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BMJ Referencing Guide
(updated Sep 2024)


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How to do citations in BMJ style?

This is the Citationsy guide to BMJ 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 BMJ.

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

One of the most cited mediums is of course books. Here’s how to cite a book in BMJ

Here’s an example book citation in BMJ using placeholders:
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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:
BMJ citation:
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Angelou M. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 1st ed. New York : Random House 1969.
And an in-text citation book citation in BMJ looks like this: [1]


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How to reference a journal article in the BMJ citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in BMJ format?

Use the following template to cite a journal article using the BMJ citation format.

Here’s a BMJ journal citation example using placeholders:
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Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF. Title. Container 2000;Volume: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 BMJ: