AMA Citation Style Guide: AMA Examples - Print

**Volume number is only needed if there is more than one volume. Additionally, the Edition number is only needed if it is not the first edition of the book. 

Examples:

1. Drake RL, Vogl W, Mitchell AWM, Gray H. Gray's Anatomy for Students. 4th ed. Elsevier; 2020.
2. Cameron P, Little M, Mitra B, Deasy C, eds. Textbook of Adult Emergency Medicine. 5th ed. Elsevier; 2020.

AMA Manual, Section 3.12.2

Examples:

1. Haybron DM. Philosophy and the science of subjective well-being. In: Eid M, Larsen RJ, eds. The Science of Subjective Well-being. Guilford Press; 2008:17-43.
2. Rudolph KD, Flynn M. Depression in adolescents. In: Gottlib IH, Hammen CL, eds. Handbook of Depression. 3rd ed. Guilford Press; 2014:391-409.

AMA Manual, Section 3.12.10

Examples:

1. Chiang HC, Huang V, Cornelius LA. Cancer and itch. Semin Cutan Med Surg. 2011;30(2):107-112.
2. Nejad AG, Kheradmand A. Five rare psychiatric syndromes co-occurring together. Neurosciences. 2009;14(1):91-3.
3. Voigt C, Grasse P, Rex K, Hetz S, Speakman J. Bat breath reveals metabolic substrate use in free-ranging vampires. J Comp Physiol B. 2008;178(1):9-16.

AMA Manual, Section 3.11

*If a thesis has been published, it should be written in the format of a book. 

Example:

1. Maiti N. Association Between Bullying Behaviors, Health Characteristics, and Injuries Among Adolescents in the United States. Dissertation. Palo Alto University; 2010.

AMA Manual, Section 3.13.4

Examples:

1. Tourne R. Townsville Hospital in poor health: hospital troubles persist. Townsville Bulletin. February 26, 2011:5.

2. Packham B. Australian-made vaccine available 'within months'. The Australian. September 7, 2020:5.

AMA Manual, Section 3.13.1

*If no author is available, start with the entry title. Only include edition and volume information within the citation if it is available. 

Examples:

1. Ceylon cinnamon bark oil. In: British Pharmacopoeia 2013. Vol 5. The Stationery Office; 2012:3659-3660.
2. Carbamazepine tablets. In: The Pharmocopeia of the United States of America. Vol 2. 31st  ed. The United States Pharmocopeial Convention; 2007:1631.

Examples:

1. U.S. Department of Labor. Child Care: A Workforce Issue. Government Printing Office; 1998.
2. National Institute of Public Health. Importance of Blood Donation: Requirements and Restrictions. Published in Spanish. National Institute of Public Health of Mexico; 2015.

AMA Manual, Section 3.13.2

In AMA style your bibliography should be called Reference List.

Within your Reference List, your references should be listed in numerical order (two references should not be combined under a single reference number) as opposed to alphabetically. The numerical order is based on the order in which the sources were first cited in the document.

Do not begin the reference list on a new page, but place it at the end of your document, after a space or a line. It follows any article information or acknowledgments. Put the word "References" in all caps, and in line with the left-hand margin. Format the numbers as per normal numbering style, single spaced.

Online and Electronic

• eBook and Audiobooks
• Chapter in an Edited Book
• Articles in Scholarly Journals 
• Theses and Dissertations
• Websites
• Newspaper Articles
• Blogs
• Tweets and Facebook Updates
• Conference Sessions and Presentations
• Encyclopedia Entries
• Government Reports

Images, Video, and Audio

• Images/Visual Works
• Video
• YouTube or Streaming Video
• Podcasts and Other Audio
• Audiobooks
• Computer Software, Mobile Apps, and Equipment

The authors follow the pattern of Last Name Initials (e.g. Brown JA) and are separated by a comma.

If there are more than six authors, only list the first three names, then shorten with et al. (e.g. Smith AA, Jones BA, Bloggs JC, et al.).

If there are six authors/editors or less, include the names of all authors/editors.

If there are more than six authors/editors, include the first three names, then shorten with et al.

1. Hallal AH, Amortegui JD, Jeroukhimov IM, et al. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography accurately detects common bile duct stones in resolving gallstone pancreatitis. J Am Coll Surg. 2005;200(6):869-75.

Mentioning the authors by name in text

In narrative citations in text, you mention the author's names as part of the sentence. Place the reference number next to the author's names. For example:

Research conducted by Smith⁷ showed a correlation between...

When you have only two authors, you will always mention both authors in the sentence:

Research conducted by Smith and Green⁷ showed a correlation between...

If you have three or more authors, give the first author and et al (note that for AMA you do not put a full stop after al in et al):

Research conducted by Smith et al⁷ showed a correlation between...

No Author

In certain instances, an article may not have an author. Start the reference with the title, in these cases. In other instances, the author may remain anonymous. However, the word “Anonymous” should not be used in a reference unless that word was published in the article’s byline. Note: There is no need to repeat the word “Anonymous” to represent a first name and a surname.

1. Incorrect percentages in the abstract. JAMA Oncol. 2017;3(12):1742. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2017.4368

2. Anonymous. Care can’t get better until complaints are heard. BMJ. 2012;345:e4511. doi:10.1136/bmj.e4511

Corporate Author

If a group or corporation is acting as the author of a work, and there are no individually listed authors, use the name of the group as your author.

1. World Health Organization. WHO Guideline on Use of Ferritin Concentrations to Assess Iron Status in Individuals and Populations. World Health Organization; 2020.