References should follow the Vancouver style, also known as the Uniform Requirements style, which is based largely on an American National Standards Institute style adapted by the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) for its databases.
Authors should consult Citing Medicine, The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=citmed) for information on the recommended formats for a variety of reference types. Authors may also consult sample references (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform\_requirements.html), a list of examples extracted from or based on Citing Medicine for easy general use; these sample references are maintained by NLM.
References must be numbered consecutively in the order in brackets. Do not use automatic numbering, footnotes or end notes for references.
Unpublished articles that have been accepted for publication may be included as references if the name of the journal is included followed by “in press.”
Unpublished observations and personal communications should not be cited as references; if this information is essential for the understanding of the article, it may be cited within the text, followed by the observations in parentheses “unpublished observation” or “personal communication.”
For more detailed information, refer to the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals, available at https://www.icmje.org/.
Below we present some examples of the model adopted by Jornal de Pediatria:
Articles in journals
1. Up to six authors:
Araújo LA, Silva LR, Mendes FA. Digestive tract neural control and gastrointestinal disorders in cerebral palsy. J Pediatr (Rio J). 2012;88:455-64.
2. More than six authors:
Ribeiro MA, Silva MT, Ribeiro JD, Moreira MM, Almeida CC, Almeida-Junior AA, et al. Volumetric capnography as a tool to detect early peripheric lung obstruction in cystic fibrosis patients. J Pediatr (Rio J). 2012;88:509-17.
3. Organization as author:
Mercier CE, Dunn MS, Ferrelli KR, Howard DB, Soll RF; Vermont Oxford Network ELBW Infant Follow-Up Study Group. Neurodevelopmental outcome of extremely low birth weight infants from the Vermont Oxford network: 1998-2003. Neonatology. 2010;97:329-38.
4. No author given:
Informed consent, parental permission, and assent in pediatric practice. Committee on Bioethics, American Academy of Pediatrics. Pediatrics. 1995;95:314-7.
5. Article published electronically ahead of the print version:
Carvalho CG, Ribeiro MR, Bonilha MM, Fernandes Jr M, Procianoy RS, Silveira RC. Use of off-label and unlicensed drugs in the neonatal intensive care unit and its association with severity scores. J Pediatr (Rio J). 2012 Oct 30. [Epub ahead of print]
Books
Blumer JL, Reed MD. Principles of neonatal pharmacology. In: Yaffe SJ, Aranda JV, eds. Neonatal and Pediatric Pharmacology. 3rd ed. Baltimore: Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins; 2005. p. 146-58.
Academic studies
Borkowski MM. Infant sleep and feeding: a telephone survey of Hispanic Americans [dissertation]. Mount Pleasant, MI: Central Michigan University; 2002.
CD-ROMAnderson SC, Poulsen KB. Anderson’s electronic atlas of hematology [CD-ROM]. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; 2002.
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