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Citing and referencing

Everything you need to know about referencing with links to guides and support.

What is Vancouver Style?

Vancouver is a numerical referencing style commonly used in medicine and science, and consists of:

  • citations to someone else's work in the text, indicated by a number
  • a sequentially numbered reference list at the end of the document providing full details of the corresponding in-text reference

It follows rules established by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, now maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. It is also known as Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts submitted to Biomedical Journals.

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