Vancouver
This is the Vancouver style for referencing, used at the Univerity of Portsmouth within the School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences and the Radiography departments.
This guide is modelled on Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers (2nd edition). You may wish to consult this source directly for additional information or examples.
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Reference
Author Initials. Title of book. Nth ed [not needed if 1st edition]. Place of publication: Publisher; Year. Pagination.
Jenkins PF. Making sense of the chest x-ray: a hands-on guide. New York: Oxford University Press; 2005. 194 p.
In-text citation/Reference List
Remember this will be a running number at the first use of a reference. If the reference is re-used then repeat the number allocated.
Keep your style constant, either parenthesis (number) throughout, or superscript number. Do not change between the two. If your department recommends a particular style then use that.
Lis-Balchin suggests the lack of clinical studies (1 p93) is due to ...
or
Lis-Balchin suggests the lack of clinical studies 1 (p93) is due to ...
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Print book with multiple authors
Reference
Author Initials, Author 2 Initials, Author 3, Initials, Author 4 Initials, Author 5 Initials. [List ALL authors]. Title. Nth ed [not needed if 1st edition]. Place of publication: Publisher; Year. Pagination.
Florence AT, Attwood D. Physicochemical principles of pharmacy: in manufacture, formulation and clinical use. 6th ed. London: Pharmaceutical Press; c2016. 665 p.
In-text citation/Reference List
Remember this will be a running number at the first use of a reference. If the reference is re-used then repeat the number allocated.
Keep your style constant, either parenthesis (number) throughout, or superscript number. Do not change between the two. If your department recommends a particular style then use that.
The physicochemical principles (3 p27) refer to ...
or
The physicochemical principles 3 (p27) refer to ...