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The Vancouver style was first defined by a meeting of medical journal editors
in Vancouver, Canada, in 1978. These guidelines follow the principles given in
the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals:
Writing and editing for biomedical publication published by the International
Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) in 2004 and the American
Medical Association Manual of Style, 9th edition, 1998. These publications
constitute authoritative international guides to Vancouver publication
standards and style.
When using EndNote bibliographic software, please use the following output style - Vancouver.
A number enclosed in round brackets, eg. (1) or (26), placed in the text of the
essay, indicates the relevant reference. Citations are numbered consecutively
in the order in which they appear in the text and each citation corresponds to a
numbered reference containing publication information about the source cited
in the reference list at the end of the publication, essay or assignment. Once a
source has been cited, the same number is used in all subsequent references.
No distinction is made between print and electronic references when citing
within the text.
Here are some examples of this kind of referencing :
Bracket Format
It is not necessary to mention either the author(s) or the date of the reference
unless it is relevant to your text.
It is not necessary to say "in reference (26) ...", "In (26) ..." is sufficient.
When citing more than one source at a time, the preferred method is to list
each reference number separately with a comma or dash (without spaces)
between each reference:
Bracket Format
(1,3,5)
(1-5)
(2-5,9,13)
Personal Communications
Conversation
Letter
A numbered list of references must be provided at the end of the paper. The
list should be arranged in the order of citation in the text of the publication,
assignment or essay, not in alphabetical order. List only one reference per
reference number. It is very important that you use the correct punctuation
and that the order of details in the references is also correct.
The following examples demonstrate the format for a variety of types of
references. Included are some examples of citing electronic documents. Such
items come in many forms, so only some examples have been listed here.
Print Documents
Books
Note: Only the first word of the title of a book or conference should be
capitalised, except for proper nouns or acronyms. Capitalise the "v" in Volume
for a book title.
Standard format
3. Lawhead JB, Baker MC. Introduction to veterinary science. Clifton Park (NY):
Thomson Delmar Learning; 2005.
4. Gilstrap LC, Cunningham FG, Van Dorsten JP, editors. Operative obstetrics. 2nd
ed. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2002.
No author
5. The Oxford concise medical dictionary. 6th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press;
2003. p. 26.
Later edition
6. Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Kobyashi GS, Pfaller MA. Medical microbiology. 4th ed.
St Louis: Mosby; 2002.
Multiple volumes
7. Lee GR, Bithell TC, Foerster J, Athens JW, Lukens JN, editors. Wintrobes clinical
hematology. 9th ed. Vol 2. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger; 1993.
Series
8. Unwin E, Codde JP, Bartu A. The impact of drugs other than alchohol and tobacco
on the health of Western Australians. Perth: Dept of Health; 2004.
Epidemiology occasional papers series, No. 20.
10. Harnden P, Joffe JK, Jones WG, editors. Germ cell tumours V. Proceedings of the
5th Germ Cell Tumour conference; 2001 Sep 13-15; Leeds, UK. New York:
Springer; 2002.
Government publication
13. Lugg DJ. Physiological adaptation and health of an expedition in Antarctica: with
comment on behavioural adaptation. Canberra: A.G.P.S.; 1977. Australian
Government Department of Science, Antarctic Division. ANARE scientific
reports. Series B(4), Medical science No. 0126.
Patent / Standard
14. Pagedas AC, inventor; Ancel Surgical R&D Inc., assignee. Flexible endoscopic
grasping and cutting device and positioning tool assembly. United States
patent US 20020103498. 2002 Aug 1.
Thesis or dissertation
15. Borkowski MM. Infant sleep and feeding: a telephone survey of Hispanic
Americans. PhD [dissertation]. Mount Pleasant (MI): Central Micihigan
University; 2002.
Note: These examples are for chapters or parts of edited works in which the
chapters or parts have individual title and author/s, but are included in
collections or textbooks edited by others. If the editors of a work are also the
authors of all of the included chapters then it should be cited as a whole book
using the examples given above (Books).
Standard format
Article/chapter in a book
2. Ford HL, Sclafani RA, Degregori J. Cell cycle regulatory cascades. In: Stein GS,
Pardee AB, editors. Cell cycle and growth control: biomolecular regulation and
cancer. 2nd ed. Hoboken (NJ): Wiley-Liss; 2004. p. 42-67.
Note: You should not cite from Unit Readers, Study Guides, or lecture notes,
but where possible you should go to the original source of the information. If
you do need to cite articles from the Unit Reader, treat the Reader articles as if
they were book or journal articles. In your citations refer to the page numbers
from the Reader, if given, not the original page numbers (unless you have
independently consulted the original).
4. Lynch M. God's signature: DNA profiling, the new gold standard in forensic
science. Endeavour. 2003;27(2):93-7. Reprinted In: Forensic Investigation
(BIO373) unit reader for forensic DNA component. Murdoch: Murdoch
University; 2005.
Journal Articles
Note: Capitalise only the first word of an article title, except for proper nouns
or acronyms. List the first six authors followed by et al. The titles of journals
should be abbreviated as they appear in the MEDLINE Journals Database.
Volume, issue and page numbers are given but not labelled. To indicate a page
range use 123-9, 126-34 or 111-222. If you refer to only one page, use only
111.
Standard format
Journal article
4. Gillespie NC, Lewis RJ, Pearn JH, Bourke ATC, Holmes MJ, Bourke JB, et al.
Ciguatera in Australia: occurrence, clinical features, pathophysiology and
management. Med J Aust. 1986;145:584-90.
Organization as author
No author given
6. 21st century heart solution may have a sting in the tail. BMJ.
2002;325(7537):184.
8. Glauser TA. Integrating clinical trial data into clinical practice. Neurology.
2002;58(12 Suppl 7):S6-12.
10. Ahrar K, Madoff DC, Gupta S, Wallace MJ, Price RE, Wright KC. Development of a
large animal model for lung tumors. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2002;13(9 Pt
1):923-8.
11. Banit DM, Kaufer H, Hartford JM. Intraoperative frozen section analysis in
revision total joint arthroplasty. Clin Orthop. 2002;(401):230-8.
Newspaper article
12. O'Leary C. Vitamin C does little to prevent winter cold. The West Australian. 2005
Jun 29;1.
Electronic Documents
Note: When you cite an electronic source try to describe it in the same way
you would describe a similar printed publication. If possible, give sufficient
information for your readers to retrieve the source themselves.
If only the first page number is given, a plus sign indicates following pages,
eg. 26+. If page numbers are not given, use paragraph or other section
numbers if you need to be specific.
An electronic source may not always contain clear author or publisher details.
The access information will usually be just the URL of the source. As well as a
publication/revision date (if there is one), the date cited is included since an
electronic source may change between the time you cite it and the time it is
accessed by a reader.
E-Books
Standard format
1. van Belle G, Fisher LD, Heagerty PJ, Lumley TS. Biostatistics: a methodology for
the health sciences [e-book]. 2nd ed. Somerset (NJ): Wiley InterScience; 2003
[cited 2005 Jun 30]. Available from: Wiley InterScience electronic collection.
4. Lee HC, Pagliaro EM. Serology: blood identification. In: Siegel J, Knupfer G,
Saukko P, editors. Encyclopedia of forensic sciences [e-book]. San Diego:
Academic Press; 2000 [cited 2005 Jun 30]:1331-8. Available from: Science
Direct Reference. www.elsevier.com.
E-Journals
Standard format
1. Leroy EM, Telfer P, Kumulungui B, Yaba P, et al. A serological survey of Ebola virus
infection in central African nonhuman primates. J Infect Dis [abstract]. 2004
[cited 2005 Jun 30];190(11):1895. Available from: ProQuest.
http://www.umi.com/proquest/.
Note: Abstract citations are only included in a reference list if the abstract is
substantial or if the full-text of the article could not be accessed.
Note: When including the internet address of articles retrieved from searches
in full-text databases, please use the recommended URLs for full-text
databases, which are the URLs for the main entrance to the service and are
easier to reproduce.
2. Palsson G, Hardardottir KE. For whom the cell tolls: debates about biomedicine
(1). Curr Anthropol [serial online]. 2002 [cited 2005 Jun 30];
43(2):271+[about 31 pages]. Available from: Academic OneFile.
http://find.galegroup.com.
4. Eisen SA, Kang HK, Murphy FM , Blanchard MS, Reda DJ, Henderson WG, et al.
Gulf War veterans' health: medical evaluation of a U.S. cohort? Ann Intern
Med [serial on the Internet]. 2005 [cited 2005 June 30];142(11):881+[about
12 pages]. Available from: http://www.annals.org/.
5. Barton CA, McKenzie DP, Walters EH, et al. Interactions between psychosocial
problems and management of asthma: who is at risk of dying? J Asthma
[serial on the Internet]. 2005 [cited 2005 Jun 30];42(4):249-56. Available
from: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/.
6. Dearne K. Dispensing with the chemist. The Australian [newspaper online]. 2005
Jun 14 [cited 2005 Jun 30];[about 8 screens]. Available from: Factiva.
http://global.factiva.com.
Standard format
1. Australian Insitute of Health and Welfare. Chronic diseases and associated risk
factors [document on the Internet]. Canberra: The Institute; 2004 [updated
2005 June 23; cited 2005 Jun 30]. Available from:
http://www.aihw.gov.au/cdarf/index.cfm.
2. Stanley F. Information page - Professor Fiona Stanley. Telethon Institute for Child
Health Research [homepage on the Internet]. Perth: The Institute; 2005 [cited
2005 Jun 30]. Available from: http://www.ichr.uwa.edu.au/about/schools/.
3. Lavelle P. Mental state of the nation. Health matters [document on the Internet].
ABC online; 2005 May 19 [cited 2005 Jul 1]. Available from:
http://abc.net.au/health/features/mentalstate/.
Non-Book Formats
Podcasts
1. Brown W, Brodie K, & George P. From Lake Baikal to the halfway mark,
Yekaterinburg. Peking to Paris: Episode 3 [podcast on the Internet]. Sydney:
ABC Television; 2007 June 4 [cited 2008 Feb 4]. Available from
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/pekingtoparis/podcast/pekingtoparis.xml.
2. Gary, S. Black hole death ray. StarStuff [podcast on the Internet]. Sydney: ABC
News Radio; 2007 Dec 23 [cited 2008 Feb 4]. Available from
http://abc.net.au/newsradio/podcast/STARSTUFF.xml.
Other Formats
Microform
3. Terry KW, Hewson GS, Rowe MB. Characterisation of inhaled dusts at minesites
[microfiche]. Perth: Minerals and Energy Research Institute of Western
Australia; 1998.
Video recording
4. Hillel J, writer. Out of sight out of mind: indigenous people's health in Australia
[videorecording]. Bendigo: Video Education Australasia; 2003.
Television Programme
The reference list should appear at the end of your paper. Begin the list on a
new page. The title References should be either left justified or centred on the
page. The entries should appear as one numerical sequence in the order that
the material is cited in the text of your assignment.
Note: The hanging indent for each reference makes the numerical sequence
more obvious.
6. Geck MJ, Yoo S, Wang JC. Assessment of cervical ligamentous injury in trauma
patients using MRI. J Spinal Disord. 2001;14(5):371-7.
7. Gillespie NC, Lewis RJ, Pearn JH, Bourke ATC, Holmes MJ, Bourke JB, et al.
Ciguatera in Australia: occurrence, clinical features, pathophysiology and
management. Med J Aust. 1986;145:584-90.
8. Lawhead JB, Baker MC. Introduction to veterinary science. Clifton Park (NY):
Thomson Delmar Learning; 2005.
9. Ford HL, Sclafani RA, Degregori J. Cell cycle regulatory cascades. In: Stein GS,
Pardee AB, editors. Cell cycle and growth control: biomolecular regulation and
cancer. 2nd ed. Hoboken (NJ): Wiley-Liss; 2004. p. 42-67.
10. Gilstrap LC, Cunningham FG, Van Dorsten JP, editors. Operative obstetrics. 2nd
ed. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2002.
11. The Oxford concise medical dictionary. 6th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press;
2003. p. 26.
12. Palsson G, Hardardottir KE. For whom the cell tolls: debates about biomedicine
(1). Curr Anthropol [serial online]. 2002 [cited 2005 Jun 30];
43(2):271+[about 31 pages]. Available from: Academic OneFile.
http://find.galegroup.com.
13. Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Kobyashi GS, Pfaller MA. Medical microbiology. 4th ed.
St Louis: Mosby; 2002.
14. Barton CA, McKenzie DP, Walters EH, et al. Interactions between psychosocial
problems and management of asthma: who is at risk of dying? J Asthma
[serial on the Internet]. 2005 [cited 2005 Jun 30];42(4):249-56. Available
from: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/.
16. 21st century heart solution may have a sting in the tail. BMJ.
2002;325(7537):184.
17. Dearne K. Dispensing with the chemist. The Australian [newspaper online]. Jun
14, 2005 [cited 2005 Jun 30];[about 8 screens]. Available from: Factiva.
http://global.factiva.com.
18. Diseased organs may be used to deter smokers. Sydney Morning Herald
[newspaper on the Internet]. Jun 29, 2005 [cited 2005 Jun 30]; para. 4-5.
Available from: http://www.smh.com.au/.
19. Allen C, Crake D, Wilson H, Buchholz A. Polycystic ovary syndrome and a low
glycemic index diet. Can J Diet Pract Res [serial online]. 2005 [cited 2005 Jun
30];Summer:3. Available from: ProQuest. http://il.proquest.com/.
20. Geraud G, Spierings EL, Keywood C. Tolerability and safety of frovatriptan with
short- and long-term use for treatment of migraine and in comparison with
sumatriptan. Headache. 2002;42 Suppl 2:S93-9.
21. Banit DM, Kaufer H, Hartford JM. Intraoperative frozen section analysis in
revision total joint arthroplasty. Clin Orthop. 2002;(401):230-8.
22. O'Leary C. Vitamin C does little to prevent winter cold. The West Australian. 2005
Jun 29; 1.
23. Lee GR, Bithell TC, Foerster J, Athens JW, Lukens JN, editors. Wintrobes clinical
hematology. 9th ed. Vol 2. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger; 1993.
24. Australian Insitute of Health and Welfare. Chronic diseases and associated risk
factors [document on the Internet]. Canberra: The Institute; 2004 [updated
2005 June 23; cited 2005 Jun 30]. Available from:
http://www.aihw.gov.au/cdarf/index.cfm
25. Unwin E, Codde JP, Bartu A. The impact of drugs other than alchohol and tobacco
on the health of Western Australians. Perth: Dept of Health; 2004.
Epidemiology occasional papers series, No. 20.
26. van Belle G, Fisher LD, Heagerty PJ, Lumley TS. Biostatistics: a methodology for
the health sciences [e-book]. 2nd ed. Somerset (NJ): Wiley InterScience; 2003
[cited 2005 Jun 30]. Available from: Wiley InterScience electronic collection.
30. Harnden P, Joffe JK, Jones WG, editors. Germ cell tumours V. Proceedings of the
5th Germ Cell Tumour conference; 2001 Sep 13-15; Leeds, UK. New York:
Springer; 2002.
33. Lee HC, Pagliaro EM. Serology: blood identification. In: Siegel J, Knupfer G,
Saukko P, editors. Encyclopedia of forensic sciences [e-book]. San Diego:
Academic Press; 2000 [cited 2005 Jun 30]:1331-8. Available from: Science
Direct Reference. www.elsevier.com.
34. Lugg DJ. Physiological adaptation and health of an expedition in Antarctica: with
comment on behavioural adaptation. Canberra: A.G.P.S.; 1977. Australian
Government Department of Science, Antarctic Division. ANARE scientific
reports. Series B(4), Medical science No. 0126.
ed edition
et al and others
No number (series)
p page/pages (book)
para paragraph
Pt part
rev revised
Suppl supplement