Citation Styles
Who Should Use AMA Citation Style?
American Medical Association Style, or AMA Style, is used by some health sciences disciplines to cite medical research.
Disciplines Using AMA Style Include But Are Not Limited to:
- Medicine
- Nutrition
- Life Sciences
- Biomedical Informatics
- Kinesiology and Movement Sciences
How to Use This Guide
This guide is divided into several sections. The main AMA page provides an overview of this citation style, who should use it and identifies online reference sources. The three additional sections discuss basic guidelines for using the 11th edition of AMA Style for in-text citations, basic guidelines for creating reference list entries, and examples of how different resources are formatted in AMA.
AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors
AMA Manual of Style by
The AMA Manual of Style is a must-have resource for anyone involved in medical, health, and scientific publishing. Written by an expert committee of JAMA Network editors, this latest edition addresses issues that face authors, editors, and publishers in the digital age. Extensive updates are included in the References chapter, with examples of how to cite digital publications, preprints, databases, data repositories, podcasts, apps and interactive games, and social media. Full-color examples grace the chapter on data display, with newer types of graphic presentations and updated guidance on formatting tables and figures. The manual thoroughly covers ethical and legal issues such as authorship, conflicts of interest, scientific misconduct, intellectual property, open access and public access, and corrections. The Usage chapter has been revised to bring the manual up-to-date on word choice, especially in writing about individuals with diseases or conditions and from various socioeconomic, racial/ethnic, and sexual orientation populations. Specific nomenclature entries in many disciplines are presented to guide users in issues of diction, formatting, and preferred terminology. Guidance on numbers, SI units, and math has been updated, and the section on statistics and study design has undergone a major expansion. In sum, the answer to nearly any issue facing a writer or editor in medicine, health care, and related disciplines can be found in the 11th edition of the AMA Manual of Style.
ISBN: 9780190246556Publication date: 2020-03-02
ASU Library has three electronic copies of the most recent edition — the 11th edition — available for use via the Ebook Central database. These copies can be used simultaneously.
To obtain abbreviated journal titles for reference list citations, use the NLM Catalog.
Citation styles change over time. The advent of the Internet and the increasing number at material types (web pages, e-journals, etc.) have contributed to some of these changes. When using a specific citation style, be sure to use a resource that reflects the current edition, such as the style manual.
Other Resources
Citation Management Tools - As seen on the Health Sciences at ASU Guide, this has some information on three citation managers, as well as specific instructions on setting up the Zotero manager with PubMed and CINAHL.
Purdue OWL AMA Style Quick Guide - This contains an overview of AMA style's bibliographic elements and in-text citation guidelines. One can also view examples of print sources and examples of electronic sources.
Scribbr AMA Quick Guide - This contains guidance on formatting a paper for AMA style and forming in-text citations and reference entries.
University of Illinois Chicago AMA Style Tip Sheet - A PDF containing general AMA rules and examples of common formats for reference entries.
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