BMJ Open Referencing Guide
(updated Feb 2023)
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How to do citations in BMJ Open style?
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This is the Citationsy guide to BMJ Open citations, reference lists, in-text citations, and bibliographies.
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How do you cite a book in the BMJ Open referencing style? (2023 Guide)
Have you come across fiction, non-fiction, history, novel or any other book and you want to include it in your works-cited-list in BMJ Open? This is how.Here’s an example book citation in BMJ Open using placeholders:
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Last Name FN. Title. Edition. City : Publisher 2000.
BMJ Open citation:
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Angelou M. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 1st ed. New York : Random House 1969.
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How to reference a journal article in the BMJ Open citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in BMJ Open format?
The basic information included in your citation will be the same across all styles. However, the format in which that information is presented is somewhat different depending on style you need. To cite a paper in BMJ Open, follow this exampleHere’s a BMJ Open journal citation example using placeholders:
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Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF. Title. Container 2000;Volume:pages Used. doi:DOI
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Petit C, Sieffermann J. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. 2007;18:161-72. doi:10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008
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How to cite a website in a paper in BMJ Open style?
Citing your sources is a necessary part of any research paper. To cite a website in BMJ Open this is what you needHere’s an BMJ Open example website reference:
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Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF. Title. 2000.https://www.example.com (accessed 3 Feb. 2023).
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:
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Tran M. Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President. 2008.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 (accessed 3 Feb. 2023).
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How to cite a YouTube video BMJ Open in 2023
Are you wondering if it’s ok to reference a YouTube video in a research paper? Here’s how to cite it in BMJ OpenHere’s a BMJ Open citation YouTube video example:
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ChannelName. Title. YouTube. 2000.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (accessed 3 Feb. 2023).
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Pixar. Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube. 2015.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (accessed 3 Feb. 2023).
How to cite a podcast using BMJ Open referencing style
Citing a podcast in BMJ Open is pretty straight forward. Here’s how you can do itIt is becoming more and more common to reference podcasts in essays or other school work.
Here’s how to reference a podcast it in BMJ Open.
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Lastname F. Title. 2000.http://www.example.com (accessed 3 Feb. 2023).
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This American Life. 640: Five Women. 2018.https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women (accessed 3 Feb. 2023).
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How to cite a piece of music or a song using BMJ Open referencing style?
Have you ever cited a movie before? You will see that citing a song is a pretty similar process. Here’s how to do it in BMJ OpenAn example song citation in BMJ Open.
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Lastname F. Song Title. 2000. http://www.example.com (accessed 3 Feb. 2023).
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The Beatles. Here Comes the Sun. 1969. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150 (accessed 3 Feb. 2023).
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