ANATOMY OF A VANCOUVER STYLE CITATION

The Vancouver Style citation is one of many discipline specific styles you may encounter in public health or
biomedical research. As a researcher, you will need to be able to adapt your citations by hand AND computer
when you submit a paper to a journal for peer review. The Vancouver Style has several iterations, but we will
use the Imperial College of London standard. There are eight basic parts to a Vancouver Style citation for a
journal article:
1. Author 4. Publication Year 7. Page Range
2. Article Title 5. Volume ( 8. Available From: DOI
3. Journal Title 6. Issue

This is the correct Vancouver Style formula for a journal article as presented in class:

Author(s). Title of the journal article: subtitle of the journal article. Title of the Journal that Published the

Article. Publication Year;Volume(Issue): page range. Available from doi:10.000/000

Please create the correct citation for the journal article shown in class:

Circle the correct in-text citation you would use when citing a single source:

…according to current health practices1. ….according to current health practices [1].

…according to current health practices (1). …according to current health practices. (1)

Circle the correct in-text citation you would use when citing several sources:

…environmental health is public health (3,7-8). …environmental health is public health3,7-8.

…environmental health is public health[3, 7].

True or False: Once a source is assigned a number as it appears in a parenthetical, it keeps that number
throughout the rest of the paper. TRUE FALSE

The parenthetical in-text citation must always come at the end of a sentence.
TRUE FALSE

Worksheet created by Paige Dhyne, Science and Outreach Librarian at Furman University. Last updated 02/2020
Resources for Vancouver Style Citation
 Library resources:
o Schedule an appointment with Paige at: https://libcal.furman.edu/appointments/scilib
o Re-watch this recording!
o Library chat

 RefWorks
o https://libguides.furman.edu/citing/refworks
o Use “Vancouver” or “Imperial College London – Vancouver” style—you will still have to edit to
fit the guidelines.

 Imperial College PDF

o https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/administration-and-support-services/library/
public/vancouver.pdf

 Wilkes Library Guide on Vancouver Style

• https://wilkes.libguides.com/vancouver_style_referencing

Worksheet created by Paige Dhyne, Science and Outreach Librarian at Furman University. Last updated 02/2020