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AMA citation generator (11th edition)

AMA style, from the American Medical Association, is used in medicine, nursing and public health. Sources are numbered in the order you cite them. WriteOrbit numbers and formats them as you write.

Your list

Sources you add appear here, formatted in your style.

Your list stays in this browser. Copy keeps italics when you paste into Word or Google Docs. Check every citation against the source.

AMA example

The 1953 paper in which Watson and Crick described the structure of DNA (DOI 10.1038/171737a0), cited in AMA.

In the text

Superscript number
…the double helix was proposed in 1953.¹

References

1. Watson JD, Crick FHC. Molecular structure of nucleic acids: a structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid. Nature. 1953;171(4356):737-738. doi:10.1038/171737a0

AMA format for common sources

Journal article
Last AA, Last BB. Title of the article. Abbreviated Journal Name. Year;Volume(Issue):pages. doi:xxxx
Book
Last AA. Title of the Book. Edition. Publisher; Year.
Web page
Last AA. Title of the page. Website Name. Published Month Day, Year. Accessed Month Day, Year. URL

Main AMA rules

  • Number sources in the order they are first cited, with superscript numbers in the text.
  • Give authors’ surnames and initials without full stops. List up to six authors; for more, list three and “et al.”
  • Abbreviate journal names as in the NLM catalogue, in italics.
  • Write page ranges in full (737-738) and give the DOI as “doi:” with no space.

Your course, publisher or university may change these rules. When they differ, follow them.

How to use it

  1. Find the source

    Paste a DOI or search by title, or enter a website, book or other source by hand.

  2. Pick a style

    APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, AMA, IEEE or any of over 10,000 styles.

  3. Copy

    Copy the reference and the in-text citation. Add more sources to build a list.

Good to know

  • A citation is only as good as its record. Check names, dates and capitalisation for unusual sources.
  • Your list stays in this browser. Sign in to keep references with your documents.

Questions

More in the help center.

Where does the superscript go?

After commas and full stops, before colons and semicolons.

If I cite a source twice, does it get a new number?

No. Reuse its first number. WriteOrbit numbers and renumbers automatically when you move text.

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