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AMA Manual of Style (10th ed.) : A Guide for Authors and Editors

AMA Manual of Style Committee

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Print Publication Date:
Mar 2007
Print ISBN-13:
9780195176339
Published to AMA Manual of Style:
Apr 2009
DOI:
10.1093/jama/9780195176339.001.0001
© American Medical Association
Contents

Other Material Without Named Author(s) or With Named Authors and a Group Name

Chapter:
References
Author(s):

Cheryl Iverson,

Stacy Christiansen,

Annette Flanagin,

Phil B. Fontanarosa,

Richard M. Glass,

Brenda Gregoline,

Stephen J. Lurie,

Harriet S. Meyer,

Margaret A. Winker,

Roxanne K. Young

3.11.11 Other Material Without Named Author(s) or With Named Authors and a Group Name

Reference may be made to material that has no named author or is prepared by a committee or other group. The following forms are used:

  1. 1. Ferguson JJ, Califf RM, Antman EM, et al; SYNERGY Trial Investigators. Enoxaparin vs unfractionated heparin in high-risk patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes managed with an intended early invasive strategy: primary results of the SYNERGY randomized trial. JAMA.2004;292(1):45-54.

  2. 2. Eye Diseases Prevalence Research Group. Prevalence of age-related macular degeneration in the United States. Arch Ophthalmol. 2004;122(4):564-572.

  3. 3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Prevalence of receiving multiple preventive-care services among adults with diabetes—United States, 2002–2004. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2005;54(44):1130-1133.

References may also have bylines containing the names of individuals and the name of a group or several groups.

  1. 4. Hennis A, Wu S-Y, Nemesure B, Leske MC; Barbados Eye Studies Group. Risk factors for incident cortical and posterior subcapsular lens opacities in the Barbados Eye Studies. Arch Ophthalmol. 2004;122(4):525-530.

  2. 5. Taylor Z, Nolan CM, Blumberg HM; American Thoracic Society; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Infectious Diseases Society of America. Controlling tuberculosis in the United States: recommendations from the American Thoracic Society, CDC, and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2005;54(RR-12):1-81.

In examples 4 and 5 above, a semicolon, not a comma, precedes the group name in the author field and no articles (eg, the) are included with the group names.