Acknowledgment: Contributors other than coauthors may be acknowledged in a separate paragraph at the end of the paper; acknowledgments should be as brief as possible. All grants or financial aid should be acknowledged.
References: Responsibility for the accuracy of bibliographic citations lies entirely with the authors. References should be indicated with numbers in square brackets in line with the text, i.e. [1] in the order of citation in the text. References should be listed numerically according to their first appearance in the text on a separate sheet in 1.5-space according to the Vancouver system. For a guide, visit Vancouver Referencing | A Quick Guide & Reference Examples (scribbr.co.uk).
Citations in text: Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Unpublished results and personal communications should be avoided. The Author(s) should make clear that there is new information the submitted manuscript. Citation of a reference as “in press” implies that the item has been accepted for publication.
Journal: The names of all Authors for each reference must be given followed by the year of publication in parenthesis, full title of the paper, abbreviated title of the journal and the volume and page numbers.
Book: References to book must state the Author(s), publisher, place, year of publication, edition, names of editors where authorship is multiple and the page numbers.
Examples:
Reference to a journal publication:
[1] Hepier, C.D. and Strand, L.N. (1990).
Opportunities and responsibilities in Pharmaceutical Care. Amer J.Hosp. Phar. 47. 533-542.
Reference to a textbook:
[2] Hedgecock, L.W. (1967): Skin Disinfection. In. Antimicrobial Agents 1st ed, pp 102-104. Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia.