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Learn to cite sources using the Vancouver citation style.

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Author names are listed as Last Name Initial without a comma in between. Use a common to separate author names. List all authors in the order they appear in the article.

Capitalize only the first word and any proper nouns in the article title.

Use the abbreviated name of a journal title. You may look up the accepted journal abbreviation using the CASSI tool. If the journal is not included in CASSI, you may look up the abbreviation of each word in the title using the List of Title Word Abbreviations (LTWA). These two resources are linked below.

 

For online articles, include both a URL and a digital object identifier (doi) if available.

Omit any portion of your citation for which you do not have information. For example, if you are citing an article that does not have an issue number, skip that part of the citation and adjust the surrounding punctuation accordingly.

Online Journal Article, One Author

Author Last Name Initial(s). Article title. Abbreviated Journal Name [Internet]. Year Month Day [cited Year Month Day];Volume(Issue):Page range. Available from: URL or doi

 

Schweizer HP. Triclosan: a widely used biocide and its link to antibiotics. FEMS Microbiol Lett [Internet]. 2001 Aug 7 [cited 2021 Jun 29];202(1):1-7. Available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11506900/

Online Journal Article, Multiple Authors

Author Last Name Initial(s), Author Last Name Initial(s), ..., Author Last Name Initial(s). Article title. Abbreviated Journal Name [Internet]. Year Month Day [cited Year Month Day];Volume(Issue):Page range. Available from: URL or doi

 

Lister JL, Horswill AR. Staphylococcus aureus biofilms: recent developments in biofilm dispersal. Front Cell Infect Microbiol [Internet]. 2014 [cited 2021 Jun 29];23(4):178. Available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25566513/

Print Journal Article, One Author

Author Last Name Initial(s). Article title. Abbreviated Journal Name. Year Month Day;Volume(Issue):Page range.

 

MacGregor RJ. A functional view of consciousness and its relations in brain. J Integr Neurosci. 2004 Sep;3(3):253-66.

Print Journal Article, Multiple Authors

Author Last Name Initial(s), Author Last Name Initial(s), ..., Author Last Name Initial(s). Article title. Journal Title Abbreviation. Year Month Day;Volume(Issue):Page range.

 

Petitti DB, Crooks VC, Buckwalter JG, Chiu V. Blood pressure levels before dementia. Arch Neurol. 2005 Jan;62(1):112-6.