Adding page numbers in-text and on the references list

VirginiaG. · November 22, 2024

Hey!

I'm using Vancouver style (superscript) to write my thesis in Word. I needed the page numbers of the books referenced throughout the text to appear in parentheses next to the reference number and also in superscript. In the list of references, I also needed the page numbers to appear.
For some reason, the page numbers of the books I've referenced throughout the text don't appear either in the text or in the list of references. Is there any way of solving this?

Thanks!

lakesis · 2025-10-21T09:33:47+00:00

I have the same problem. Did you find a solution?

VirginiaG. · 2025-10-21T10:07:28+00:00

No :P I had to do it by hand

lakesis · 2025-10-21T12:57:00+00:00

I found something. If you use the vancouver-brackets and edit the citation portion to the code below, it works. I couldn't find anything similar for the superscript.

<citation collapse="citation-number">
    <sort>
      <key variable="citation-number"/>
    </sort>
    <layout prefix="[" suffix="]" delimiter=",">
      <group delimiter=", ">
        <text variable="citation-number"/>
        <group delimiter=" ">
          <label variable="locator" form="short"/>
          <text variable="locator"/>
        </group>
      </group>
    </layout>
  </citation>

Let me know if you it works for you.

adamsmith · 2025-10-21T13:07:05+00:00

The AMA style, which has superscript, includes page numbers in text. There is no way to add individual page numbers to bibliographies. While you sometimes see that in Vancouver-style bibliographies, it's conceptually nonsense (just like you cite whole journal articles in the bibliography, you cite whole books).

lakesis · 2025-10-21T14:18:05+00:00

I am unable to upload the code because it won't let me upload from Notepad, but the code, which I found in one of the threads here, solved the problem using vancouver brackets. This is from the paper that I'm writing:

The June 2024 Supreme Court opinion in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson[69,70] captures the developing frustration with homelessness and serves as a harbinger of the possible changes to mental health legislation.
Grants Pass, Oregon, is a city of approximately 38,000 people, and about 600 of them are unhoused.[70, p. 520]

In this paper, the reference only appears as 70 in the bibliography, but I'm able to specify different pages in the text.

lakesis · 2025-10-21T14:23:52+00:00

Here's a link to the discussion with the code: https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/119629/page-numbers-not-visible-in-the-text

lakesis · 2025-10-21T14:26:06+00:00

@adamsmith Is there something similar for the vancouver-superscript? Thank you.

adamsmith · 2025-10-21T14:41:29+00:00

AMA is very close to Vancouver superscript, you should be able to just copy the code from there.

You can use the same code as in the linked thread for any superscript styles, Just leave the "layout" lines (which determines brackets vs. superscript) as it is and then add the exact same code right after it:

     <group delimiter=", ">
        <text variable="citation-number"/>
        <group delimiter=" ">
          <label variable="locator" form="short"/>
          <text variable="locator"/>
        </group>

lakesis · 2025-10-22T23:43:29+00:00

Thanks. I tried but I can't get it to work. It keeps saying it's an invalid csl file. I'll stick with the vancouver brackets, although I'm struggling with getting it to say "accessed" on a particular date instead of "cited" for newspaper articles.