Specific Rules #1 for Author Affiliation (optional) for Journal Articles Vancouver Style: Abbreviations in affiliations

Abbreviate commonly used words in affiliations, if desired. Follow all abbreviated words with a period.

Examples:

Acad. for Academy

Assoc. for Association

Co. for Company

Coll. for College

Corp. for Corporation

Dept. for Department

Div. for Division

Inst. for Institute or Institution

Soc. for Society

Univ. for University

Abbreviate names of US states and Canadian provinces using their official two-letter abbreviations.

Abbreviate names of countries outside of the US and Canada using the two-letter ISO country code, if desired.

Be consistent. If you abbreviate a word in one reference, abbreviate the same word in all references.

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

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