Specific Rules #5 for Date of Publication (required) for Journal Articles Vancouver Style: Options for dates

It is not NLM practice, but the following are acceptable options:

The month and day of the month or the season may be omitted if the journal is continuously paginated throughout the volume. However, the month and day of the month or the season must be included when citing a journal that has no volume or issue number.

Klose RJ, Kallin EM, Zhang Y. JmjC-domain-containing proteins and histone demethylation. Nat Rev Genet. 2006;7(9):715-27.

if also omitting the issue:

Klose RJ, Kallin EM, Zhang Y. JmjC-domain-containing proteins and histone demethylation. Nat Rev Genet. 2006;7:715-27.

The date of publication may follow the author names (or article title if there is no author) in the list of references when the name-year system of in-text references is used.

Use the year of publication only.

Enter the year after the last named author (or article title if there is no author).

Follow the year with a period.

Place the volume number immediately following the journal title.

NLM citation:

Klose RJ, Kallin EM, Zhang Y. JmjC-domain-containing proteins and histone demethylation. Nat Rev Genet. 2006 Sep;7(9):715-27.

Pelvic floor exercise can reduce stress incontinence. Health News. 2005 Apr;11(4):11.

Name-year system of citation:

Klose RJ, Kallin EM, Zhang Y. 2006. JmjC-domain-containing proteins and histone demethylation. Nat Rev Genet. 7(9):715-27.

Pelvic floor exercise can reduce stress incontinence. 2005. Health News. 11(4):11.

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General Rules for Date of Publication (required) for Journal Articles Vancouver Style

Specific Rules #1 for Date of Publication (required) for Journal Articles Vancouver Style: Multiple years, months, or days of publication

Specific Rules #2 for Date of Publication (required) for Journal Articles Vancouver Style: Non-English names for months

Specific Rules #3 for Date of Publication (required) for Journal Articles Vancouver Style: Seasons instead of months

Specific Rules #4 for Date of Publication (required) for Journal Articles Vancouver Style: No volume or issue follows the date

Specific Rules #5 for Date of Publication (required) for Journal Articles Vancouver Style: Options for dates

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