Specific Rules #1 for Place of Publication (required) for Entire Journal Titles Vancouver Style: Non-US cities

Use the anglicized form for the name of a city, such as Rome for Roma and Moscow for Moskva, when possible.

Follow Canadian cities with the two-letter abbreviation for the name of the province (see Appendix E).

Montreal (QC):

Ottawa (ON):

If the city is not well known or could be confused with another city of the same name, follow the city with the name of the country, either written out or as the two-letter ISO country code (see Appendix D). Use the anglicized form of the name, such as Spain for Espana. Place the country name or code in parentheses.

London:

Rome:

Paris:

Madrid:

but:

Malaga (Spain): or Malaga (ES):

Basel (Switzerland): or Basel (CH):

Oxford (England): or Oxford (GB):

As an option, use the country name after all cities not in the US or Canada.

Según:

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

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General Rules for Place of Publication (required) for Entire Journal Titles Vancouver Style

Specific Rules #1 for Place of Publication (required) for Entire Journal Titles Vancouver Style: Non-US cities

Specific Rules #2 for Place of Publication (required) for Entire Journal Titles Vancouver Style: Multiple places of publication

Specific Rules #3 for Place of Publication (required) for Entire Journal Titles Vancouver Style: No place of publication can be found

Examples for Place of Publication (required) for Entire Journal Titles Vancouver Style