AMA MANUAL OF STYLE

The AMA Manual of Style is a must have resource for anyone involved in medical health and scientific publishing Written by an expert committee of JAMA Network editors this latest edition addresses issues that face authors editors and publishers in the digital age Extensive updates are included in the References chapter with examples of how to cite digital publications preprints databases data repositories podcasts apps and interactive games and social media Full color examples grace the chapter on data display with newer types of graphic presentations and updated guidance on formatting tables and figures The manual thoroughly covers ethical and legal issues such as authorship conflicts of interest scientific misconduct intellectual property open access and public access and corrections The Usage chapter has been revised to bring the manual up to date on word choice especially in writing about individuals with diseases or conditions and from various socioeconomic racial ethnic and sexual orientation populations Specific nomenclature entries in many disciplines are presented to guide users in issues of diction formatting and preferred terminology Guidance on numbers SI units and math has been updated and the section on statistics and stud