1. References and citation Sadeghi Ramin, MD Nuclear Medicine Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

2. References The last part of a manuscript It is getting very easy to cite articles by special soft wares such as ENDNOTE Learn it no matter how much it takes time Not only increase the accuracy of citation, it can increase the speed of manuscript preparation in general

3. References Always search Iranmedex and other databases for articles from Iran Cite them as much as possible Support your fellow Iranian researchers Always refer to instruction for authors of the journal

7. Styles Vancouver Most journal use this method The articles should be cited in the text by (),[], or superscript. Harvard No need for learning this method We don’t explain it in detail

13. Vancouver style Printed documents Journal article Smith JJ, Hamburger C, Geddes KO, Czapor SR, et al. The world of science. Am J Sci 1999; 36 (4): 234–5. Smith JJ, Hamburger C, Geddes KO, Czapor SR et al. The world of science. Am J Sci. 1999; 36: 234–5. Smith JJ, Hamburger C, Geddes KO, Czapor SR et al. The world of science. Am J Sci 1999; 36 (4): 234–235. Abbreviated journal titles Can be found in PubMed

15. Vancouver style Printed documents Book Blenkinsopp A, Paxton P. Symptoms in the pharmacy: a guide to the management of common illness. 3rd ed. Oxford: Blackwell Science; 1998.

16. Vancouver style Printed documents Book Chapter Wyllie AH, Kerr JFR, Currie AR. Cell death: the signifi cance of apoptosis. In: Bourne GH, Danielli JF, Jeon KW, editors. International review of cytology. London: Academic; 1980 p. 251–306.

17. Vancouver style Printed documents Abstracts in supplement issues Senmevsim O, Kabasakal L, Selcuk A et al. 99mTc-MIBI biliary scintigraphy in differential diagnosis of neonatal jaundice: Preliminary results. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2003; 30 (suppl 2): S213.

18. Vancouver style Printed documents Articles in press Somasundaram SK, Chicken DW, Waddington WA, et al. Sentinel node imaging in breast cancer using superficial injections: Technical details and observations. Eur J Surg Oncol 2009; In press

19. Vancouver style Printed documents Non-English articles Zavagno G, Meggiolaro F, Bozza F, et al. [Sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer: the GIVOM experience in Veneto, Italy.] Tumori 2002;88: S52-4.

20. Vancouver style Epub Articles by DOI Slifka MK, Whitton JL. Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine production. J Mol Med 2007. doi: 10.1007/s001090000086.

24. Vancouver style Epub Online ducument Doe J. Title of subordinate document. In: The dictionary of substances and their effects. Royal Society of Chemistry 2006. http://www.rsc.org/dose/title of subordinate document. Accessed 15 Jan 2006.

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