The AMA Manual of Style, 11th edition, is a must-have guide for those seeking to publish research findings and anyone involved in medical, health, or scientific writing and publishing. The manual offers guidance on nuts-and-bolts topics including punctuation, capitalization, and grammar. It also provides recommendations on how to navigate the dilemmas that authors, researchers and their institutions, medical editors and publishers, writers, and members of the news media who cover scientific research confront on a daily basis. Written by an expert committee of JAMA Network editors, this 11th edition thoroughly covers ethical and legal issues, authorship, conflicts of interest, scientific misconduct, and intellectual property, in addition to preparation of articles for publication, style, terminology, measurement, and quantification.
Books
Author AA, Author BB. Title of Book. Edition. Location: Publisher; Year.
E-Books
Author(s). Title of Book. Edition. Location: Publisher; Year. URL. Date Accessed
Journal Articles
Author(s). Article Title. Journal. Year;Vol(Issue):page numbers.
Webpages
Author(s). Page Title. URL. Published date. Date Accessed.
Online Video
Video Title [video online]. Year. URL. Date Accessed.
Podcast
Author(s). Podcast Title. Date. URL. Date Accessed.
Social Media
As new modalities of social media have emerged, a mechanism for citing these different outputs is useful Social media are fluid and temporary, and in scientific reporting, a better citation is likely available. For more information, refer to AMA Style 11th Edition p. 99.
Superscript Arabic numerals are used to cite material in text. The first reference used in the written document is listed as 1 in the reference list. The superscript number ¹ is inserted into the document immediately next to the object being cited. If citing more than one reference at the same point, separate the numbers with commas and no spaces in between. (Refer to the Apache Success Center handouts for more information)
Authors names can be used in text, as long as these mentions are accompanied by numbered citations. Use last names only. For sources with one or two authors, include both names. For items with three or more authors, include the first author's surname and then et al or and colleagues.
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