Adopted from: https://guides.lib.monash.edu/citing-referencing/vancouver
- The style is Vancouver style. You can use a “Reference manager” such as EndNote and apply this easily.
- A number is allocated to a source in the order in which it is cited in the text. If the source is referred to again, the same number is used.
- The references numbers appear in order in text.
- Use Arabic numerals (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) in curved brackets ( ).
- Reference numbers should be inserted to the left or inside of colons and semi-colons.
- Reference numbers are placed before full stops.
- If you have more than one citation, write in order and use colon between them (21,25,42). If you have multiple numbers in order, use – between the lowest number to the higher one, (21-30) refer to 9 references. In some cases, a combination of these two rules is applied: (2,7-10) refers to 45 references.
- References are listed in numerical order, and in the same order in which they are cited in text. The reference list appears at the end of the paper.
- Begin your reference list on a new page and title it 'References.'
- The reference list should include all and only those references you have cited in the text. (However, do not include unpublished items such as correspondence).
- Use Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9).
- Abbreviate journal titles in the style used in the NLM Catalog
- Check the reference details against the actual source - you are indicating that you have read a source when you cite it.
- Follow these examples closely for all layout, punctuation, spacing and capitalization. These general rules apply to both print and electronic articles.
- Enter author's surname followed by no more than 2 initials (full stop).
- If more than 1 author: give all authors' names and separate each by a comma and a space.
- For articles with 1 to 7 authors, list all authors.
- For articles with more than 7 authors, list the first 6 authors then add 'et al.
- 'Only the first word of the article title and words that normally begin with a capital letter are capitalized.
- Journal titles are abbreviated (to decipher/find correct abbreviations see PubMed Journals Database. For example, “Reports of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology” is written as Rep Biochem Mol Biol.
- Give the volume number (no space) followed by issue number in ().
- If the journal has continuous page numbering through its volumes, omit month/issue number. Abbreviate page numbers where possible, eg: 123-29.
- Do not write DOI or the link of the references.
- Use the examples and use their punctuations pattern.
- Check the reference list and remove repetitive references.
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