Specific Rules #2 for Author for Journal Articles Vancouver Style: Other surname rules

Keep prefixes in surnames

Lama Al Bassit becomes Al Bassit L

Jiddeke M. van de Kamp becomes van de Kamp JM

Gerard de Pouvourville becomes de Pouvourville G

Keep compound surnames even if no hyphen appears

Sergio Lopez Moreno becomes Lopez Moreno S

Jaime Mier y Teran becomes Mier y Teran J

Virginie Halley des Fontaines becomes Halley des Fontaines V

[If you cannot determine from the article whether a surname is a compound one or a combination of a middle name and a surname, look to the table of contents of the issue or an annual or other index for clarification. For example, Elizabeth Scott Parker may be interpreted to be Parker ES or Scott Parker E.]

Ignore diacritics, accents, and special characters in names. This rule ignores some conventions used in non-English languages to simplify rules for English-language publications.

–Treat letters marked with a diacritic or accent as if they are not marked

Å treated as A

Ø treated as O

Ç treated as C

Ł treated as L

à treated as a

ĝ treated as g

ñ treated as n

ü treated as u

–Treat two or more letters printed as a unit (ligated letters) as if they are two letters

æ treated as ae

œ treated as oe

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Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers [Internet]. 2nd edition. Chapter 1: Journals

Related:

General Rules for Author for Journal Articles Vancouver Style

Specific Rules #1 for Author for Journal Articles Vancouver Style: Surnames with hyphens and other punctuation in them

Specific Rules #2 for Author for Journal Articles Vancouver Style: Other surname rules

Specific Rules #3 for Author for Journal Articles Vancouver Style: Given names containing punctuation, a prefix, a preposition, or particle

Specific Rules #4 for Author for Journal Articles Vancouver Style: Degrees, titles, and honors before or after a personal name

Specific Rules #5 for Author for Journal Articles Vancouver Style: Designations of rank in a family, such as Jr and III

Specific Rules #6 for Author for Journal Articles Vancouver Style: Names in non-roman alphabets (Cyrillic, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew) or character-based languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korean)

Specific Rules #7 for Author for Journal Articles Vancouver Style: Organizations as author

Specific Rules #8 for Author for Journal Articles Vancouver Style: No author can be found

Specific Rules #9 for Author for Journal Articles Vancouver Style: Options for author names

Exceptions for Author for Journal Articles Vancouver Style

Examples for Author for Journal Articles Vancouver Style