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AMA American Medical Association) Style: Highlights

Document Text:

  • 12 point font size (Courier or Times Roman).
  • Double space all text (including references).
  • Document should be left-justified with an unjustified ("ragged") right margin.

References:
  • Cited works are numbered in order of initial appearance in the text, and appear in the Reference List in numerical order.
  • Authors’ names are inverted, and use only initials for first- and middle- names.
  • Use accepted Index Medicus abbreviations of journal names (see the List of Journals Indexed in Index Medicus).
  • No month or issue # is used unless there is no volume # or if each issue begins with page number one.

In-Text Examples:

Diabetes mellitus is associated with a high risk of foot ulcers.1-3
Several interventions have been successful at increasing compliance.11,14-16
The data of Smith et al18 is further evidence of this effect.

Reference List Examples:

Journal article (1-6 authors):
1.  

Hu P, Reuben DB. Effects of managed care on the length of time that elderly patients spend with physicians during ambulatory visits. Med Care. 2002;40:606-613.
 

Journal article with more than six authors:

2. Geller AC, Venna S, Prout M, et al. Should the skin cancer examination be taught in medical school? Arch Dermatol. 2002;138:1201-1203.
 

Entire Book:

3. McKenzie BC. Medicine and the Internet: Introducing Online Resources and Terminology. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 1997.
 

Book Chapter:

4. Guyton JL, Crockarell JR. Fractures of acetabulum and pelvis. In: Canale ST, ed.Campbell's Operative Orthopaedics. 10th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby, Inc; 2003:2939-2984.
 

Electronic Journal Article:

5. Hu P, Reuben DB. Effects of managed care on the length of time that elderly patients spend with physicians during ambulatory visits. Med Care. 2002;40:606-613 .http://ipsapp003.lwwonline.com/ips/frames/toc.asp?J=2740&I=21. Accessed March 3, 2003.
 

Electronic Book:

6. Rudolph CD, Rudolph AM. Rudolph's Pediatrics. 21st ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Companies; 2002. http://online.statref.com/Document/Document.aspx?DocID=1&StartDoc=1&EndDoc=1882&FxID=13&offset=7&SessionId=A3F279FQVVFXFSXQ . Accessed August 22, 2007.
 

Internet Document:

7. American Cancer Society. Cancer Facts & Figures 2003. http://www.cancer.org/downloads/STT/CAFF2003PWSecured.pdf. Accessed March 3, 2003.
 

Staff of the Health Sciences Library developed this guide to provide basic assistance in applying AMA style. The examples above do not cover every possible type of publication or exception.

For more information, see the American Medical Association Manual of Style 10th Edition on Reserve in the Health Sciences Library, Call # WZ 345 A511 2007.

Questions may be directed to (914) 594-4210 or hsl_nymc@nymc.edu.
M. Ascher, Updated 8/22/07
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