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Vancouver Style: Numbered Citation and Reference Formatting
Vancouver style is the standard citation format for biomedical and clinical research journals, established by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and detailed in their Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals. In Vancouver style, citations are numbered sequentially in the text (e.g., [1], [2], [3]) and linked to a numbered reference list at the end of the manuscript. The style emphasizes conciseness and is widely used in medicine, nursing, and life sciences. Unlike author-date systems (APA), Vancouver style de-emphasizes author names in the text, allowing more natural prose flow.
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Sources
- International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (2023). Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals. Retrieved from https://www.icmje.org/ link ↗
- National Library of Medicine (2023). Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers (3rd ed.). Retrieved from https://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/formats/recommendedformats.html link ↗