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AMA Manual of Style (10th edition 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

Retractions

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

3.11.14 Retractions

If the reference citation is to an article that has since been retracted, or to the retraction notice itself, use the appropriate example below. Uniform Requirements notes, “Ideally, the first author should be the same in the retraction as in the article, although under certain circumstances the editor may accept retractions by other responsible persons.”5 (See also 5.4.4, Ethical and Legal Considerations, Scientific Misconduct, Editorial Policy and Procedures for Detecting and Handling Allegations of Scientific Misconduct.)

Citing the retraction:

  1. 1. Duckmanton L, Tellier R, Richardson C, Petric M. Notice of retraction of “The novel hemagglutinin-esterase genes of human torovirus and Breda virus” [retraction of: Duckmanton L, Tellier R, Richardson C, Petric M. In: Virus Res. 1999;64(2):137-149]. Virus Res. 2001;81(1-2):167.

Citing the article retracted:

  1. 2. Duckmanton L, Tellier R, Richardson C, Petric M. The novel hemagglutinin-esterase genes of human torovirus and Breda virus [retracted in: Virus Res. 2001:81(1-2):167]. Virus Res. 1999;64(2):137-149.