How AMA references look
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AMA citation generator
Find any article, book or chapter and copy it in AMA Manual of Style (11th edition). Free, no sign-up.
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Journal article
Suri T, Jack W. The long-run poverty and gender impacts of mobile money. Science. 2016;354(6317):1288-1292. doi:10.1126/science.aah5309
In-text: 1
Book
Achebe C. Things Fall Apart. Heinemann; 1958.
In-text: 1
Web page
World Health Organization. Malaria. World Health Organization. December 4, 2023. Accessed October 1, 2026. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/malaria
In-text: 1
AMA rules at a glance
- Reference list
- References: numbered in the order of first citation
- In-text citations
- superscript numbers, e.g. ¹, in the order sources are first cited
- Author names
- Surname and initials without full stops or spaces, e.g. Suri T, Jack W
- Many authors
- Seven or more authors: first three followed by “et al”
- Date
- After the journal name: 2016;354(6317):1288-1292
- Titles
- Sentence case; article titles: plain text, sentence case
- Italics
- Journal and book titles
- DOIs and links
- DOI written as “doi:10.1126/…”
Who uses AMA?
AMA is used by medical journals such as JAMA and by many medicine, pharmacy and public-health programmes. The style is published by the American Medical Association; CiteSwap follows the 11th edition (2020).
AMA citation generator: frequently asked questions
How do I cite a journal article in AMA?
Search for the article by title, author or DOI above and copy the formatted reference. For example, the Suri and Jack article in Science becomes: Suri T, Jack W. The long-run poverty and gender impacts of mobile money. Science. 2016;354(6317):1288-1292. doi:10.1126/science.aah5309
How do in-text citations work in AMA?
AMA uses superscript numbers, e.g. ¹, in the order sources are first cited. For the same article: 1.
What is the AMA reference list called?
References. Numbered in the order of first citation.
Which edition of AMA does this generator use?
AMA Manual of Style (11th edition), published by the American Medical Association (11th edition (2020)). CiteSwap formats references with the official Citation Style Language definition of the style.
How do I cite a website in AMA?
Use “Cite manually” under the search box: enter the author or organisation, page title, website name, date and URL. A web page in AMA looks like this: World Health Organization. Malaria. World Health Organization. December 4, 2023. Accessed October 1, 2026. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/malaria
Is this AMA citation generator free?
Yes. There is no sign-up and no limit. Everything runs in your browser, and your references are not stored anywhere.