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Vancouver referencing

Journal articles

Article in an electronic journal

Almost all of the journal articles you use will be in electronic format.  You need to include [Internet] [cited year month day] and either the main part of the website of the provider/publisher of the article, or the DOI, in your reference. 

Both reference examples below are acceptable practice for electronic journal articles.  

Example using the DOI:

Miah J, Haque E, Thampy H. Diversity training for medical students: evaluating impact. Educ Prim Care [Internet]. 2020 [cited 2022 Dec 15]; 98: 173-176. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/14739879.2019.1691470.  

Example using the publisher URL:  

Miah J, Haque E, Thampy H. Diversity training for medical students: evaluating impact. Educ Prim Care [Internet]. 2020 [cited 2022 Dec 15]; 98: 173-176. Available from: https://www.tandfonline.com.

The full URL for this reference is https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14739879.2019.1691470, but it is only necessary to include the first part - https://tandfonline.com.   

Article in a print journal

Lowe A, Littlewood C, McLean S, Understanding physical activity promotion in physiotherapy practice: a qualitative study. Musculoskelet Sci Prac 2018; 35: 1-7.