Intext Citation
EJMS adopts the Citing Medicine for the citation as well as referencing with a slight modification of Vancouver style as advocated by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) and the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK7256/].
The citation should be done by superscript numbers after periods. Some examples of citations are as follows:
- As emphasized by Watkins2 careers of diabetes sufferers ‘require perseverance and an understanding of humanity’.
- Recent research1 indicates that the number of duplicate papers being published is increasing.
- Several studies6–9,13,15 have examined the effect of congestion charging in urban areas.
- As emphasized by Watkins2 careers of diabetes sufferers ‘require perseverance and an understanding of humanity’.
- Simons et al.3 state that the principle of effective stress is ‘imperfectly known and understood by many practicing engineers’.
- Communication of science in the media has increasingly come under focus, particularly where reporting of facts and research is inaccurate.4,5
- The Department of Health6 advocates a national strategy for creating a framework to drive improvements in dementia services.
- A national strategy is creating a framework to drive improvements in dementia services.6 If you are unable to find either a named or corporate author, you should use ‘Anon’ as the author name.
- According to Colluzzi and Pappagallo as cited by Holding et al.7 most patients given opiates do not become addicted to such drugs.
- Simons et al.3state that the principle of effective stress is ‘imperfectly known and understood by many practicing engineers’.
- Table 2 illustrates a checklist of information for common sources (8: p.22). or ‘Geological map of the easternmost region of São Nicolau’ (9: p.532).
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