Citation Help

Papers in AMA style should follow these guidelines:

• Typed
• Double-spaced and left aligned
• General university guidelines call for 1” margins, 12 pt. Times New Roman font
• Specific information regarding title page format, page numbers, headings, font style/size, and margins are not explicitly stated in the AMA manual. Please consult your professor for guidelines
  • However, a consistent style should be used throughout the manuscript

AMA Major Paper Sections (Refer to checklist on pg. 37 of AMA Manual of Style):

• Title Page
• Abstract

  • Keywords - some medical journals publish a short list (3-10) of keywords at the end of the abstract.

• Text
  • Introduction
  • Methods
  • Results
  • Discussion
• Acknowledgements (see AMA Manual of Style pgs. 27-36 for examples)
• Appendixes
• References

For further instructions please visit the Purdue Owl

AMA Print Sources:

AMA Reference to Print Sources

AMA Electronic Sources:

AMA Reference to Electronic Sources

Links go to the Purdue Owl.

AMA In-Text Examples

 

Rules:

• Cite each source in numerical order using superscript numbers in order of initial appearance in the text.
• Put these numbers outside commas and periods, and inside semicolons and colons.
• Put a comma between the numbers for multiple citations and a hyphen for a series.

Examples:

Example 1: The 2 largest studies to date included 20 patients⁴ and 29 patients.⁵

Example 2: The derived data were as follows^3,4:

Example 3: As previously reported,^1-8,12

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AMA References Examples

 

Things to Remember:

• Cited works are numbered in order of initial appearance in the text, and appear in the Reference List in numerical order.
• In article titles only the first word and proper nouns and abbreviations that are ordinarily capitalized are capitalized.
• Use accepted National Library of Medicine (NLM) abbreviations of journal names (see the List of Journals Indexed in the NLM Catalog).

 

Book:

    Formula:

Lastname Initials. Title of Book. Publishing City, State: Publisher; Year.

    Example:

Maul-Mellott SK, Adams JN. Childhood Cancer: A Nursing Overview. Boston, MA: Jones and Bartlett; 1987.

 

ebook:

    Formula:   

Lastname Initials. Title of Book. Publishing City, State: Publisher; Year. URL. Accessed date.

    Example:

Kirkwood M, Yeates K. Mild Traumatic Brain Injury In Children And Adolescents: From Basic Science To Clinical Management. New York: Guilford Publications; 2012. http://pascal.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=922363. Accessed October 13, 2017.

 

Print Journal:

    Formula:

Lastname Initials. Title of article. Abbreviated Name of Journal. Year;Volume number(Issue number):page numbers.

    Example:

Pollart SM, Caelleigh AS. Changing conversations, changing culture: A medical education journal club. Med Educ. 2011;45(11):1134.

 

Online Journal:

    Formula:

Lastname Initials. Title of article. Abbreviated Name of Journal. Year;Volume number(Issue number):page numbers. doi/URL. Published date. Accessed date.

    Example:

Peterson S, Sheffer S, Long Roth S, Bennett P, Lloyd L. Noninvasive screening for risk factors of type 2 diabetes in young, rural, caucasian children. J Sch Nurs. 2010;26(4):301-309. doi:10.1177/1059840510366021. Published August 1, 2010. Accessed October 13, 2017.

American Medical Association. (2007). AMA Manual of Style. New York: Oxford University Press.

American Medial Association. (2017). Brief history of the manual. Retrieved from http://www.amamanualofstyle.com/page/brief-history-of-the-manual

Velázquez, Ashley. (2017, Sept. 5). AMA style. Retrieved from https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/1017/01/

Velázquez, Ashley. (2017, Sept. 5). Print sources. Retrieved from https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/1017/02/

Velázquez, Ashley. (2017, Sept. 5). Electronic sources. Retrieved from https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/1017/03/