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.
Print book with a single editor.
Reference
Author Initials, editor. Title of book. Nth ed [not needed if 1st edition]. Place of publication: Publisher; year of publication. Pagination.
Preston, CL, editor. Stockley's drug interactions: a source book of interactions, their mechanisms, clinical importance and management. 11th ed. London (UK): Pharmaceutical Press; 2016. 1827 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.
Interactions of drugs with other drugs (2 p3) are ...
or
Interactions of drugs with other drugs 2 (p3) are ...
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Print book with multiple editors
Reference
Author Initials, Author Initials, editors. Title. Edition [if not first]. Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication. Pagination.
Nuttal D, Rutt-Howard J, editors. The textbook of non-medical prescribing. 3rd ed. New Jersey (USA): Wiley Blackwell; 2020. 336p.
Sinharay R, Furmedge D, editors. Clinical Medicine. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2019. 474p.
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 principles of clinical medicine (2 p3) are ...
or
The principles of clinical medicine 2 (p3) are ...