Vancouver citation generator

Q: What does a Vancouver reference look like?

For example: Kucsko G, Maurer PC, Yao NY, Kubo M, Noh HJ, Lo PK, et al. Nanometre-scale thermometry in a living cell. Nature. 2013 Aug;500(7460):54-8. doi:10.1038/nature12373. In the text: (1).

Q: Which subjects use Vancouver?

Vancouver (NLM, Citing Medicine) is used in medicine, health sciences, biomedical journals. Its list of sources is headed References.

NLM, Citing Medicine. Paste a DOI, PubMed ID, ISBN or title and get the References entry and the in-text citation, checked against the publisher’s record. Free, with no account.

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How a reference is built in Vancouver

Commonly used in: medicine, health sciences, biomedical journals.

Journal article

1. Author AA, Author BB. Title of article. Journal Title. Year Mon Day;00(0):00-00. doi:10.xxxx/xxxxx.

Book

2. Author AA. Title of the book. 3rd ed. Place: Publisher; Year.

A real example

Kucsko G, Maurer PC, Yao NY, Kubo M, Noh HJ, Lo PK, et al. Nanometre-scale thermometry in a living cell. Nature. 2013 Aug;500(7460):54-8. doi:10.1038/nature12373.

In-text citation

(1)

A number in round brackets or superscript, given in the order sources first appear. Reuse the same number for the same source.

Worth knowing

No italics and no quotation marks anywhere in the reference.
List the first six authors, then “et al.”
Page ranges are shortened and joined by a hyphen: 54-8, not 54–58.
A full stop follows the DOI, as in the NLM’s own examples.