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Citing information sources acknowledges the origin of your information and it provides support and credibility to your work by showing evidence of your research.
A citation is a reference to the source of an idea, information or image. It typically includes enough identifying information, such as the author, title, date, publication format, etc.
Vancouver style is a numbered referencing style used by biomedical and scientific journals. It was developed by medical journal editors in 1978, in Vancouver, BC. This style is maintained by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).