BMC Medical Education Referencing Guide
(updated Mar 2024)


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How to do citations in BMC Medical Education style?

This is the Citationsy guide to BMC Medical Education citations, reference lists, in-text citations, and bibliographies.
The complete, comprehensive guide shows you how easy citing any source can be. Referencing books, youtube videos, websites, articles, journals, podcasts, images, videos, or music in BMC Medical Education.

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How do you cite a book in the BMC Medical Education referencing style? (2024 Guide)

To create a basic works-cited-list entry for a book in BMC Medical Education follow these simple steps

Here’s an example book citation in BMC Medical Education using placeholders:
1. Last Name FN. Title. Edition. City: Publisher; 2000.
So if we want to cite, for example, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou we’d do so like this:
BMC Medical Education citation:
1. Angelou M. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 1st edition. New York: Random House; 1969.
And an in-text citation book citation in BMC Medical Education looks like this: [1]


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How to reference a journal article in the BMC Medical Education citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in BMC Medical Education format?

Have you come across a research paper or journal article you would like to cite in your own research? Here’s how to do it in BMC Medical Education

Here’s a BMC Medical Education journal citation example using placeholders:
1. Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF. Title. Container. 2000;Volume Issue:pages Used. doi:DOI.
So if we want to reference this scientific article: “Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?” by C. Petit and J.M. Sieffermann in BMC Medical Education: