VVancouver Referencing Style

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What is the Vancouver Referencing Style?p133 (What is referencing)

It is a uniform set of requirements for bibliographic references.

It is a "numbered" style.

It follows rules established by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors.

It is also known as: Uniform Requirements for Manuscriptsb i d Bi di l J lsubmitted to Biomedical Journals.

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How to do in-text citations

A number is assigned to each reference as it is cited - in brackets [ ] ( ) or superscript.1

If the source is referred to again, the same number is used.

Example:...as one author has put it "the darkest days were still p p yahead" [1]: which is well documented in the literature. [2-5] This proves that "the darkest days were still ahead". [1]

How to create a Reference List

Reference list should appear at the end of the assignment / report.

Entries are listed numerically and in the same order that they werey ycited in the text.

Example:1. Baker PN, editor. Obstetrics by ten teachers. 18th ed. London: y

Hodder Arnold; 2006. 2. Delbridge ML, Harry JL, Toder R. A human candidate

spermatogenesis gene, RBM1, is conserved and amplified on themarsupial Y chromosome. Nat Genet. 1997; 15: 131-136.

Book citations

Main Elements of a book citation:

• Author/Editor/Compiler's surname initials. • Title of the book.

# ( f )• # ed. (if not the 1st) • Place of publication: • Publisher's name;

Y f bli ti• Year of publication.

Example:Example:1. Author/Editor/Compiler's surname initials. Title of the book.

# ed. (if not the 1st) Place of publication: Publisher's name;Y f bli tiYear of publication.

Examples

Single/Personal authorCarlson BM. Human embryology and developmental biology. 3rd ed. St. Louis: Mosby; 2004. y;

Editor(s) or compiler(s) as authorAdd th d " dit " " dit " ft th /Add the word "editor" or "editors" after the name/s.

Gilstrap LC 3rd, Cunningham FG, VanDorsten JP, editors. Operative obstetrics. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2002.;

Chapter in a book (or part of a book to which a number of authors have contributed)

Elements of the citation:Author's (of the chapter) surname initials. Title of chapter. In: Editor's surname initials, editor. Title of the book. # ed. [if not 1st] Place of publication: Publisher's name; Year of publication. p. #. [ b f h t ][page numbers of chapter]

Meltzer PS, Kallioniemi A, Trent JM. Chromosome alterations in human solid tumors. In: Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW, editors. The genetic basis of human cancer. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2002. p. 93-113.

Journal citations

Main Elements of a journal citation:

• Author's surname Initials, • Author's surname Initials. • Title of article.

Titl f J l [ bb i t d]• Title of Journal. [abbreviated] • Year of publication Month date; • Volume number

(issue number):• (issue number): • page numbers.

Example:1 Author's surname Initials Author's surname Initials Title of1. Author s surname Initials, Author s surname Initials. Title of

article. Title of Journal. [abbreviated] Year of publicationMonth date; Volume number (issue number): page numbers.

ExamplesExamples

Standard articleHalpern SD, Ubel PA, Caplan AL. Solid-organ transplantation in HIV-infected patients. N Engl J Med. 2002 Jul 25;347(4):284-7.p g ; ( )

More than 6 authorsGive the first six names in full and add "et al". The authors are listed in the order in which they appear.

Rose ME, Huerbin MB, Melick J, Marion DW, Palmer AM, Schiding JK, et al. R l ti f i t titi l it t i id t ti ft ti lRegulation of interstitial excitatory amino acid concentrations after cortical contusion injury. Brain Res. 2002;935(1-2):40-6.

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Updated by: Susan ScheepersJuly 2009