BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES CITATION GUIDELINES

The list of bibliographic references must be organized numerically and sequentially and must appear at the end of the manuscript that is being written.

References must be listed after the main text, sequentially numbered in order of citation in the text. It must be ensured that each reference cited in the text is present in the list of references (and vice versa). Authors must verify that all references are in accordance with the original documents, as well as that they comply with the Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals (www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html) and that the abbreviated names of publications adopted by Index Medicus (www.nlm.nih.gov) are used.

The list of references must not include citations of unpublished material. References to articles or books accepted for publication but not yet published must include the name of the journal and the mention “in press”.

They must follow the Vancouver style (https://endnote.com/style_download/vancouver/) and it is mandatory to include the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) whenever available for this publication. For more detailed information, please check: Patrias K. Citing medicine: the NLM style guide for authors, editors, and publishers [Internet]. 2nd ed. Wendling DL, technical editor. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US); 2007 [updated 2009 Oct 21; cited 2019 Jan 8]. Available from: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/citingmedicine Authors must be listed by surname followed by the author's initials up to a maximum of two initials per author.

In articles up to 6 authors must all be nominated. When there are 7 or more authors, only the first 6 followed by the expression “et al.” will be indicated.

Example of less than 6 authors: Kanneganti P, Harris JD, Brophy RH, Carey JL, Lattermann C, Flanigan DC. The effect of smoking on ligament and cartilage surgery in the knee: a systematic review. Am J Sports Med [Internet]. 2012 Dec [cited 2019 Feb 19];40(12):2872-8. Available from: http://ajs.sagepub.com/content/​40/12/2872 doi: 10.1177/0363546512458223.

Example with more than 6 authors:  Hallal AH, Amortegui JD, Jeroukhimov IM, Casillas J, Schulman CI, Manning RJ, Habib FA, Lopez PP, Cohn SM, Sleeman D. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography accurately detects common bile duct stones in resolving gallstone pancreatitis. J Am Coll Surg. 2005 Jun;200(6):869-75. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2005.02.028. 

Articles

Authors' surnames and initials. Title of the article: title complement. Short name of the journal. Year of publication, abbreviation of the month and day; volume(number): start and end pages.

Example: Petitti DB, Crooks VC, Buckwalter JG, Chiu V. Blood pressure levels before dementia. Arch Neurol. 2005 Jan;62(1):112-6. doi: 10.1001/archneur.62.1.112. 

In electronic articles include the word [Internet] followed by the abbreviation of the journal's title. The citation date must be included after the publication date. The URL must be included at the end of the reference followed by the DOI.

Example: Kanneganti P, Harris JD, Brophy RH, Carey JL, Lattermann C, Flanigan DC. The effect of smoking on ligament and cartilage surgery in the knee: a systematic review. Am J Sports Med [Internet]. 2012 Dec [cited 2019 Feb 19];40(12):2872-8. Available from: http://ajs.sagepub.com/content/​40/12/2872 doi: 10.1177/0363546512458223 

When the authorship is from an institution or working group, the designation of the working group will appear instead of the surnames and initials of the authors:

Example: National Institutes of Health (US). End-of-life care. National Institutes of Health statement on the state of the science. AWHONN Lifelines. 2005 Feb-Mar;9(1):15-22. doi: 10.1111/j.1552-6356.2005.tb00723.x. 

Book

Last names and initials of authors/editors. Book Title: Title Complement. Edition x ed. Place of publication: Publisher; year of publication. xxxp

Example: Brady S, Siegel G, Albers RW, Price D, editors. Basic Neurochemistry: principles of molecular, cellular, and medical neurobiology. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier; 2011. 1120 p. 

In electronic books include the word [Internet] followed by the journal title. The citation date must be included after the publication date. The URL must be included at the end of the reference followed by the DOI.

Example: Ettinger S. Nutritional pathophysiology of obesity and its comorbidities: a case-study approach [Internet]. Amsterdam: Academic Press; 2017 [cited 2021 Aug 2]. 317 p. Available from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780128030134/nutritional-pathophysiology-of-obesity-and-its-comorbidities doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-803013-4.00010-7/span> 

Book chapter:

Last names and initials of the authors of the chapter. Book's title. Place of publication: Publisher; year of publication. Chapter number, chapter title p. xx-xx.

Example: Lyons D. Lab rats: how Silicon Valley made work miserable for the rest of us. New York: Hachette; 2018. Chapter 2, The new oligarchs; p. 29-50. 

In electronic book chapters include the word [Internet] followed by the title of the book. The citation date must be included after the reference to the chapter title. The URL must be included at the end of the reference followed by the DOI if available.

Example: Battista E. Crash course: pharmacology [Internet]. 4th ed. London: Elsevier Health Sciences; 2012. Chapter 5, Central nervous system; [cited 2019 Jan 7]. p. 69-98. Available from: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/monash/reader.action?docID=1723186&ppg=80 

Web page:

Authors' surnames and initials. Site Title: Title[Internet] add-on. Place of Publication: Publisher; Year Month abbreviated day [updated Year Month abbreviated day; Cited year Month abbreviated day]. Available from: http//ww.xxxx

Example: Diabetes Australia. Diabetes globally [Internet]. Canberra ACT: Diabetes Australia; 2012 [updated 2012 Jun 15; cited 2019 Nov 5]. Available from: http://www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/en/​Understanding-Diabetes/Diabetes-Globally/.