References (Vancouver Style)

  • You should follow the main body of text with English references According to the method of the Vancouver referencing style (https://library.unimelb.edu.au/recite/referencing-styles/vancouver).
  • References are numbered in the order they first appear in the text. Citation numbers must be in round brackets e.g. "…was the most significant. (4)".
  • Assigned numbers are re-used each time a particular reference is cited.
  • Only the author's initials are given, regardless of the presentation of the author's name on the journal article.
  • List the first six authors followed by et al.
  • Capitalisation practice should also be consistent
  • Capitalise only the first word of the article title, proper nouns and acronyms.
  • The titles of journals should be abbreviated as they appear in the NLM Catalog.
  • Volume, issue and page numbers are given but not labeled.
  • To indicate a page range use 123-9, 126-34 or 111-222. If you refer to only one page, use only 111.
  • Include the name of the full text database used to source the article (e.g. ProQuest, ScienceDirect and PsycARTICLES).
  • Include the DOIof the article.
  • If no DOI is available, include the complete internet address.
  • 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.

Format of references

  • Journal article from a full text database:

#. Author A, Author B. Title of article. Abbreviated Title of Journal. year;vol(no):page numbers. doi:10.XXX/XXXXX.XX.

Example:

  1. Palsson G, Hardardottir KE. For whom the cell tolls: debates about biomedicine (1). Curr Anthropol. 2002;43(2):271+. doi:10.1086/338302.
  2. 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.
  • Journal article from the internet:

#. Author A, Author B. Title of article. Abbreviated Title of Journal. year;vol(no):page numbers. doi:10.XXX/XXXXX.XX. 

 Example

Scholz T. Evidence based medicine: from science to patient. J Tissue Sci Eng. 2012;3:e113. doi: 10.4172/2157-7552.1000e113.