2. AMA Style
⢠Used in many medical publications
â Including Physical Therapy, the journal of the
American Physical Therapy Association
⢠Required for all submissions in Misericordia
DPT program
3. Within Text
⢠Cited works are numbered in order of initial
appearance in the text.
⢠Use arabic superscript numerals outside
periods and commas, and inside colons and
semicolons.
⢠Example: The sky is blue.1 The earth is round,2
but we wonât fall off.3
4. Within Text (continued)
⢠If a citation is repeated, use the number of the
original citation when it is repeated in the
text.
5. Reference List
⢠Cited references appear in the Reference List
in numerical order.
⢠Example:
1. Pheasant
2. Barker
3. Pascal
6. Reference List (contd)
⢠Authorsâ names are inverted, and use only
initials for first and middle names. No periods
between initials.
⢠Example:
1. Barker SP
2. Pascal MR
7. Reference List (contd)
⢠In article titles only the first word and proper
nouns and abbreviations that are ordinarily
capitalized are capitalized.
⢠Example: Differences between the family-
centered âCOPCAâ program and traditional
infant physical therapy based on
neurodevelopmental treatment principles
8. Reference List (contd)
⢠Use accepted Index Medicus abbreviations of
journal names.
⢠To find journal name abbreviations, go to
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/jour
nals
⢠Enter the name of the journal in the search
box.
10. Finding Journal Abbreviations
⢠Click âSearchâ to obtain complete journal
listing, including abbreviation.
⢠A list of abbreviations for core clinical journals
list is found as an appendix to AMA Stat (.pdf
file)
12. Reference List (contd)
⢠For journals use issue numbers in parentheses
after the volume number. If there is no issue
number specify month before the year.
⢠Example: Masley PM, Havrilko C-
L, Mahnensmith MR, et al. Physical therapist
practice in the acute care setting: a qualitative
study. Phys Ther. 2011;91(8):906-919.
13. Referencing Books & Chapters
⢠Entire Book:
â McKenzie BC. Medicine and the Internet:
Introducing Online Resources and Terminology.
2nd ed. New York, NY: Oxford University Press;
1997.
⢠Book Chapter:
â Guyton JL, Crockarell JR. Fractures of acetabulum
and pelvis. In: Canale ST, ed.Campbell's Operative
Orthopaedics. 10th ed. Philadelphia, PA:
Mosby, Inc; 2003:2939-2984.
14. Other References
⢠Refer to AMA Stat (.pdf file) or the AMA
Manual of Style for instructions as to citing
other types of references:
â Newspapers & magazines
â Monographs & proceedings
â Web pages & electronic resources
â Personal communication
⢠Check Physical Therapy or other journals that
use AMA style for further examples.