American Medical Association (AMA) Style Quick Guide

T he following is a guide to the 11 th edition of the American Medical Association Citation Style (AMA). Examples are given to illustrate how various types of publications are formatted in the AMA style, including:

• Books
• Journals
• eBooks
• Websites
• Government Reports

These are only a few examples of AMA citation style. Please see the AMA website for more in-depth information.

Who uses AMA Style?

• Typically the publications that use AMA style are ones that exist within healthcare fields such as medicine, public health, nutrition, etc.

General Notes on AMA Style

Things to Remember:

• AMA style utilizes a reference list instead of a bibliography.
  • This means that you only include references that you actually mention or cite in your paper. You connect your citation to the reference list by number.

  

  • References are organized by order of occurrence in the written text, not alphabetically.
    • This means that the first reference used in the document is citation number 1, the second is number 2, etc.