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Elsevier - NLM/Vancouver (name-year) is an author-date style: the in-text citation gives the author surname and year in parentheses.
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Journal article
Babonis LS, Martindale MQ. A novel regulatory gene network in cnidarians. PNAS 2022;119:e2113701119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2113701119.
Book
Kuhn TS. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. University of Chicago Press; 1970.
Web page
IPCC. Climate change 2021: the physical science basis 2021. https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/ (accessed July 15, 2026).
In-text citation
(Babonis and Martindale, 2022)
Journal article with 26 authors
Harris CR, Millman KJ, van der Walt SJ, Gommers R, Virtanen P, Cournapeau D, et al. Array programming with NumPy. Nature 2020;585:357–62. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2649-2.
Elsevier - NLM/Vancouver (name-year) at a glance
Read from the style file and checked against the examples above.
- For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names the first 6 authors and shortens the rest.
- In the text, the same paper becomes (Harris et al., 2020).
- First names are shortened to initials.
- DOIs are printed as links (https://doi.org/...).
- Web pages include the date you accessed them.
- The reference list is sorted alphabetically by author.
- The style file was last updated in October 2019.
The guide this style follows: elsevier.com
How Elsevier - NLM/Vancouver (name-year) compares with APA Style 7th edition
Where Elsevier - NLM/Vancouver (name-year) differs:
- For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names the first 6 authors and shortens the rest.
- Web pages include the date you accessed them.
- The reference list is single-spaced, where APA Style 7th edition is double-spaced.
- The reference list has no hanging indent, which APA Style 7th edition uses.
- In the text it writes (Babonis and Martindale, 2022) where APA Style 7th edition writes (Babonis & Martindale, 2022).
The same journal article in APA Style 7th edition
Babonis, L. S., & Martindale, M. Q. (2022). A novel regulatory gene network in cnidarians. PNAS, 119(19), e2113701119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2113701119
Frequently asked questions
How many authors does Elsevier - NLM/Vancouver (name-year) list?
For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names the first 6 authors and shortens the rest. In the text, the same paper becomes (Harris et al., 2020).
How does Elsevier - NLM/Vancouver (name-year) handle DOIs and web pages?
DOIs are printed as links (https://doi.org/...). Web pages include the date you accessed them.
How is the reference list ordered in Elsevier - NLM/Vancouver (name-year)?
The reference list is sorted alphabetically by author.
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