AMA 11th edition is an author-number system of citation.
The American Medical Association (AMA) style was originally referred to as the Vancouver because the founding group had their first meeting in Vancouver, Canada. This style is commonly used in medical and health sciences publications.
This guide is based on the book AMA manual of style 11th edition by JAMA Network.
Key features of the style are:
The in-text citation is a superscript number.
References are listed in numerical order; the order is according to the order cited in-text.
Only the first 6 authors are listed in full in the reference list.
Journal Titles are abbreviated and use the format of the National Library of Medicine Catalogue.
Refer to the section called Referencing Elements for more information on in- text citations and the reference list.
This guide is divided into broad resource types, each section is then divided into more specific sections.
Go to the different sections to find examples for specific resource types.
Referencing Elements: In-text citations, Reference list, Author formats, DOI.
Books: Books, Chapter in edited book, Dictionaries/Encyclopedia,
Health Sources: ClinicalKey, Cochrane Review, eMIMSelite.
Web sites: Web pages, Document on a web site, Videos on a web site.
Journals
Connect/Lecture notes
Images