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Conference Presentations

Papers or other research presented at conferences and symposia.

  Format  Example

Conference poster/paper session 

#. Author AA, Author BB. Title. Poster session/Paper session presented at: Name of conference/symposium. Number of conference occurrence and broader organization name; Conference date range YYYY MMM DD-DD; Location of conference.

NLM Citing Medicine chapter 12

1. Baiocco S, Barone D, Gavelli G, Bevilacqua A. Texture analysis of non-small cell lung cancer on unenhanced CT and blood flow maps: a potential prognostic tool. Poster session presented at: FRUCT 2019. Proceedings of the 24th Conference of Open Innovations Association (FRUCT); 2019 Apr 8-12; Moscow, Russia.
Conference paper 

#. Author AA. Title of conference paper. In Editor EE, editor(s) (if available). Conference title; Conference date YYYY MMM  DD-DD; Conference location. Location of publication: Publisher; Year of publication. Page range p.#-# (if available).

NLM Citing Medicine chapter 3, section B

Note: if the conference paper is available online add [internet] after the title of the conference, add [cited YYYY MMM DD] after the publication year, and Available from: URL at the end. 

1. Lonescu B, Muller H, Ruckert Johannes, et al.  Multimedia retrieval in medical applications. ImageCLEF; 2024 Sep 09-12; Grenoble, France. Manhattan (NY): Springer; 2024. 

2. Longley RJ, Malinga J, Hesping E, et al. Malaria in a changing world. Molecular Approaches to Malaria [Internet]; 2024 May 18-22; Victoria (Australia). Amsterdam (Netherlands): Elsevier; 2024 [cited 2024 Oct 22]. Available from: https://www.cell.com/trends/parasitology/article/S1471-4922(24)00074-6

Conference proceedings (book)

Title for book of proceedings and a conference title: 

#. Editor AA, editor(s). Title of book. Title of the Conference Proceedings; Date of conference YYYY MMM DD-DD ; Location of conference. Location of publication: Publisher; Year of publication. # p. (pages)

NLM Citing Medicine chapter 3, section A

Only a conference title: 

#. Editor AA, editor(s). Title of Conference. YYYY MMM DD-DD; Location of Conference. Location of publication: Publisher; Year of publication. # p. (pages)

NLM Citing Medicine chapter 3, section A

1. Usdin E, Kvetnansky R, Axelrod J. Stress: The role of catecholamines and other neurotransmitters. Third International Symposium on Catecholamines and Other Neurotransmitters in Stress; 1983 June 7-12; Smolenice Castle, Slovakia. New York: Gordon and Breach Science Publishers; 1984. 1,160 p. 

2. Flor H, Kalso E, Dostrovsky JO, editors. Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Pain; 2005 Aug 21-26; Sydney, Australia. Washington (DC): IASP Press; 2006. 904 p. 

General Rules

  • How to format in-text citations in your document.
  • Author/editor names: Last name + First name initial + Middle name initial (if available). e.g., Armand Peter Smith = Smith AP.
  • The names of all authors and editors should be given. See Reference List General Rules for the use of "et al."
  • No authors, organization, or editors listed? Contact library@saskhealthauthority.ca to ask a librarian.
  • Titles: Capitalize only the first word of a title, proper nouns, proper adjectives, acronyms, and initialises. Do not use quotation marks or italics for titles.
  • Subtitles: Use the colon (i.e., : ) to separate the title from the subtitle. e.g., Rural healthcare: a definitive guide.
  • Dates: Whenever possible use the date format [YYYY Mon DD].
  • Proper nouns: Always capitalize the first initial of country/city, person, clinical tool, organization, and/or association names.