Below are illustrative examples of references in the Vancouver format. For a complete list of examples for various types of documents, consult: Citing Medicine, 2nd edition. Additionally, a compilation of examples can be accessed through the page: Samples of Formatted References for Authors of Journal Articles.
[cited year month day].Journal titles should be abbreviated according to their official pages. Abbreviations can also be checked in the following databases:
EXAMPLES OF REFERENCES:
Journal Article
Personal authorship with up to six authors:
Silva GK, Scherer KES, Almeida ML. Challenges of nurse leadership in the context of a health crisis in an international border locality. Cogitare Enferm [Internet]. 2025 [cited 2025 Feb 26];30. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1590/ce.v30i0.98187
Estrada-Araoz EG, Bautista Quispe JA, Córdova-Rojas LM, Ticona Chayña E, Mamani Coaquira H, Huaman Tomanguilla J. Mental health of university students when returning to face-to-face classes: A cross-sectional study. Behav Sci [Internet]. 2023 [cited 2024 May 3];13(6):438. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13060438
Personal authorship with more than six authors:
Soares GC, Nascimento J, Barreto BI, Santos TCC, Caúla M, Rezende LC, et al. Experiences of moral distress by Nursing technicians during the COVID-19 pandemic: repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rev Min Enferm [Internet]. 2025 [cited 2025 Feb 26];29:e-1567. Available from: https://doi.org/10.35699/2316-9389.2025.51607
Institutional authorship:
American Diabetes Association Professional Practice Committee. 2. Diagnosis and classification of diabetes: standards of care in diabetes - 2024. Diabetes Care [Internet]. 2024 Jan 1 [cited 2025 Feb 26];47(Suppl 1):S20-S42. Available from: https://doi.org/10.2337/dc24-S002
Personal and Institutional authorship:
Conti-Ramsden F, Fleminger J, Lanoue J, Chappell LC, Battersby C; the UK Neonatal Collaborative. The contribution of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy to late preterm and term admissions to neonatal units in the UK 2012-2020 and opportunities to avoid admission: a population-based study using the National Neonatal Research Database. BJOG [Internet]. 2024 [cited 2024 Mar 25];131(1):88-98. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.17574
No author indicated:
21st century heart solution May have a sting in the tail. BMJ. 2002; 325(7357):184.
Pagination with Roman numeral numbers:
Chadwick R, Schuklenk U. The politics of ethical consensus finding. Bioethics. 2002;16(2):iii-v.
Volume with supplement:
Ribeiro OMPL, Martins MMFPS, Tronchin DMR, da Silva JMAV, Forte ECN. Professional practice models used by nurses in Portuguese hospitals. Rev Bras Enferm [Internet]. 2019 [cited 2024 Mar 19];72(Suppl 1):24-31. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0670
Volume with parts:
Abend SM, Kulish N. The psychoanalytic method from an epistemological viewpoint. Int J Psychoanal. 2002;83(Pt 2):491-5.
Volume with special issue number:
Fuentes Kramar MJ, García-Caro MP, Mateo Ternero A, Martí-García C. Migrant women caregivers' experiences in end-of-life formal care. Rev Esc Enferm USP. 2023 [cited 2025 Jan 26];57 Spec No:e20230031. https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-220X-REEUSP-2023-0031en
Article in pre-publication (in press):
Reich T, Gefen A. Effect of trabecular bone loss on cortical strain rate during impact in an in vitro model of avian femur. Biomed Eng Online [Internet]. Forthcoming 2006.
Article with erratum:
ATS Committee on Proficiency Standards for Clinical Pulmonary Function Laboratories. ATS statement: guidelines for the six-minute walk test. Am J Respir Crit Care Med [Internet]. 2002 Jul 1 [cited 2024 Feb 20];166(1):111-7. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1164/ajrccm.166.1.at1102 . Erratum in: Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2016 May 15;193(10):1185. doi: https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.19310erratum
Book
Standard Book:
Minayo MCS. O desafio do conhecimento: pesquisa qualitativa em saúde. São Paulo: Hucitec Editora; 2014. 416 p.
