AMA Citation Generator

An AMA citation is not produced by a punctuation template in this page. Each form becomes a structured CSL-JSON record: authors remain ordered names, publication and access dates remain separate date parts, and a chapter keeps its editor role distinct from its author role. The browser dynamically loads citeproc-js and applies a pinned, community-maintained CSL implementation based on AMA 11. That separation means the open style—not application code—controls initials, sequence numbers, edition labels, date rendering, DOI treatment, and the author-list cutoff.

For example, a journal record with seven authors, title “Remote Monitoring in Primary Care,” journal “Journal of Clinical Examples,” year 2025, volume 12, issue 4, pages 201-209, and a DOI is passed to the CSL processor as data. The pinned style’s et-al-min="7" and et-al-use-first="3" attributes cause the first three names followed by “et al” to appear. Reordering that record in the workspace changes its numeric reference position immediately.

DOI lookup is optional. The same-origin Kalcify function validates one DOI, requests the corresponding Crossref record with an identified polite client, bounds retries and timeouts, and caches successful responses. It returns only editable citation fields; it does not store your reference list. If Crossref returns 404, rate-limits the request, times out, or omits useful metadata, the DOI and manual form remain available. Manual creation and client-side formatting do not depend on Crossref.

AMA is a citation-sequence system: sources receive Arabic numbers in the order they are first cited, and the reference list follows that order. In prose, the numbers are usually superscript. A repeated source uses its existing number instead of becoming a second reference. This workspace therefore treats order as data: Move up and Move down renumber the visible list, copied output, and downloaded text together.

The generator cannot inspect your manuscript, so it cannot determine first mention or detect that two differently entered records represent the same work. It warns when a normalized DOI—or the same title and year—already exists, but lets you confirm an intentional duplicate. Before submission, compare the workspace order with the first appearance of each source in your document and reuse the original superscript number for later mentions.

CSL and CSL-JSON. Citation Style Language separates bibliographic facts from display rules. A structured record can be rendered by a pinned style without scattering fragile punctuation decisions through the interface.

DOI metadata versus correctness. A DOI persistently identifies a work, and Crossref often supplies useful fields, but neither guarantees that every field matches the version or institutional policy you need. Review is part of the citation workflow.

Journal-title abbreviations. Medical reference lists commonly use standardized abbreviations. The generator exposes the journal field instead of maintaining a manual abbreviation catalogue that could become stale.

Writing and study workflow. After assembling sources, use the word counter to inspect a draft, the GPA calculator for course planning, or the ACT score calculator for test-score work. These links lead only to live Kalcify tools.