BMJ Referencing
Vancouver referencing style is developed from BMJ referencing style. This style makes use of superscript sequential numerical indicators which are then identified in a numerical reference list at the end of
the document.
Referencing a Book
- Author - surname and name/initials followed by a full stop
- Title followed by a full stop
- Place of publication followed by a colon
- Publisher followed by a semi-colon
- Year of publication followed by a full stop
Brown, D. Medical Reference. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2006.
Referencing a Journal
- Author - surname and name/initials followed by a full stop
- Title of journal article followed by a full stop
- Title of journal
- Publication date in full followed by a semi-colon
- Volume with issue number in brackets followed by a semi-colon
- Page numbers followed by a full stop
Brown, J. Referencing Medicine. Referencing Styles. 2 (3); pp. 33-49.
Referencing an electronic source
- Author - surname and name/initials followed by a full stop
- Title of article
- Date in square brackets followed by a semi-colon
- Volume number and issue number (no space, latter in round brackets) followed by a colon
- Page numbers in square brackets followed by a full stop
- 'Available from' followed by a colon and the URL underlined
Taylor, John. BMJ Referencing [9 August 2007]; 2(4): [pp. 33-45]. Available from:
