What is AMA Citation Style?

AMA (American Medical Association) Citation Style is widely used for writing in the biomedical sciences.

AMA Citation Style uses dot "." as the field end sign and contains the following fields in the same order as listed below:

• Author, or authors separated by comma ",". For each author, list the last name first followed by the first and middle initials without periods. In case of 7 or more authors, list the first 3 authors followed by "et al".
• Article title.
• Journal name, abbreviated and italicized.
• Volume and page numbers in "year;issue(volume):page-page" format. Or preprint posting date.
• DOI or URL, formatted as metadata and without the ending dot ".". An access date field should be added for URL.

Examples for Print Journal:

Serlachius A, Northam E, Frydenberg E, Cameron, F. Adapting a generic coping skills programme for adolescents with type 1 diabetes: a qualitative study. J Health Psychol. 2012;17(3):313-323.

Examples with DOI:

Marreiros HF, Loff C, Calado E. Osteoporosis in paediatric patients with spina bifida. J Spinal Cord Med. 2012;35(1):9-21. doi: 10.1179/2045772311Y.0000000042

Examples for Preprint:

Bloss CS, Wineinger NE, Peters M, et al. A prospective randomized trial examining health care utilization in individuals using multiple smartphone-enabled biosensors. bioRxiv. Preprint posted online October 28, 2015. doi:10.1101/029983

Example for online version with URL:

Shukla H, Meldrum A, Boyd D. Dental and oro-facial features of Foetal Anticonvulsant Syndrome.  N Z Med J. 2023;136(1579):24-35. Accessed August 2, 2024. https://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal-articles/dental-and-oro-facial-features-of-foetal-anticonvulsant-syndrome

For more details, see "AMA Style" guide provided by Purdue University.

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