
The PubMed citation is not in the Vancouver style, but it is acceptable for new submissions to the MJA. For accurate references to biomedical journals, check the reference in PubMed’s Single Citation Matcher and copy the PubMed citation into your document. Tip for accurate journal references: Typing errors often render references inaccurate.Home page URLs are also unacceptable unless the information referenced is contained on that page - the URL of the final destination must be given. For internet references, URLs alone are unacceptable please include all conventional details as far as possible (ie, author, title, publishing body, place of publication, year of publication) and the date that you accessed the web page (as web content may change or be updated).For all non-journal references, including conference publications, newspaper articles and electronic media, please consult the National Library of Medicine's Citing Medicine for the required detail and format.Cite personal communications and unpublished articles in the text, not in the reference list and obtain written permission from people cited, giving their titles, positions and affiliations.If relevant, specify the type of reference (eg, a letter, an editorial, an abstract, a supplement). Give surnames and initials of all authors (or only the first three authors with "et al" if there are more than four) and cite first and last page numbers in full (these two requirements are slightly different from the Vancouver style). Use the "Vancouver style" and abbreviate journal names as in PubMed.Do NOT submit references in endnote or footnote format as our automated systems cannot currently process these.


Examples of acceptable reference format can be found here.

Use abbreviations sparingly (spell out at first use).

The following style is used for articles published by The Medical Journal of Australia ( MJA).
