Related articles and references

Related articles

Related articles are important for users to be able to find their way easily from cases to other related content on the site. There are two ways of adding related articles:

1. Add a link to the article as part of your findings or discussion. 
2. Manually add a related article at the very bottom of the case page. 

Related articles contribute to case completeness, and at least two related articles are encouraged. 

References within articles and cases

Reference ideals

• each article should have at least 3-4 references
  • cases may also often have references, and when used the style should follow as for articles, including assigning ascending numbers to each additional reference (1.,2., etc.)
• all references should be cited in the reference section
• each reference should be placed in its own reference box/field.
• references should be sought in the following descending order of preference:
  1. online journals with complete text available without subscription 
  2. online journals with complete text available but requiring subscription
  3. textbooks
     • if textbooks are to be used, it is better to use those that have in-text references
• referencing websites is generally discouraged except under certain specific instances, and only after discussion with a member of the editorial board: content may not have been peer-reviewed, may change dynamically, hyperlinks may become stale and a user login may be required to view content

Citation

When citing the reference from the text:

• use a superscript reference ¹
• add a space between the text and the reference 
• if it is at the end of a sentence, it should be before the full-stop (period), which itself should not be superscripted ¹.
• if it precedes a list, it should be before the colon ¹:
• if there are multiple references, they should be separated by a comma, but without a space ^1,2
• if there are more than two consecutive reference numbers use the first and last numbers connected by a dash ^1-3
  • note that if only two consecutive numbers then only separate by a comma ^1,2
• if a combination of multiple references with some, but not all, numbers consecutive ^1,2,4-6
• superscripts must never be placed after section headings
• each new citation added to the reference section should be preceded by a number followed by a full stop/period, starting from '1.', even if there is only one citation
  • each additional citation is assigned a number one higher than the highest pre-existing citation
• once saved, the references will be in the correct numbered order, even if added out of order.

Format

Citations are formatted for Vetlucent.com, but draw heavily on the National Library of Medicine (used in Pubmed) and use the ANSI/NISO Z39.29-2005 (R2010) Bibliographic References standard. Read more.

• authors (Surname Initials) separated by commas
• if 6 or fewer all are listed
• if 7 or more, 3 et al are listed
• abbreviated Journal Title

1. Laurenson M, Zwingenberger A, Cissell D et al. Computed Tomography of the Pharynx in a Closed Vs. Open Mouth Position. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound. 2011;52(4):357-61. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-8261.2011.01805.x">doi:10.1111/j.1740-8261.2011.01805.x</a> - <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21382119">Pubmed</a>

Note that the html codes around the links to the articles will be properly rendered as a link when pasted into a reference field.

Formatting help

The best way to simply do this is by using www.citeitright.co.uk kindly provided by Radiopaedia.org.

Simply plug in any of the following into the reference box and click "search":

• URL of the article/PDF
• PubMed ID (PMID)
• PubMed Central ID (PMCID): sometimes PMCID without PMID
• DOI
• ISBN
• Google Books ID
• PII (Publisher Item Identifier)
• URI (Uniform Resource Identifier)

It will work in the vast majority of cases, however if the reference is not recognized, format it as consistently as possible.