AMA Citation Guide: Reference List

This nifty tool will generate AMA citations from PMIDs, DOIs, and URLs.

Pretty slick, but be sure to double check the citation for accuracy!

Authors & Editors:

• Last name then first and middle initials (e.g., Porter CL)
• Seven or more authors, list first three authors, then put “et al" (e.g., Smith RL, Brown CB, Williams AZ, et al.)
• If the author(s) represent a group, add the group name after the authors (e.g., Almond D, Currie J, Herrmann M, National Bureau of Economic Research.)

Article Titles:

• Titles of articles, chapters, web pages, and entries in reference works are set in sentence caps
• Without quotation marks or italics
• e.g., Maximizing children’s health: screening, anticipatory guidance, and counseling.

Book Titles:

• Titles of books, volumes, reference works, reports & bulletins, theses & dissertations are formatted in heading caps
• Set in italics
• e.g., Migraine: Manifestations, Pathogenesis, and Management.

City, State:

• Include the 2-letter abbreviation for the state with all US cities and Canadian provinces (e.g., Roanoke, VA:)
  
• Add the country with all other cites (e.g., Paris, France:)
  
• Do not list the state if it is part of the publisher's name

URL:

• Always use the link to the reference that will take the reader directly to the source
  
• Do not shorten the link, but use the entire string (e.g., http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM187501070920102. Not http://www.nejm.org)