AMA Manual of Style

AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors is the style guide of the American Medical Association. It is written by the editors of JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) and the JAMA Network journals and is most recently published by Oxford University Press.^[1] It specifies the writing, editing, and citation styles for use in the journals published by the American Medical Association.

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GenreStyle guide

PublisherUniversity of Oxford Press

Publication date

1962–2020

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AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors

Cover of the 11th edition (2020)
Language	English
Genre	Style guide
Publisher	University of Oxford Press
Publication date	1962–2020
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print
Pages	1,256 (11th edition)
ISBN	978-0-19-024655-6
LC Class	R119 .A533 2020
Website	https://amamanualofstyle.com

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The manual was first published in 1962, and its current edition, the 11th, was released in 2020.^[2] It covers a range of topics for authors and editors in medicine and related health fields. The online edition also has regular updates. Style points that have changed since the last edition or new guidance such as how to present new terms like COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 or address race and ethnicity in science publication.^[3]

AMA style is widely used, either entirely or with modifications, by many other scientific journals (including medical, nursing, and other healthcare journals), in many textbooks, and in academia (for papers written in classes). Along with APA style and CSE style, it is one of the major style regimes for such work. Many publications have small local style guides that cascade over AMA, APA, or CSE style.^{[citation needed]}