Conference paper: how to cite in Vancouver Style?

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General rules

A conference paper published in conference proceedings is similar to a chapter in an edited book. Taking into account this fact, the requirements of Vancouver Style as regards bibliographic references to conference papers are similar to the ones applied to book chapters. Thus, for a conference paper in print form, use the following reference template:

Author(s). Paper title. In: Editor(s), editor(s). Proceedings title. Conference title; conference date; Conference location. City of publication: Publisher; year of publication. p. pages.

N.B.:

• The conference proceedings often bear the same title as the conference itself. If this is the case, give the title only once in the reference.
• The Conference location element is optional. Indicate the conference city in it; if the city is not commonly known, add the country separated by a comma.
• See this article for the instructions on indicating the page range in the reference.

For a conference paper available online, use the following template:

Author(s). Paper title. In: Editor(s), editor(s). Proceedings title [Internet]. Conference title; conference date; Conference location. City of publication: Publisher; year of publication [cited date cited]. p. pages. Available from: URL

Examples in a list of references

Serrat N, Camps A. Improving teaching skills of the facilitators in clinical simulation. In: Carmo M, editor. END 2016: International Conference on Education and New Development [Internet]; 2016 Jun 12-14; Ljubljana, Slovenia. Lisbon: W.I.A.R.S.; 2016 [cited 2021 Jun 27]. p. 319-23. Available from: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED578322.pdf

Dall'Alba D, Tagliabue E, Magnabosco E, Tenga C, Fiorini P. Real-time prediction of breast lesions displacement during ultrasound scanning using a position-based dynamics approach. In: Deligianni F, Dagnino G, Yang GZ, editors. Proceedings of the 12th Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics 2019 [Internet]; 2019 Jun 23-26; London. London: Imperial College London, The Hamlyn Centre; 2019 [cited 2021 Jun 27]. p. 27-8. Available from: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/hamlyn-centre/public/Proceedings_HSMR19.pdf