BMC Medicine Referencing Guide
(updated Mar 2024)


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How to do citations in BMC Medicine style?

This is the Citationsy guide to BMC Medicine 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 Medicine.

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

There are two places to get the information you need for a book citation: the title page, and the reverse side of the title page. Here’s how to cite it in BMC Medicine.

Here’s an example book citation in BMC Medicine 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 Medicine 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 Medicine looks like this: [1]


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

How do you cite scientific papers in BMC Medicine format?

To write a research paper, you need to incorporate sources. This means that you have to know how to format the sources in your academic paper. To cite someone else’s paper in BMC Medicine in your research, follow these simple steps.

Here’s a BMC Medicine 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 Medicine: