Vancouver Examples - Maps/diagrams etc. - Figure

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In-text

If you are discussing or mentioning the figure in-text, follow the standard examples in Getting started - In-text citation. You may include the page number of the image.

Example

ABS statistics showed that 26.6% of women aged 55-64 had a mental or behavioural condition.11

If you are including a copy of the figure in your assignment, you should give it a figure number, title and caption. Your caption should include an in-text citation, and a description of the image source that will make sense to the reader, e.g. book title, website name, article authors.

Template

Figure #. Title
<image>
Reproduced from/Adapted from source#

Example

Figure 3. Differences in the degree of inter-arm asymmetry between prepubescent tennis players and non-active controls.
Figure 3
Reproduced from Sanchis-Moysi et al.6

Reference List

The reference for an image is taken from the place where the image appears. For images from a website, use the Webpage template, for images from an ebook use the Ebook template, and so on. The examples below correspond with the in-text examples above.

Example - figure published in a journal article

  1. Sanchis-Moysi J, Idoate F, Serrano-Sanchez JA, Dorado C, Calbet JAL. (2012) Muscle hypertrophy in prepubescent tennis players: a segmentation MRI study. PLoS One. 7(3):e33622. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033622

Example - image found online

  1. Mental health: mental and behavioural conditions. Australian Bureau of Statistics. December 12, 2018. Accessed June 28, 2020. https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/health/mental-health/mental-health/2017-18#mental-and-behavioural-conditions

Notes

AMA11 does not cover situations where you are including an image only for decorative purposes (i.e. you are not mentioning or discussing it in-text). Contact your lecturer for guidance in this situation.

Example figure above reproduced under CC-BY licence.