Elements to include and formatting
Author(s). Article title. Abbreviated Journal Name. Year;volume(issue):pages. doi: (no period after the DOI)
Example
- Fischer MA, Stedman MS, Lii J, et al. Primary medication non-adherence: analysis of 195,930 electronic prescriptions. J Gen Intern Med. 2010;25(4):284–290. doi:10.1007/s11606-010-1253-9
- van der Kam S, Roll S, Swarthout T, et al. Effect of short-term supplementation with ready-to-use therapeutic food or micronutrients for children after illness for prevention of malnutrition: a randomised controlled trial in Uganda. PLoS Med.2016;13(2):e1001951. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001951
Tips
- When the DOI is given for a journal article, AMA style prefers that the DOI is cited instead of the URL. Do not cite both.
- Authors. For 1-6 authors include all names. More than 6 authors, include first three names followed by ,et al.
- Journals may not always include vol/issue/page numbering, and/or may include an article number in place of these details. Include the details you have in this area.
- Abbreviated journal name is in italics.
- Journal abbreviations. AMA employs journal abbreviations as set by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Journals referenced in the NCBI Databases.
- Alternatively:
- Use PubMed or OVID Medline to locate the appropriate abbreviation.
- Check the abbreviation from your reference management program.