and is basically the 6th edition of the APA citation compliance. The styles and rules are almost similar to the APA style and are followed by the same universities that follow the APA style.

MLA- the Modern Language Association is slightly different from the APA and APA6ed. It is used by candidates from arts and humanities. The general guidelines are also different and are followed by the University of Illinois, Cornell University, University of Western Australia and others.

Harvard Referencing- used mainly in the University of Western Australia, this citation style will let you acknowledge the words and ideas and it is the best referencing style to avoid any plagiarism.

End Note- this is followed by Leeds University, University of Leicester, Newcastle University, University of Manchester, Duke University and many others. It is used on every or alternate page of the dissertation and can be used in almost all the papers.

Chicago- the Chicago Manual of Style is used for formatting citations and documents. The 16th edition is followed in universities like Murdoch University, University of Illinois, University of Chicago and others.

Turabian- this style is similar to the Chicago Manual of Style and is used in writing the author-date style and the bibliography style. It is also followed by University of Chicago, Georgetown University, University of Illinois, University of Denver and many others.