Specific Rules #10 for Author/Editor (required) for Entire Books Vancouver Style: Options for author names

The following formats are not NLM practice for citing authors, but are acceptable options.

Full first names of authors may be given. Separate the surname from the given name or initials by a comma; follow initials with a period; separate successive names by a semicolon and a space.

Takagi, Yasushi; Harada, Jun; Chiarugi, Alberto M.; Moskowitz, Michael A.

Mann, Frederick D.; Swartz, Mary N.; Little, R.T.

If space is a consideration, the number of authors may be limited to a specific number, such as the first three authors. Follow the last named author by a comma and "et al." or "and others."

Rastan S, Hough T, Kierman A, et al.

Adler DG, Baron TH, Davila RE, and others.

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

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General Rules for Author/Editor (required) for Entire Books Vancouver Style

Specific Rules #1 for Author/Editor (required) for Entire Books Vancouver Style: Surnames with hyphens and other punctuation in them

Specific Rules #2 for Author/Editor (required) for Entire Books Vancouver Style: Other surname rules

Specific Rules #3 for Author/Editor (required) for Entire Books Vancouver Style: Given names containing punctuation, a prefix, a preposition, or particle

Specific Rules #4 for Author/Editor (required) for Entire Books Vancouver Style: Degrees, titles, and honors before or after a personal name

Specific Rules #5 for Author/Editor (required) for Entire Books Vancouver Style: Designations of rank in a family, such as Jr and III

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

Specific Rules #7 for Author/Editor (required) for Entire Books Vancouver Style: Non-English words for editor

Specific Rules #8 for Author/Editor (required) for Entire Books Vancouver Style: Organizations as author/editor

Specific Rules #9 for Author/Editor (required) for Entire Books Vancouver Style: No author can be found

Specific Rules #10 for Author/Editor (required) for Entire Books Vancouver Style: Options for author names

Examples for Author/Editor (required) for Entire Books Vancouver Style (2015/08/12)