Free AMA Citation Generator
AMA (American Medical Association) style is the standard for medical and health-sciences publications, including JAMA. Our generator follows the 11th edition.
About AMA (11th Edition)
AMA (American Medical Association) style is the standard for medical and health-sciences publications, including JAMA. Our generator follows the 11th edition.
Example AMA citation format
Once you paste a DOI above, you'll see an example formatted in AMA style. The same data can be rendered in APA, MLA, Chicago or Harvard with a single click.
When to use this style — and how to get it right
The AMA citation generator produces references in AMA Manual of Style 11th edition format, the standard for JAMA and many other health-sciences journals. AMA uses superscript numeric in-text citations and a numbered reference list. Our generator abbreviates journal names according to the NLM Catalog, formats author names with initials and no periods, and produces the exact volume(issue):pages format required by AMA.
Use it for AMA reference for a journal article, AMA citation for a book chapter, AMA bibliography for a residency paper, JAMA references generator, AMA 11 reference list for a manuscript submission.
Frequently asked questions
Is this AMA generator free?
Yes. The Citation Generator is free to use. You only need to sign up if you want to save citations into a Project.
Where does the data come from?
We query Crossref, the largest open registry of scholarly DOIs, and render the output through the official Citation Style Language.