Vancouver Style Referencing
Why cite references?
To ensure that your document acknowledges the original source of the material you use and that copyright requirements are fulfilled.
Lecturers are encouraged to use resources from the UQ library (eg. Databases, journals videos etc.) to minimise copyright and permissions issues.
Background
The Vancouver style is another name for what is also known as the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals. This style is commonly used in medicine and the sciences.
Citations within the text
The Vancouver style is a numbered style and each citation within in the text is indicated by a sequential number. The numbers can either be within round brackets e.g. (1). or as superscript. e.g.1 The numbers are given according to the order they appear within the text. When the reference is used a second or further time in the document the original number assigned is used.
In the Vancouver style the reference list will appear at the end of the document in a numbered order corresponding to the appearance on the citations within the document.
Reference Types
Conference Papers and Proceedings
Setting out your Reference list
• A list of references contains details only of those works cited in the text.
• The references are listed in the same numerical order as they appear in the body of the text
1. Longstreet DA, Heath DL, Panaretto KS, Vink R. Correlations suggest low magnesium may lead to higher rates of type 2 diabetes in Indigenous Australians. Rural Remote Health 2007;7(4):843.
2. Andreasyan K, Hoy WE, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan S. Indigenous mortality in remote Queensland, Australia. Aust N Z J Public Health 2007;31(5):422-7.
3. Craig D, Donoghue J, Seller M, Mitten-Lewis S. Improving nursing management of patients with diabetes using an action research approach. Contemp Nurse 2004;17(1-2):71-9.
If you require further information, refer to:
American Medical Association manual of style: a guide for authors and editors. 9th ed. Baltimore:Williams & Wilkins; 1998
International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication [Online].2007 [cited 2007 Oct 30]; Available from: http://www.icmje.org/
Bibliographies
The bibliography is a separate list from the reference list and should be arranged alphabetically by author or title (where no author is given) in the Vancouver Style.
Any suggested edits or queries to this guide can be emailed to mbbs@library.uq.edu.au
*This guide is based on the Gatton Harvard format.