Subject Guides: Citation and Reference Management: Vancouver (ICMJE) & AMA

Vancouver (also known as Uniform Requirements or ICMJE)

Vancouver style (also referred to as ICMJE and Uniform Requirements Style) is a citation style used heavily in the health and biomedical sciences. Vancouver style uses a number to mark in-text citations, and the reference list is in numerical order according to the order in which the reference appears in the paper. If you reuse a source later in the paper, you keep the same number (e.g., source #3 is always 3, even if you use it again after source #4).

Vancouver Style Guides

Sample References (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
Authoritative quick reference guide that contains examples of most types of references.
ICMJE Recommendations Guide (Brescia University College)
Quick reference guide with labelled parts of each example citation.
Vancouver Style (BCIT)
Introductory information as well as quick reference examples.

Complete Manual

Citing Medicine, 2nd Edition (Online)
The full, in-depth guide to citing references in Vancouver style.

AMA (American Medical Association)

AMA style, by the American Medical Association, is based on Vancouver style. In addition to providing information on how to cite, it is a complete style guide for writing.

Complete Manual

AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (Online)
Includes guidelines for writing and formatting papers and citing sources.