AMA Manual of Style
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Author Description
The AMA Manual of Style, 11th edition, is a must-have guide for those seeking to publish research findings and anyone involved in medical, health, or scientific writing and publishing. The manual offers guidance on nuts-and-bolts topics including punctuation, capitalization, and grammar. It also provides guidance on how to navigate the dilemmas that authors, researchers and their institutions, medical editors and publishers, writers, and members of the news media who cover scientific research confront on a daily basis. Written by an expert committee of JAMA Network editors, this 11th edition thoroughly covers ethical and legal issues, authorship, conflicts of interest, scientific misconduct, and intellectual property, in addition to preparation of articles for publication, style, terminology, measurement, and quantification
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THE THESIS
This manual serves as the definitive standard for medical, health, and scientific publishing, addressing the core question of how to maintain consistency, accuracy, and ethical integrity in scholarly communication. The text is compiled by an expert committee of editors from the JAMA Network, drawing upon decades of editorial experience to provide a rigorous framework for manuscript preparation, ethical compliance, and technical precision in scientific documentation.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- Comprehensive rules for grammar, punctuation, and capitalization in scientific contexts
- Guidelines for ethical and legal issues including authorship, conflicts of interest, and scientific misconduct
- Standards for terminology, measurement, and quantification in medical research
- Procedures for navigating intellectual property and publishing dilemmas
Scope Limits
- Does not provide general creative writing instruction or non-scientific editorial advice
- Does not cover non-medical academic citation styles outside the scope of the AMA standard
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Experts and academic institutions recognize this manual as the foundational authority for medical and scientific publishing. Readers frequently note the high density of the prose and the exhaustive nature of the guidelines, which are intended for professional use by researchers, editors, and students.
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Publication Date:
2019-01-01
ISBN-10:
0190246588
ISBN-13:
9780190246587
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