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.
Books with organisations as authors - Ebook
Reference
Organisation as author. Title of book [Internet]. Nth ed [not needed if 1st edition].Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication [note of any update/revision date; cited YYYY Mon DD]. Available from: URL/doi: (if available)
Example
Joint Formulary Committee. British National Formulary [Internet]. 81st ed. London: BMJ Group and Pharmaceutical Press; 2019 [updated 2021 Jul 13; cited 2021 Jul 15]. Available from: https://www.medicinescomplete.com/#/content/bnf/PHP107738
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 ...
For examples of books with more than one organisation as author, see more below:
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Books with more than one organisation as author – Ebook
Reference
Organisation 1; Organisation 2. Title of book [Internet]. Nth ed [not needed if 1st edition].Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication [note of any update/revision date; cited YYYY Mon DD]. Available from: URL/doi: (if available)
Example
American Academy of Pain Medicine; American Pain Society. The use of opioids for the treatment of chronic pain: a consensus statement [Internet]. Glenview (IL): American Academy of Pain Medicine; c1997 [cited 2006 Nov 1]. 4 p. Available from: http://www.painmed.org/productpub/statements/pdfs/opioids.pdf