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Abbreviating Number
Stephen J. Lurie and Margaret A. Winker
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
The word number may be abbreviated No. in the body of tables and line art or in the text when used as a specific designator. Do not use the number sign (#) in place of the abbreviation. The word ...
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Abbreviations
Harriet S. Meyer
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
The following are some common abbreviations from pulmonary function testing; they should always be expanded at first mention:
Abbreviations
Phil B. Fontanarosa and Stacy Christiansen
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Most units of measure are abbreviated when used with numerals or in a virgule construction. Certain units of measure should be spelled out at first mention, with the abbreviated form in parentheses. ...
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Abbreviations
Stacy Christiansen
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Within the body of the table and in column headings, units of measure and numbers normally spelled out may be abbreviated for space considerations (see , Abbreviations, Units of Measure; , Units of ...
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Abbreviations
Roxanne K. Young
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary defines an abbreviation as “a shortened form of a written word or phrase used in place of the whole”3 (eg, Dr for doctor, US for United ...
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Abbreviations
Brenda Gregoline
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
For most all-capital abbreviations, the plural is formed by adding s. Do not use an apostrophe before the s. (See also , Punctuation, Apostrophe, Using Apostrophes to Form Plurals.) Note: When plural ...
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Abbreviations
Bruce McGregor and Harriet S. Meyer
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Include only abbreviations used in the text being indexed (ie, if a text uses only an expanded form, eg, National Institutes of Health, but never the abbreviation, do not include “NIH” in the index). ...
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Abbreviations
Cheryl Iverson
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Avoid the use of abbreviations in the title and subtitle, unless space considerations require an exception (see the first example below) or unless the title or subtitle includes the name of a group ...
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Abstract
Cheryl Iverson
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
In this age of electronic data dissemination and retrieval, in which abstracts are typically indexed and freely available, a well-written abstract has become increasingly important in directing ...
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Abstract and Introduction
Margaret A. Winker and Stephen J. Lurie
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
UPDATE: We will discontinue using quotation marks to identify parts of an article, but retain the capitalization; eg, This is discussed in the Methods section (not the “Methods” section). This change ...
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Abstracts and Other Material Taken From Another Source
Cheryl Iverson
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Several types of published abstracts may be cited: (1) an abstract of a complete article taken from another publication, as in the Abstracts section of JAMA, (2) a rewritten abstract of a published ...
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Academic Degrees, Certifications, and Honors
Roxanne K. Young
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
The following academic degrees are abbreviated in bylines and in the text when used with the full name of a person. (See also , Names and Titles of Persons.) In some circumstances, however, use of ...
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Accent Marks (Diacritics)
Brenda Gregoline
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
An accent mark (diacritic), when added to a letter, indicates a phonetic value different from that of the unmarked letter. English words once spelled with accent marks (eg, cooperate, preeminent) now ...
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Acceptance Date
Cheryl Iverson
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Some journals include the date of the manuscript’s acceptance; others include the date of manuscript submission, the date the revision was received, and the date accepted. Examples are shown below: ...
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Accepted Usage
Stephen J. Lurie and Margaret A. Winker
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Spell out numbers for generally accepted usage, such as idiomatic expressions. One frequently appears in running text without referring to a quantity per se and may appear awkward if expressed as a ...
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Access to Data Requirement
Annette Flanagin
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
For all reports, regardless of funding source, containing original data (research and systematic reviews), at least 1 named author should indicate that she or he “had full access to all of the data ...
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Access to Data Statement
Annette Flanagin
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
UPDATE: The requirement for independent statistical analysis in industry-sponsored or industry-analyzed studies published in JAMA has been discontinued. This change was made July 10, 2013. The ICMJE ...
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Acknowledging Manuscript Receipt
Annette Flanagin
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Journals should send a notice to authors to acknowledge receipt of their manuscripts and provide names and contact information of relevant editorial staff. For journals with Web-based manuscript ...
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Acknowledging Support, Assistance, and Contributions of Those Who Are Not Authors
Annette Flanagin
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
In the Acknowledgment, authors identify important sources of financial and material support and assistance and give credit to all persons who have made substantial contributions to the work but who ...
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Acknowledgment Elements and Order of Elements
Annette Flanagin
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
An example of the Acknowledgment section including all possible elements as it would appear in JAMA or any of the Archives Journals is shown in the Box. In print journals, author affiliations and ...
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