Vancouver is a 'numeric' referencing style often used in medicine and science disciplines.
It comprises:
Below are two guides to different versions of 'Vancouver' referencing.
The authoritative source for Vancouver referencing is Citing medicine: the NLM style guide for authors (see Section N: Vancouver referencing style in Pears R, Shields, G. Cite them right. 12th ed. London: Bloomsbury Academic; 2022).
However, in a broad sense, other numeric systems may be referred to as 'Vancouver'.
External guides:
Cite Them Right offers advice about writing references, understanding plagiarism and evaluating source materials. It contains videos and learning tools to help you learn about these topics. Guidance is provided about creating references and citations using a wide range of referencing styles. These styles include Harvard, APA, IEEE, OSCOLA, Chicago and MHRA.
Access to the online version of Cite Them Right is available for academic year 2024/25.
Users should sign in to this resource using University email address and password. Please note that if you want to do the tutorial and save your progress, you must also log in with a personal Bloomsbury account. If you have a personal account for other Bloomsbury products, please sign in with this. If not, sign up for a personal account.
Use your University of Strathclyde email address when registering. For security reasons do not reuse your University password.
Bloomsbury’s Privacy & Cookies Policy can be viewed via a link in the account registration form.