Even though Vancouver rules include some differences when citing depending on the journal type (paper or internet), the field of scientific edition tends to a major simplicity in bibliographic references, considering that difference between both types is not significant any more.
The full article or just a part of it can be cited, generally tables, figures or appendixes, either online or in paper.

*Regarding to author/editor see the chapter “Before starting”.

** Abbreviated title is required in Vancouver. To know a journal abbreviation, consult the “NLM Catalog: journals referenced in the NCBI databases”. In case that a formal abbreviation doesn’t exist, a new one will be set up following the parameters of other existing abbreviations.

***”Notes” is an optional field, however, it is very useful to understand and identify the articles. For example:

• You can indicate that it is a not yet published article in its final format: Epub 2017 May 29.
• You can also add the registry number in PubMed, in case the journal is indexed in this database: Cited in PubMed; PMID 127354.
• If it comes to a scientific literature review, the word “Review” can be added at the end.
• Every article on the web has a unique alphanumeric code, the DOI (Digital Object Identifier). This code allows you to identify content and provides a persistent link to its location on the Internet so, it is really useful adding the DOI in the field Notes.

When it comes to articles on the Internet, you may include new elements such as Type of Medium [Internet], Date of Citation and the URL where they can be found.

Díaz Grávalos GJ, Gil Vázquez C, Andrade Pereira V, Alonso Payo R, Álvarez Araújo S, Reinoso Hermida S. Factores asociados con la aparición de caídas en ancianos institucionalizados: un estudio de cohortes. Rev Esp Geriatr Gerontol [Internet]. 2009 Oct 24 [citado 2014 Mar 31]; 44(6):310-304. Disponible en: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/
S0211139X09002285

NOTE: The original URL of the journal will be always used. We won’t include links to databases (PubMed, e.g.), neither to social networks as Researchgate, nor to web catalogues, etc.