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NLM/Vancouver: Citing Medicine 2nd edition (name-year) Citation Generator
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NLM/Vancouver: Citing Medicine 2nd edition (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 May 3;119(19):e2113701119. doi: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 [Internet]. 2021 [cited 2026 Jul 15]. Available from: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/
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 Sep 16;585(7825):357–62. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2649-2
NLM/Vancouver: Citing Medicine 2nd edition (name-year) at a glance
Read from the style file and checked against the examples above.
- Used mainly in medicine and the natural sciences.
- 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 with a "doi:" prefix.
- Web pages include the date you accessed them.
- The reference list is sorted alphabetically by author.
- The reference list uses a hanging indent.
- The style file was last updated in January 2026.
The guide this style follows: nlm.nih.gov
How NLM/Vancouver: Citing Medicine 2nd edition (name-year) compares with CSE Manual: Scientific Style and Format 9th edition (name-year)
Where NLM/Vancouver: Citing Medicine 2nd edition (name-year) differs:
- For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names the first 6 authors and shortens the rest.
- DOIs are printed with a "doi:" prefix.
- The reference list uses a hanging indent, which CSE Manual: Scientific Style and Format 9th edition (name-year) does not.
- In the text it writes (Babonis, and Martindale 2022) where CSE Manual: Scientific Style and Format 9th edition (name-year) writes (Babonis and Martindale 2022).
The same journal article in CSE Manual: Scientific Style and Format 9th edition (name-year)
Babonis LS, Martindale MQ. 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 NLM/Vancouver: Citing Medicine 2nd edition (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 NLM/Vancouver: Citing Medicine 2nd edition (name-year) handle DOIs and web pages?
DOIs are printed with a "doi:" prefix. Web pages include the date you accessed them.
How is the reference list ordered in NLM/Vancouver: Citing Medicine 2nd edition (name-year)?
The reference list is sorted alphabetically by author. The reference list uses a hanging indent.
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