Referencing Style

Kufa Medical journal only accept manuscripts with Vancouver Citing and Referencing style that meet the following items:

  • References are numbered and mentioned as they are appeared in the text.
  • Write the number of the reference as small letter above the line of text and use parenthesis () to writ the number\s of the reference\s in-between. These must be used before the dot of the paragraph.
  • 20% of references are published in the journals indexed by Scopus.
  • 50% of references are recent and are within the last five years.
  • Up to six authors must be listed if the reference have more.
  • Journals’ abbreviation must be perfectly used. Please follow the link as a guide “https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog?Db=journals&Cmd=DetailsSearch&Term=currentlyindexed%5BAll%5D” .

The following examples are of much help, please follow them:

Example of a manuscript Stem:

  • Aaaa bbbb cccc (1). Dddd eeee ffff (2,3).

Live example:

  • The technique of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is easy, safe and noninvasive (1). At the same time, it is inexpensive and its application has no side effects as it is free of any pharmacological element and do not interfere with consciousness (2).

 

Example of a reference with less that 6 authors

  • Author AA, Author BB, Author CC, Author DD. Title of the article. Abbreviated title of the journal. Date of publication YYYY MM; volume number(issue number): page numbers.

Live example:

  • Petitti DB, Crooks VC, Buckwalter JG, Chiu V. Blood pressure levels before dementia. Arch Neurol. 2005 Jan; 62(1): 112-6.

 

Example of a reference with more than 6 authors:

  • Author AA, Author BB, Author CC, Author DD, Author EE, Author FF, et al. Title of article. Abbreviated title of the journal. Date of publication YYYY Mon; volume number (issue number): page numbers.

Live example:

  • Hallal AH, Amortegui JD, Jeroukhimov IM, Casillas J, Schulman CI, Manning RJ, et al. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography accurately detects common bile duct stones in resolving gallstone pancreatitis. J Am Coll Surg. 2005 Jun;200(6):869-75.

 

Example of an electronic journal reference with URL:

  • Author AA, Author BB. Title of the article. Abbreviated title of Journal [Internet]. Date of publication YYYY MM [cited YYYY Mon DD]; volume number(issue number): page numbers. Available from: URL

Live example:

  • Stockhausen L, Turale S. An explorative study of Australian nursing scholars and contemporary scholarship. J Nurs Scholarsh [Internet]. 2011 Mar [cited 2013 Feb 19]; 43(1): 89-96. Available from: http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.lib.monash.edu.au/docview/ 858241255?accountid=12528

 

Example of electronic journal article reference with DOI:

  • Author AA, Author BB. Title of the article. Abbreviated title of Journal [Internet]. Date of publication YYYY MM [cited YYYY Mon DD]; volume number(issue number): page numbers. Available from: URL DOI

Live example:

  • Kanneganti P, Harris JD, Brophy RH, Carey JL, Lattermann C, Flanigan DC. The effect of smoking on ligament and cartilage surgery in the knee: a systematic review. Am J Sports Med [Internet]. 2012 Dec [cited 2013 Feb 19];40(12): 2872-8. Available from: http://ajs.sagepub.com/content/40/12/2872 DOI: 10.1177/0363546512458223.

 

Example of a printed Book reference:

  • Author AA. Title of the book. Number of the edition [if applicable]. Place of Publication: Publisher; Year of publication. page numbers [if applicable].

Live example:

  • Carlson BM. Human embryology and developmental biology. 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby; 2009. Pp. 541.

 

Example of a Chapter in a book as a reference:

  • Author AA, Author BB. Title of the book. Number of the edition [if applicable]. Place of Publication:  Publisher; Year of publication. Chapter number, Chapter title; page numbers of the chapter.  

Live example:

  • Speroff L, Fritz MA. Clinical gynecologic endocrinology and infertility.  7th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; c2005. Chapter 29, Endometriosis; Pp. 1103-33. 

 

Example of Electronic book as a reference:

  • Author AA. Title of web page [Internet]. Place of Publication: Sponsor of Website/Publisher; Year published [cited YYYY Mon DD]. The number of pages. Available from: URL DOI: (if applicable)

Live example:

  • Shreeve DF. Reactive attachment disorder: a case-based approach [Internet]. New York: Springer; 2012 [cited 2012 Nov 2]. Pp 85. Available from: http://ezproxy.lib.monash.edu.au/ login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1647-0

 

Example of edited book as a reference:

  • Editor AA, Editor BB, editors. Title of the book. Number of the edition [if applicable]. Place of Publication: Publisher; Year. Pagination.  

Live example: 

  • O'Campo P, Dunn JR, editors. Rethinking social epidemiology:  towards a science of change. Dordrecht: Springer; 2012. Pp 348.  

 

Example of  a chapter in an edited book as a reference:

  • Author AA, Author BB. Title of chapter. In: Editor AA, Editor BB, editors. Title of the book. # edition. Place of Publication: Publisher; Year of publication. p. [page numbers of chapter].

Live example:

  • Blaxter PS, Farnsworth TP. Social health and class inequalities. In: Carter C, Peel JR, editors. Equalities and inequalities in health. 2nd ed. London: Academic Press; 1976. Pp 165-78.

 

Example of edited electronic book as a reference:

  • Author AA, Author BB. Title of chapter. In: Editor AA, Editor BB, editors. Title of the book [Internet]. Place of publication: Publisher's name; Year of publication. [cited YYYY Mon DD]. p. #. [page or chapter number/s]. Available from: URL DOI [if available]

Live example:

  • Halpen-Felsher BL, Morrell HE. Preventing and reducing tobacco use. In: Berlan ED, Bravender T, editors. Adolescent medicine today: a guide to caring for the adolescent patient [Internet]. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co.; 2012 [cited 2012 Nov 3]. Chapter 18. Available from: http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/pdf/10.1142/9789814324496_0018

 

Example of unpublishes Thesis as a reference

  • Author AA. Title of thesis: subtitle. Unpublished thesis type [format]. Location of University: University; Year.

Live example

  • Borkowski MM. Infant sleep and feeding: a telephone survey of Hispanic Americans. PhD [dissertation]. Mount Pleasant (MI): Central Michigan University; 2002.

 

Example of unpublishes Thesis as a reference

  • Author AA. Title of thesis: subtitle. Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication.

Live example

  • Gruszczynski L. Regulating health and environmental risks under WTO law: a critical analysis of the SPS agreement. New York: Oxford University Press; 2010.

 

Example of a form of full-text database as a reference

  • Author AA. Title of thesis: subtitle. Thesis type [format]. Location of University: University; Year. Available from: Database Name.

Live example:

  • Gethin, A. Poor suburbs and poor health: exploring the potential of a locational approach to reducing health disadvantage in Australian cities. PhD [dissertation].Sydney: University of Western Sydney; 2007. Available from: Australasian Digital Theses Program.

For more examples go to “ http://www.nlm.nih.gov/citingmedicine “

 

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