American Medical Association Referencing Guide
(updated Mar 2024)


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How to do citations in American Medical Association style?

This is the Citationsy guide to American Medical Association citations, reference lists, in-text citations, and bibliographies.
The complete, comprehensive guide shows you how easy citing any source can be. Referencing books, youtube videos, websites, articles, journals, podcasts, images, videos, or music in American Medical Association.

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How do you cite a book in the American Medical Association referencing style? (2024 Guide)

Books are written works or compositions that have been published, many of which might be in digital version. Here’s how to cite a book in American Medical Association

Here’s an example book citation in American Medical Association using placeholders:
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Last Name FN. Title. Edition. (Editor Last Name EFN, ed.). City: Publisher; 2000.
So if we want to cite, for example, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou we’d do so like this:
American Medical Association citation:
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Angelou M. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 1st ed. New York: Random House; 1969.
And an in-text citation book citation in American Medical Association looks like this: 1


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How to reference a journal article in the American Medical Association citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in American Medical Association format?

Use the following template to cite a journal article using the American Medical Association citation format.

Here’s a American Medical Association journal citation example using placeholders:
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Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF. Title. Container. 2000;Volume(Issue):pages Used. doi:DOI
So if we want to reference this scientific article: “Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?” by C. Petit and J.M. Sieffermann in American Medical Association: