Referencing / Citation Styles: Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver style follows the rules established by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. These rules are known as the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical journals.
Vancouver is a numbered style, where a number is allocated to a source in the order in which it is cited in the text (if it is cited again, the same number is used).
The Vancouver style is commonly used in medical and scientific journals (e.g. by the National Library of Medicine and the American Medical Association) and for the health sciences, with slight style variations between journals (e.g. use of superscript).
Links
- Vancouver Style examplesfrom the University of Otago Library
- Vancouver Style tutorialfrom the University of Otago Library
- Style examplesfrom the University of Queensland Library
- Online Tutorialfrom Cardiff University Information Services
- Vancouver Style - Legal materialfrom University of Queensland Library
- Style examplesfrom the National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Books - Referencing manuals
Citing Medicine : The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers. 2nd ed. by Call Number: ebookPublication Date: 2007 updated 2015aka the Vancouver Guide
AMA Manual of Style, 11th ed. by Call Number: Health Sciences Library Books WZ 345 A512 2020Publication Date: 2020
Journal Abbreviations
Journal abbreviations are often required for numbered referencing styles. Try the tools/lists below, before checking a recent journal issue to see how that journal name is abbreviated.
If you are unable to find journal title abbreviations via these sources, please ask your Subject Librarian.
- Journal Abbreviations from PubMedalso known as Journals in NCBI databases, or the NLM Catalog
- Journal Title Abbreviationsmultidisciplinary, from Web of Science
- CAS Source Index (CASSI) Search ToolFind full journal titles by their abbreviation, or find how to abbreviate a journal title. From Chemical Abstracts Service.
- LTWA - List of Title Word AbbreviationsThe LTWA is a list of standardised abbreviations used in scientific journal titles. The list is based on the ISO 4 international standard, and is maintained by the ISSN International Centre. Use the Word search box at the bottom, to build your abbreviation term by term.
- Genamics JournalSeekmultidisciplinary