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 a number before periods with an angle bracket before a full stop like this [1,4]. . Some examples of citations are as follows:

• As emphasized by Watkins [2] careers of diabetes sufferers ‘require perseverance and an understanding of humanity’.
• Recent research [1] indicates that the number of duplicate papers being published is increasing.
• Several studies [6-9, 12,15] have examined the effect of congestion charging in urban areas. 
• As emphasized by Watkins [2] 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 Health [6] 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 [5]. 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. [3] state 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).