Specific Rules #9 for Author/Editor (required) for Contributions to 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 Contributions to Books Vancouver Style

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Rules #9 for Author/Editor (required) for Contributions to Books Vancouver Style: Options for author names

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