This is the Vancouver style for referencing, used at the Univerity of Portsmouth within the School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences and the Radiography departments.

This guide is modelled on Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers (2nd edition). You may wish to consult this source directly for additional information or examples.

Use this format for a chapter in an edited book, where the contents page shows that the chapters have been written by several different people. This format can also apply to a chapter written by the editor(s), or an introduction.

Chapter in an edited book from a print source.

 

Reference

 

Author AA, Author BB. Title of chapter. Title of chapter. In: Editor AA, Editor BB, editors. Title of book. Nth ed[omit if 1st ed.]. Place of publication: Publisher; Date. Pagination.

 

Ward-Platt MP. Neonates. In: Walker R, Whittlesea C, editors. Clinical pharmacy and therapeutics. 5th ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier; 2012.  p. 121-131.

 

McHugh K. Image enhancement. In: Cox WAS, Hayre CM, editors. General radiography: principles & practices. Boca Raton: CRC Press; 2020. p. 33-59.

 

In-text citation/Reference List

 

Remember this will be a running number at the first use of a reference. If the reference is re-used then repeat the number allocated.

Keep your style constant, either parenthesis (number) throughout, or superscript number. Do not change between the two. If your department recommends a particular style then use that.

 

early neonatal mortality (5 p302) is discussed ...

or

early neonatal mortality 5 (p302) is discussed ...