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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

Method of Citation

Chapter:
References
Author(s):

Cheryl Iverson

3.16.1 Method of Citation

A legal reference may be included in the reference list in full, with a numbered citation in the text, or it may be included in the text parenthetically and not included in the reference list. In scholarly articles, a full citation in the reference list is preferred, but in a news article or book review, for example, a parenthetical citation in the text might be adequate.

Full Citation

In a leading decision on informed consent,1 the California Supreme Court stated ….

In the case of Cobbs v Grant1 ….

This reference would then appear in the reference list as follows:

1. Cobbs v Grant, 502 P2d1 (Cal 1972).

Parenthetical In-Text Citation

In a leading decision on informed consent (Cobbs v Grant,502 P2d 1 [Cal 1972]), the California Supreme Court stated ….

In the case of Cobbs v Grant (502 P2d 1 [Cal 1972]) ….