References and citation

Sadeghi Ramin, MDNuclear Medicine Research

Center,Mashhad University of Medical

Sciences

References The last part of a manuscript It is getting very easy to cite articles

by special soft wares such as ENDNOTE Learn it no matter how much it takes

time Not only increase the accuracy of

citation, it can increase the speed of manuscript preparation in general

References Always search Iranmedex and

other databases for articles from Iran Cite them as much as possible Support your fellow Iranian

researchers Always refer to instruction for

authors of the journal

Styles Vancouver

Most journal use this method The articles should be cited in the

text by (),[], or superscript. Harvard

No need for learning this method We don’t explain it in detail

Vancouver stylePrinted documents Journal article

Smith JJ, Hamburger C, Geddes KO, Czapor SR, et al. The world of science. Am J Sci 1999; 36 (4): 234–5.

Smith JJ, Hamburger C, Geddes KO, Czapor SR et al. The world of science. Am J Sci. 1999; 36: 234–5.

Smith JJ, Hamburger C, Geddes KO, Czapor SR et al. The world of science. Am J Sci 1999; 36 (4): 234–235.

Abbreviated journal titles Can be found in PubMed

Vancouver stylePrinted documents Book

Blenkinsopp A, Paxton P. Symptoms in the pharmacy: a guide to the management of common illness. 3rd ed. Oxford: Blackwell Science; 1998.

Vancouver stylePrinted documents Book Chapter Wyllie AH, Kerr JFR, Currie AR. Cell

death: the signifi cance of apoptosis. In: Bourne GH, Danielli JF, Jeon KW, editors. International review of cytology. London: Academic; 1980 p. 251–306.

Vancouver stylePrinted documents Abstracts in supplement issues Senmevsim O, Kabasakal L, Selcuk

A et al. 99mTc-MIBI biliary scintigraphy in differential diagnosis of neonatal jaundice: Preliminary results. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2003; 30 (suppl 2): S213.

Vancouver stylePrinted documents Articles in press Somasundaram SK, Chicken DW,

Waddington WA, et al. Sentinel node imaging in breast cancer using superficial injections: Technical details and observations. Eur J Surg Oncol 2009; In press

Vancouver stylePrinted documents Non-English articles Zavagno G, Meggiolaro F, Bozza F,

et al. [Sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer: the GIVOM experience in Veneto, Italy.] Tumori 2002;88: S52-4.

Vancouver styleEpub Articles by DOI Slifka MK, Whitton JL. Clinical

implications of dysregulated cytokine production. J Mol Med 2007. doi: 10.1007/s001090000086.

Vancouver styleEpub Online ducument Doe J. Title of subordinate

document. In: The dictionary of substances and their effects. Royal Society of Chemistry 2006. http://www.rsc.org/dose/title of subordinate document. Accessed 15 Jan 2006.

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