FAQS: Reference List in AMA

1. Authors: Rules for citing multiple authors

1. ONE AUTHOR

   Salwachter AR.

2. 2-6 AUTHORS

   Salwachter AR, Freischlag JA, Sawyer RG, Sanfey HA.

3. >6 AUTHORS

   Doe JF, Roe JP III, Coe RT Jr, et al.

4. ONE AUTHOR for OR and A GROUP

   Doe JF; Laser ROP Study Group
   or
   Doe JF; for Laser ROP Study Group
   or
   Doe JF; and Laser ROP Study Group

5. >6 AUTHORS for OR and A GROUP

   Doe JF, Roe JP III, Coe RT Jr, et al; Laser ROP Study Group.
   or
   Doe JF, Roe JP III, Coe RT Jr, et al; for Laser ROP Study Group.
   or
   Doe JF, Roe JP III, Coe RT Jr, et al; and Laser ROP Study Group.

2. Book

Authorname AA, Authorname BB. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher Name; Year of publication.

1. Maciocia G. The Practice of Chinese Medicine: The Treatment of Diseases with Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs. 2^nd ed. Edinbrugh: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier; 2008.

3. Book: Chapter in a book

Authorname AA. Title of chapter. In: Editorname BB, Editorname CC, eds. Title of Book. Edition (if applicable.). Place of Publication: Publisher Name; Year of publication.

1. Maitra A, Kumar V. The lung. In: Kumar V, Abbas AK, Fausto N, Mitchell RD, eds. Robbins Basic Pathology. 8th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders/Elsevier; 2007.

4. Database

In citing data from an online database, include the following elements, if applicable, in the order shown:

Author(s). Title of the database. Publisher’s location (city, state, or, for Canada, city, province, country, or, all others, city, country): publisher’s name; year of publication and/or last update. URL [provide URL and verify that the link still works as close as possible to publication]. Accessed [date].

Additional notes that might be helpful or of interest to the reader (eg, date the site was updated or modified) may also be included.
 

A Specific Drug / Medical Condition Article in a Reference Database:

1. PDQ: NCI’s Comprehensive Cancer Database. Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute; 1996. http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/cancerdatabase. Updated December 18, 2001. Accessed April 29, 2004.
2. Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man, OMIM. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press; 2000. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=OMIM. Accessed December 6, 2005.
3. Natural Standard: Medical Conditions. Somerville, MA: Natural Standard Corporation; [n.d.]. http://ocom.naturalstandard.com/databases/conditions/all/a/. Accessed July 12, 2013.
4. Smith J, Jones M. Name of Cochrane entity. In: The Cochrane Library, Issue 20, 2010. Chichester: Wiley. Accessed September 22, 2013.
5. Amino Acid Therapy. In: Natural Standard: Foods, Herbs & Supplements. Somerville, MA: Natural Standard; [n.d.]. http://ocom.naturalstandard.com/databases/conditions/all/condition-alzheimers.asp. Accessed August 13, 2013.

5. Newspapers & Magazines

Print

1. Gottlieb M. A free-for-all in swapping Medicaid for managed care. New York Times. October 2, 1995:A1, A4.

Online

2. Markoff J. Voluntary rules proposed to help insure privacy for Internet users. New York Times. June 5, 1996. http://www.nytimes.com/library/cyber/week/yo5dat.html. Accessed April 1, 1998.

6. Website

Author, if given. Title of the specific item cited. Name of the web site. URL. Published date. Updated date. Accessed date. (If no title is given, use the name of the organization responsible for the site. Include as much publication information as is available.)

1.  Rainie L. The rise of the e-patient. Pew Research Center Internet and the  American Life Project website. http://www.pewinternet.org/Presentations/2009/40-The-rise-of-the-e-patient.aspx. October 7, 2009. Accessed January 11, 2012.
2. Air pollution and respiratory health. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website http://www.cdc.gov/Environmental/. Updated January 9, 2012. Accessed March 2, 2012