AMA Manual of Style A Guide for Authors and Editors

by JAMA Network® Editors

• ISBN13: 9780195176339
• ISBN10: 0195176332
• Edition: 10th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-03-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

For decades indispensable, the AMA Manual of Style continues to provide editorial support to the medical and scientific publishing community. Since the 1998 publication of the 9th edition, however, the world of medical publishing has rapidly modernized, and the intersection of research and publishing has become ever more complex. The 10th edition of the AMA Manual of Style, published in early 2007, brings this definitive manual into the 21st century with a broadened international perspective. In doing so, the 10th edition has expanded its electronic guidelines, with the understanding that authors now routinely submit articles through online systems and often cite Web-only content. Ethical and legal issues receive increased attention, with detailed guidelines on authorship, conflicts of interest, scientific misconduct, intellectual property, and the protection of individuals' rights in scientific research and publication. The new edition examines research ethics and editorial independence and features new material on indexing and searching as well as medical nomenclature. JAMA and the Archives Journals, one of the most groups of medical publications in the world, have lent members of their expert staff of professional journal editors to the committee that has produced this edition. Extensively peer-reviewed, the 10th edition provides a welcome and improved standard for the growing international medical community. More than a style manual, this 10th edition offers invaluable guidance on how to navigate the dilemmas that authors and researchers and their institutions, medical editors and publishers, and members of the news media who cover scientific research confront in a society that has thrust these issues center stage.

Author Biography

JAMA and the Archives Journals, one of the most respected groups of medical publications in the world, have lent members of their expert staff of professional journal editors to the committee that has produced this edition.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. v
Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Preparing an Article for Publication
Types of Articles	p. 3
Manuscript Preparation	p. 7
References	p. 39
Visual Presentation of Data	p. 81
Ethical and Legal Considerations	p. 125
Editorial Assessment and Processing	p. 301
Style
Grammar	p. 315
Punctuation	p. 333
Plurals	p. 367
Capitalization	p. 371
Correct and Preferred Usage	p. 381
Non-English Words, Phrases, and Accent Marks	p. 421
Medical Indexes	p. 425
Terminology
Abbreviations	p. 441
Nomenclature	p. 529
Eponyms	p. 777
Greek Letters	p. 781
Measurement and Quantitation
Units of Measure	p. 787
Numbers and Percentages	p. 821
Study Design and Statistics	p. 835
Mathematical Composition	p. 907
Technical Information
Typography	p. 917
Manuscript Editing and Proofreading	p. 929
Glossary of Publishing Terms	p. 935
Resources	p. 967
Index	p. 977
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