AMA StyleAmerican Medical Association style, or AMA style, refers to the styling of journal manuscripts described in the AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors. Now in its 10th edition, the manual is a comprehensive guide of more than 1000 pages. The 1st edition was published over 40 years ago by the editors of the Journal of the American Medical Association.1 Many biomedical journals, in their instructions for authors, ask that authors use AMA style to prepare the scientific writing style, grammar, punctuation, and references of their manuscripts. These journals and other medical publishers use the style as is or modify it for their publication. Journals often follow, in addition to AMA style, the formatting guidelines in Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals.2 Participating journals agree to accept manuscripts that have been prepared in accordance with these instructions. See Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts for more details about these guidelines. Sample AMA References and CitationsThe examples shown in Tables 1 and 2 will help you visualize AMA reference style and AMA citation style (AMA Manual of Style, 10th ed., 2007). Refer to chapter 3 (pp 39-79) of the AMA manual for details on many other types of references and citations. To compare reference formatting in other styles, please visit the Vancouver style and APA style pages. Table 1. Sample AMA Style References by Publication Type
Abbreviation: AMA, American Medical Association. Table 2. Sample AMA Style Citations
Abbreviation: AMA, American Medical Association. References
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