Report number: Always include the report/ grant/ or contract number.
Place of publication: For the place of publication - after the city, include the state code in brackets for USA/Canada or the country code for outside of the USA/Canada, e.g. St Louis (MI) or Auckland (NZ).
If there is no place of publication use [place unknown].
For more information on reference list format and style, see General information - basics of referencing.
Always include any report numbers, contract numbers or grant numbers provided in the publication.
1. Name of Organisation/Department. Title of report [Internet]. Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication [cited date]. Report No.: report number. Available from: URL
2. Name of Organisation/Department. Title of report. Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication. Report No.: report number.
1. Australia New Zealand Food Authority. Shellfish toxins in food: a toxicological review and risk assessment [Internet]. Canberra (AU): Australia New Zealand Food Authority; 2001 [cited 2017 Nov 30]. Technical Report Series No.: 14. Available from: http://www.foodstandards.govt.nz/publications/documents/TR14.pdf
2. Ministry of Health. Asian health chart book 2006. Wellington (NZ): Ministry of Health; 2006. Public Health Intelligence Monitoring Report No.: 4.
No report number
3. Minister of Health. Implementing the New Zealand health strategy 2011. Wellington (NZ): Ministry of Health; 2012.
Always include any report numbers, contract numbers or grant numbers provided in the publication.
For more than 6 authors, list the first six authors, followed by et al.
1. Author(s). Title of report [Internet]. Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication [cited date]. Report No.: report number. Available from: URL
2. Author(s). Title of report. Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication. Report No.: report number.
1. Freeman T, Cudmore R. Review of odour management in New Zealand: technical report [Internet]. Wellington (NZ): Ministry for the Environment; 2002 [cited 2017 Nov 30]. Air Quality Technical Report No.: 24. Available from: http://www.cschi.cz/odour/files/world/odour-tr-aug021.pdf
2. Fa’alau F, Asiasiga L, Churchward M. Pacific health and the 2001 health reforms. Wellington (NZ): Victoria University of Wellington, Health Services Research Centre, 2007. Report No.: 7.
When using another person's ideas or words, include an Arabic numeral in brackets (consecutively numbered). If the reference is referred to again, the same number is used.
... has been recently identified (1). There is a need to be cautious with giving aspirin to children, as overdosing can lead to mortality (1).
If you are expressing ideas that have originated from more than one source, separate the numbers with commas or use a hyphen if referring to a range of numbers (references).
... in alkyl sulphates such as sodium lauryl sulphate (3,5-6) and diethyl sulphate (7). Other compounds showing promise were those in the C12 - C14 range (3-4).