Vancouver
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.
Books with organisations as authors - Print book
Reference
Organisation as author. Title of book. Nth ed [not needed if 1st edition].Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication. Pagination.
Example
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. Rules and Guidance for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Distributors 2017 (The Orange Guide). 10th ed. London: Pharmaceutical Press; 2017. 840 p.
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.
Lis-Balchin suggests the lack of clinical studies (1 p93) is due to ...
or
Lis-Balchin suggests the lack of clinical studies 1 (p93) is due to ...