LibGuides: Citation Style & Formatting Guide: AMA Style

Basic AMA Formatting Rules

Source citations should be listed in numerical order as they appear in the text rather than alphabetically by author's name.
Author's names should not include punctuation. (Example - Smith JP)
Single space content with double space between paragraphs.
Check the capitalization and italics for each citation in your references list.

AMA Document Formatting

The following sections of the AMA Manual of Style (10th Ed.) address the following formatting guidelines:

Titles & Subtitles - Section
Running Foot - Section
Tables - Section
Figures - Section
Illustrations/Charts/Graphs - Section
Capitalization - Section

Superscript in Microsoft Word

How to add a superscript in Microsoft Word

AMA Manual of Style (American Medical Association)

AMA MANUAL of STYLE, 11th EDITION by The Jama Network Editors The AMA Manual of Style is a must-have resource for anyone involved in medical, health, and scientific publishing. Written by an expert committee of JAMA Network editors, this latest edition addresses issues that face authors, editors, and publishers in the digital age. Extensive updates areincluded in the References chapter, with examples of how to cite digital publications, preprints, databases, data repositories, podcasts, apps and interactive games, and social media. Full-color examples grace the chapter on data display, with newer types of graphic presentations and updatedguidance on formatting tables and figures. 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. The Usage chapter has been revised to bring the manual up-to-dateon word choice, especially in writing about individuals with diseases or conditions and from various socioeconomic, racial/ethnic, and sexual orientation populations.Specific nomenclature entries in many disciplines are presented to guide users in issues of diction, formatting, and preferred terminology. Guidance on numbers, SI units, and math has been updated, and the section on statistics and study design has undergone a major expansion. In sum, the answer tonearly any issue facing a writer or editor in medicine, health care, and related disciplines can be found in the 11th edition of the AMA Manual of Style.
Call Number: Reference - Citation Style Guides Shelf
ISBN: 9780190246556
Publication Date: 2020-03-02

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References

In-Text Citations

In-text citations are abbreviated citations following an idea or quoted text in your writing.

In-text citations must always correspond to an expanded citation in your references list.

AMA In-text Citations

Basics of AMA In-text Citations:

Quotes - when you use the exact text from another source, this is defined as "quoted text." Quoted text should always be in quotation marks and include an in-text citation using a superscript.
Paraphrase & Summary - when you paraphrase or summarize another author's idea or writing you should give credit to the original source by including an in-text citation using a superscript.
Superscripts - a number corresponding to a source in the reference list indicating the source from which a direct quote or paraphrased idea came from. A superscript number 1 inserted into the document immediately following a fact, concept, or quotation being cited. 1

1. South College Library. AMA Citation Guide: In-text Citations. https://library.south.edu/c.php?g=1025656&p=7430290. Updated April 28, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2020.