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AMA citation generator

Paste DOIs, PubMed IDs or a reference list and get them in AMA 11th edition, the style of JAMA and many clinical journals. Journal names use the NLM abbreviation from PubMed, and the examples below are the style’s own, produced by this tool.

Free · no signup · works instantly. References are looked up, then formatted in your browser; nothing you paste is stored.

Style

The rules this generator applies

  • Authors: surname and initials without periods. List all authors when there are six or fewer; with seven or more, list the first three, then "et al".
  • Journal: the NLM abbreviation in italics, then year;volume(issue):pages, with the page range written out in full (1772-1778).
  • DOI: last, as "doi:10.xxxx" with no closing period.
  • Books: AMA 11 drops the place of publication; give the publisher and year.
  • Numbered in the order cited, so the list keeps the order you paste.

Examples from the style guide

Each example is the guide's own reference, entered as data and produced by this generator.

Journal article, six authors (JAMA 2014;312(17):1772-1778, as JAMA cites it)
Youngster I, Russell GH, Pindar C, Ziv-Baran T, Sauk J, Hohmann EL. Oral, capsulized, frozen fecal microbiota transplantation for relapsing Clostridium difficile infection. JAMA. 2014;312(17):1772-1778. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.13875
Journal article, seven or more authors (ICMJE sample reference)
Rose ME, Huerbin MB, Melick J, et al. Regulation of interstitial excitatory amino acid concentrations after cortical contusion injury. Brain Res. 2002;935(1-2):40-46.
Book (ICMJE sample reference)
Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Pfaller MA. Medical microbiology. 4th ed. Mosby; 2002.
Chapter in an edited book (ICMJE sample reference)
Meltzer PS, Kallioniemi A, Trent JM. Chromosome alterations in human solid tumors. In: Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW, eds. The genetic basis of human cancer. McGraw-Hill; 2002:93-113.

Journals that change the style

  • JAMA: AMA style is JAMA’s own house style; our guide covers the rest of a JAMA submission.
  • NEJM: Same author rule as AMA, but no italics, no issue number and a shortened end page.

Other styles: Vancouver reference generator, IEEE citation generator, Nature reference style generator, APA citation generator, Harvard referencing generator, Chicago citation generator. All seven styles are on the Reference Formatter. Checking a list you have not verified? The free Reference Checker finds retracted papers and invented citations.

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Paste references

DOIs, PubMed IDs, a plain-text list, BibTeX, RIS or CSL-JSON, up to 100 at a time.

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Check the style

The style is already set; switch to any of the seven styles if your journal asks for another.

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Copy or download

Copy with italics and bold kept, or download Word (.rtf), plain text, BibTeX or RIS.

What this tool does not do

  • • It does not hold journal-specific variants of the style; the journal notes below list the ones we know, and your target journal’s instructions have the rest.
  • • Article titles keep the source record’s capitalisation; it does not convert to sentence or title case.
  • • A plain-text reference is matched to a Crossref record by title and author. A reference with no confident match is listed, not guessed.
  • • It does not check whether a reference is retracted or supports your claim. The Reference Checker and Citation Claim Checker do that.

Frequently asked questions

How many authors does AMA style list before et al?

All authors when there are six or fewer. With seven or more, list the first three and then "et al". The generator applies this rule automatically.

Does AMA use journal abbreviations?

Yes. AMA uses the NLM (MEDLINE) abbreviation, in italics. The generator takes it from PubMed or the NLM Catalog; a journal the NLM Catalog does not list keeps the abbreviation or title from its source record.

Is this AMA 10th or 11th edition?

AMA Manual of Style, 11th edition. For most reference lists the visible change from the 10th edition is that books no longer give the place of publication.

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