Comparar métodos

	Estilo Vancouver: Formato de Citación y Referencias Numeradas	Estructura IMRaD: Introducción, Métodos, Resultados y Discusión
Campo	Escritura académica	Escritura académica
Familia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Año de origen	1978	1970
Autor original	International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (Vancouver Group, founded 1978)	International scientific publishing community (adopted widely by 1970s)
Tipo	Standard	Guideline
Fuente seminal	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/	International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (2023). Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals.
Alias	Vancouver style, numbered citation, ICMJE style	IMRaD, IMRAD, scientific manuscript structure
Relacionados	4	5
Resumen	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.	IMRaD is the standard organizational framework for scientific manuscripts in biomedical and natural sciences research. It separates reporting into four sequential sections—Introduction (why the research was conducted), Methods (how it was done), Results (what was found), and Discussion (what the findings mean)—enabling readers to understand, evaluate, and reproduce the work. Adopted as best practice by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) since the 1970s, IMRaD structure is now mandated or strongly recommended by most peer-reviewed journals.