Vancouver Style: Abbreviations

Standard abbreviations may be used in your citations.

A list of appropriate abbreviations can be found below:

• The names of US states and territories are abbreviated in the reference list; use the official two-letter U.S. Postal Service abbreviations and enclose the abbreviation in round brackets.
• To cite locations outside of the United States, include city and country names.
• The names of Australian states may be abbreviated using standard Australia Post abbreviations.
• Enclose state and country names in round brackets

Some examples:

Clevedon (UK): Channel View Publications

Hoboken (NJ): John Wiley & Sons

London (UK): Taylor & Francis

Newbury Park (CA): Sage

Frenchs Forest (NSW): Pearson Education Australia

Pretoria (South Africa): Unisa