Book with specified edition:
Polit DF, Beck CT. Fundamentos de pesquisa em enfermagem: avaliação de evidências para a prática da enfermagem. 7. ed. São Paulo: Artmed Editora; 2017. 658 p.
Book Chapter (when the chapter author is not the same as the book author):
Nascimento SR, Meier MJ. Uma visão tecnológica do exame físico. In: Westphalen MEA, Carraro TE, organizadores. Metodologias para a assistência de enfermagem: teorizações, modelos e subsídios para a prática. Goiânia: AB; 2001. p. 57-76.
Book Chapter (when the responsibility for the book's authorship lies with an editor or organizer):
Araújo P, Soares A, Ribeiro O, Martins M. Processo de cuidados de Enfermagem de Reabilitação à adulta/idosa com compromisso no sistema nervoso. In: Ribeiro O, editor. Enfermagem de Reabilitação: conceções e práticas. Lisboa: Lidel - Edições Técnicas; 2021. p. 164-233.
Book whose authorship responsibility lies with an editor or organizer:
Miranda FMA, Mantovani MF, Cruz EDA, Kalinke LP, Felix JVC, editors. Grupo de estudo multiprofissional em saúde do adulto - GEMSA: 30 anos de história. Curitiba: CRV; 2025. 424 p.
Book with institutional authorship:
Advanced Life Support Group. Acute medical emergencies: the practical approach. London: BMJ Books; 2001. 454 p.
Book with unknown or estimated date:
Marcuzzi A. Alimentazione: risorse e possibilita. Bologna (Italy): Malipiero S.p.A. Editore; [date unknown]. 72 p. Italian.
Book with unknown place of publication:
Kuttner L. A child in pain: how to help, what to do. [place unknown]: Hartley & Marks; 1996. 271 p.
Book with copyright date instead of publication date:
Renninger KA, Sigel IE, editors. Child psychology in practice. 6th ed. Hoboken (NJ): John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; c2006. 1073 p.
Book belonging to a series:
Kleinman A. Patients and healers in the context of the culture: an exploration of the borderland between anthropology, medicine and psychiatry. Berkeley: University of California Press; 1980. (Comparative studies of health systems and medical care; 3)
Electronic Book (CD, DVD):
Maftum MA, Reichembch MT, Canabrava DS, Sanglard TS. O cuidado à saúde de familiares de pessoas em sofrimento mental [CD-ROM]. Rio de Janeiro: UFRJ; 2005.
Book available on the Internet:
Scorsolini-Comin F, editor. Práticas de cuidado interprofissional em saúde mental [Internet]. Ribeirão Preto: Centro de Apoio Editorial da Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo; 2022 [cited 2025 Jan 26]. 154 p. Available from: https://www.livrosabertos.abcd.usp.br/portaldelivrosUSP/catalog/book/1457
Thesis and Dissertation
Maftum MA. O ensino de enfermagem em saúde mental e psiquiátrica no Paraná [thesis]. Ribeirão Preto, SP: Universidade de São Paulo; 2004.
Marques ACB. Alterações na qualidade de vida de adultos com câncer hematológico em cinco anos após o transplante de células-tronco hematopoéticas [thesis on the Internet]. Curitiba: Universidade Federal do Paraná; 2022 [cited 2025 Feb 26]. 149 p. Available from: https://acervodigital.ufpr.br/handle/1884/77506
Ribeiro CO. Avaliação da satisfação com o tratamento hospitalar e da Qualidade de vida de pacientes adultos com câncer [dissertation on the Internet]. Curitiba: Universidade Federal do Paraná; 2022 [cited 2025 Feb 26]. 121 p. Available from: https://acervodigital.ufpr.br/handle/1884/81523
Report
Ministério da Saúde (BR). III Conferência Nacional de Saúde Mental: cuidar sim, excluir não - efetivando a reforma psiquiátrica com acesso, qualidade, humanização e controle social. Brasília: Conselho Nacional de Saúde; Ministério da Saúde; 2002. 211 p. Relatório final.
Newspaper Article/News
Unsigned newspaper article:
Major decline in U.S. deaths is recorded. New York Times (Washington Final). 2006 Apr 20;Sect. A:14 (col. 6).
Signed newspaper article:
Tynan T. Medical improvements lower homicide rate: study sees drop in assault rate. The Washington Post. 2002 Aug 12; Sect. A:2 (col. 4).
Newspaper/News article on the Internet:
Neves BC. Tecnologias de inteligência artificial utilizadas na saúde durante a pandemia de covid-19. Observatório da Impressa [Internet]. 2020 May 5 [cited 2025 Jan 26];Coronavírus:[about 4 screens]. Available from: https://www.observatoriodaimprensa.com.br/coronavirus/tecnologias-de-inteligencia-artificial-utilizadas-na-saude-durante-a-pandemia-de-covid-19/
Conference Proceedings
Neves TWS, dos Santos EBLP, Dias LG, Moreira GO, Ribeiro LLPA. Desafios da comunicação interprofissional na saúde e suas barreiras: uma revisão narrativa. In. Anais do Congresso Brasileiro de Educação Médica [Internet]. 2024 Sep 12-15; Belo Horizonte. Brasília: ABEM; 2024 [cited 2025 Feb 1]. p. 8.
Legislation
Brasil. [Constituição (1988)]. Constituição da República Federativa do Brasil [Internet]. Brasília, DF: Senado Federal; 2016 [cited 2025 Jan 10]. 496 p. Available from: https://www2.senado.leg.br/bdsf/bitstream/handle/id/518231/CF88_Livro_EC91_2016.pdf
Secretária de Estado da Saúde (PT). Despacho n.º 21 840/2004. Classificação farmacoterapêutica [Internet]. Lisboa: Diário da República; 2004 Out 26 [cited 2024 Jan 25];256:1566-675. Available from: https://files.dre.pt/2s/2004/10/252000000/1566615675.pdf
Websites
Homepage with organization(s) as author(s):
Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem (ABEn). ABEn Nacional [Internet]. Brasília: ABEn; [2024] [cited 2025 Jan 26]. Available from: http://abennacional.org.br/site/ .
Standard part of a website:
Prefeitura Municipal de Marília [Internet]. Marília, SP: Prefeitura Municipal de Marília; c2024 [cited 2024 May 3]. Setores e serviços da Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Marília;[about 25 screens]. Available from: https://www.marilia.sp.gov.br/portal/secretarias-paginas/15/estrutura-organizacional/
Databases
DocFinder [Internet]. [place unknown]: Administrators in Medicine. c1997 - c2005 [cited 2007 Feb 2]. Available from: http://www.docboard.org/docfinder.html
DeCS/MeSH [Internet]. [São Paulo]: BIREME; [1999] - [cited 2025 Mar 10]. Disponível em: https://decs.bvsalud.org/sobre-o-decs/
Part of an online database:
MeSH Browser [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): US National Library of Medicine; [1999] - . [cited 2025 Mar 1]. Health;[about 1 screen]. Available from: https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D006262 MeSH Unique ID: D006262
Miscellaneous
Blog:
Bernstein M. Bioethics Discussion Blog [blog on the Internet]. Los Angeles: Maurice Bernstein. 2004 Jul - [cited 2025 Feb 26]. Available from: https://bioethicsdiscussion.blogspot.com/
Dictionaries and Reference Works:
Cambridge Dictionary [Internet]. Cambridge (UK): Cambridge University Press; c2025 [cited 2025 Mar 10]. Available from: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
Dicionário Médico [Internet]. [place unkown]: [publisher unknown]; c2014 [cited 2025 Feb 26]. Saúde;[about 1 screen]. Available from: https://www.xn--dicionriomdico-0gb6k.com/sa%C3%BAde.html
Video:
Biblioteca Universitária Udesc. Tutorial OJS 3.3 - Como se cadastrar em um periódico. [Florianópolis]: UDESCBU; 2024 May 8 [cited 2025 Jan 25]. Video: 1 min. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVvB-uukPJc&list=PLefe8lvagvMjUeEVCeRJdhN6_WaexUmFb
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