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Journal Articles & Preprints

Format Example
Online articles 

#. Author AA, Author BB. Article title. Abbreviated journal title [Internet]. YYYY MMM DD of publication [cited YYYY MMM DD];volume number(issue number):page numbers. DOI 

NLM Citing Medicine chapter 23, section A, 39

Note: if DOI is not available insert Available from: URL instead of the DOI.

NLM Citing Medicine chapter 23, section A, 1

1. Petitti DB, Crooks VC, Buckwalter JG, Chiu V. Blood pressure levels before dementia. Arch Neurol [Internet]. 2005 Jan 1 [cited 2015 Sep 14];62(1):112-116. doi:10.1001/archneur.62.1.112

2. Shalev D, Jacoby N. Modernizing psychiatry training for Neurologists - from off-service to in-service. JAMA Neurol [Internet]. 2022 [cited 2022 Aug 5];79(2):113-114. Available from:  https://jamanetwork.com/journals/fullarticle/2786577

Preprint articles

Preprints are unpublished articles pending peer review.

#. Author AA, Author BB, Author CC -or- Organization. Article title. Preprint server name [Preprint]. YYYY MMM DD of publication [cited YYYY MMM DD].  Available from: URL -or- DOI:

NLM Citing Medicine chapter 14, section C, 1

 1. Keast M, Bonacci J, Fox A. Geometric variation of the human tibia-fibula: a public dataset of tibia-fibula surface meshes and statistical shape model. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2022 Aug 5 [cited 2022 Aug 31]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.08.04.502722
Print/hardcopy articles

#. Author AA, Author BB. Title of the article. Abbreviated name of journal. Publication Year;Volume#(Issue#):Page range.

NLM Citing Medicine chapter 1, section A, 1

1. Guo X, Ma Y, Min Y, et al. Progress and prospect of technical and regulatory challenges on tissue-engineered cartilage as therapeutic combination product. Bioact Mater. 2022;20:501-518.

 

Note: The spaces (or lack thereof) between punctuation/words/ numbers is intentional and important to adhere to. DOI are  preferred over URLS. Include all authors, or:

  • Up to 3 authors: "Author AA, Author BB, Author CC, et al." or "Author AA, Author BB, Author CC, and others."
  • Up to 6 authors: "Author AA, Author BB, Author CC, Author DD, Author EE, Author FF, et al." or "Author AA, Author BB, Author CC, Author DD, Author EE, Author FF, and others." 
  • Include DOIs when possible

Long journal titles are abbreviated (e.g., the New England Journal of Medicine is cited as N Engl J Med). Find abbreviated journal titles by searching for the full title in the NLM Catalog.

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.