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Apologies for the formatting problems yesterday. Everything seems OK today (8/14).
@AMAManual It looks like all the character formattingāsuperscripts, subscripts, italicsāand line spacing have disappeared from the online manual (eg, 19.5). Do you know when formatting will be fixed?.
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There is an issue with the search function in the online AMA Manual. It's been reported with urgency to @OUPAcademic. Apologies and thanks for your patience as this gets fixed.
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In that case, we would lowercase. In references we only cap proper nouns.
@AMAManual oh i meant when the guidelines are in the reference list. iāve seen titles in which everything is in sentence case except for Guideline, ie, āESC Guideline for the management. ā so i wondered if i should retain the capital G even in the references list.
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AMA style does not forbid a sentence constructed with respectively (in fact correct usage is shown in chapter 11). However, many of our editors avoid it--it makes more work for the reader to match up items in a series.
@AMAManual What do we prefer regarding "respectively"? Avoid it in sentence structures? "Preakness, Eclipse, and Lexington finished first, second, and fourth, respectively, in the Gold Cup." vs "Preakness finished first, Eclipse second, and Lexington fourth in the Gold Cup.".
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No punctuation: magnetic resonance imaging proton density fat fraction. See in use here:
Punctuation for MRI-PDFF when spelled out?. #amediting @AMAManual.
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It appears with other databases in chapter 3.15.8
@AMAManual, format for ref:. The format:. Title in sentence case. identifier: NCTxxxxxxxxxxx. [Updated date. Accessed date.] URL. Have you changed the format? I canāt find it in the online manual.
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Hi see the glossary entry:.least-squares method: method of estimation, particularly in regression analysis, that minimizes the sum of the differences between the observed responses and the values predicted by a model.
@AMAManual Hi! Is the correct term āleast square meanā or āleast squares meanā? And what if mean is plural? