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Free AMA Citation Generator

AMA 11th edition references from a DOI, PubMed link or raw source details — numbered reference entry and superscript in-text citation, correctly abbreviated.

AMA Citation Generator editor

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Why use this ama citation generator?

AMA 11th edition

The current edition, including its rules for author lists, journal abbreviation and the placement of DOIs.

Journal abbreviations

AMA wants NLM-style abbreviated journal titles, which is where most hand-written AMA references go wrong. Those come out right here.

Numbered, not author-date

AMA cites by superscript numeral in order of appearance. You get the reference entry and the superscript form together.

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How to use the ama citation generator

  1. Paste the source

    A DOI or PubMed URL is ideal; raw details work too — authors, article title, journal, year, volume, pages.

  2. Pick the source type

    Journal article, book or chapter, or website — AMA formats each differently.

  3. Copy the reference

    Number your references in order of first appearance, and use the superscript numeral in the text.

About this ama citation generator

AMA style is what medicine writes in. Defined by the AMA Manual of Style, now in its 11th edition, it is the required format across most biomedical journals, medical schools and nursing programmes — and it works differently from the styles students usually learn first. References are numbered in order of first appearance and cited with a superscript numeral, not an author-date parenthetical.

This free AMA citation generator takes a DOI, a PubMed link or raw source details and returns the numbered reference entry alongside the superscript in-text form. It handles the parts people reliably get wrong: NLM journal abbreviations, surname-plus-initials author names with no periods, and the six-author cutoff before 'et al'.

Journal articles, books, book chapters and websites each have their own AMA pattern, so pick the source type before generating. Nothing is fabricated — missing details come back flagged rather than invented, which matters more in a literature review than anywhere else.

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