Vancouver Style in Medical writing

Many current journals refer to the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication. This guideline was initially drawn up by a small group of editors of general medical journals in 1978. Because the group had met informally in
Vancouver, British Columbia, they became known as the Vancouver Group ( Reference Formats and the Uniform Requirements).
Subsequently, the Vancouver Group expanded and evolved into the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) which meets annually. The ICMJE has gradually broadened its concerns to include other aspects of scientific reporting, e.g., ethical principles related to publication in  biomedical journals.