UNIFORM REQUIREMENTS FOR MANUSCRIPTS SUBMITTED TO BIOMEDICAL JOURNALS

Abstract

In the 15 years since it was first published the "Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical journals H (the Vancouver style), developed by the International Committee of Medical Journal
Editors, has been widely accepted by both authors and editors; over 400 journal have stated that they will consIder manuscripts that conform to its requirements. This is the fourth edition of the Uniform Requirements, the first to be published in the Journal, which now serves as coordinator of ICMJE in North America. In January 1978 a group of editors from some major biomedical journals published in English met in Vancouver, British Columbia, and decided on uniform technical requirements for manuscripts to be submitted to their journals. These requirements, including formats for bibliographic references developed for the Vancouver group by the National Library of Medicine, were published in three of the journal early in 1979. The Vancouver group evolved info the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Over the years, the group has revised the requirements slightly; this is the fourth edition.