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BMJ Open Referencing Guide
This is the Citationsy guide to BMJ Open 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 Open.
How to do citations in BMJ Open style?
How do you cite a book in the BMJ Open referencing style?
Here’s an example book citation in BMJ Open using placeholders:1
Last Name FN. Title. Edition. City : Publisher 2000.
BMJ Open citation:
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Rowling JK. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. 1st ed. London : Bloomsbury Publishing Inc 1997.
How to reference a journal article in the BMJ Open citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in BMJ Open format?
Here’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?
Here’s an BMJ Open example website reference:1
Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF. Title. 2000.https://www.example.com (accessed 28 Jul. 2021).
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 28 Jul. 2021).
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How to cite a YouTube video BMJ Open
Here’s a BMJ Open citation YouTube video example:1
ChannelName. Title. YouTube. 2000.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (accessed 28 Jul. 2021).
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Pixar. Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube. 2015.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (accessed 28 Jul. 2021).
How to cite a podcast using BMJ Open referencing style
It 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 28 Jul. 2021).
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This American Life. 640: Five Women. 2018.https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women (accessed 28 Jul. 2021).
How to cite a piece of music or a song using BMJ Open referencing style?
An example song citation in BMJ Open.1
Lastname F. Song Title. 2000. http://www.example.com (accessed 28 Jul. 2021).
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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 28 Jul. 2021).
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