In 2020 the Journal of the American Medical Association released the 11th edition of the AMA Manual of Style. Updates include patient first inclusive language, updated guidance in legal and ethical issues, and comprehensive updates of references for digital formatting and social media. Please consult your professor if you need assistance with formatting your manuscript. Feel free to contact a librarian for assistance in navigating references and citations in AMA.
The AMA Manual of Style 11th edition is available through Marymount Library as an ebook.
AMA Manual of Style (11th ed.) by The AMA Manual of Style is a must-have resource for anyone involved in medical, health, and scientific publishing. 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.
In AMA style, manuscript citations are used when paraphrasing or summarizing and when directly quoting. Block quotes are used for text that is longer than four lines.
Please see section 3.3 references given in text
The AMA uses a numerical superscript format for citing sources. Number the citations in the order presented in the paper. Superscript numbers are placed after quotation marks, commas and periods.
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