How to Cite a Journal Article in Vancouver Style

Lernen Sie das genaue Format mit Beispielen, Textzitaten und häufigen Fehlern.

Zitierformat

Grundvorlage

[#] Author(s). Article title. Journal Name. Year;Volume(Issue):pages.

Zitat-Komponenten

Reference Number

Numbered [1], [2], etc.

Author(s)

Last name Initial(s). Multiple: Author A, Author B, Author C.

Article Title

Sentence case. No italics or quotation marks.

Journal Name

Standard abbreviations (e.g., JAMA, Lancet).

Year;Volume(Issue)

Format: 2022;145(3):pages

Pages

First-last page numbers.

Praxisbeispiel

Beispielquelle

number

1

author

Anderson K, Smith J, Williams R

title

Efficacy of new treatment protocol in diabetes management

journal

Diabetes Care

year

2022

volume

45

issue

8

pages

1842-1858

Formatiertes Zitat

[1] Anderson K, Smith J, Williams R. Efficacy of new treatment protocol in diabetes management. Diabetes Care. 2022;45(8):1842-1858.

Textzitat

[1]

[1], [2], [3] - numbered in order of appearance

Häufige Fehler

Falsch:

[1] Anderson, K.; Smith, J.; Williams, R. (2022). Efficacy...Diabetes Care, 45: 1842-1858.

Richtig:

[1] Anderson K, Smith J, Williams R. Efficacy of new treatment protocol in diabetes management. Diabetes Care. 2022;45(8):1842-1858.

Warum: Use initials without periods, no parentheses for year, semicolon after journal, and include issue number in parentheses.

Falsch:

[1]. 'Efficacy of New Treatment Protocol.' Diabetes Care 2022;45(8)

Richtig:

[1] Anderson K, Smith J, Williams R. Efficacy of new treatment protocol in diabetes management. Diabetes Care. 2022;45(8):1842-1858.

Warum: Include author names at start, don't use quotation marks for titles, include page numbers.

Falsch:

[1] Anderson, K., et al. 2022. Diabetes Care 45 no. 8 pp 1842-1858

Richtig:

[1] Anderson K, Smith J, Williams R. Efficacy of new treatment protocol in diabetes management. Diabetes Care. 2022;45(8):1842-1858.

Warum: Use commas (not periods) between authors, no 'et al.', and use semicolon/parentheses format for year;volume(issue):pages.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

How many authors do I include before stopping?

List all authors. If more than 6, list first 6 followed by 'et al.' - but this is primarily for reference lists, not in-text.

Do I use full journal titles or abbreviations?

Vancouver typically uses standard journal abbreviations (found in Index Medicus). Full titles are acceptable if abbreviations are unknown.

What's the format for DOI in Vancouver?

Add at the end: doi: 10.xxxx/xxxxx or include the full DOI URL.

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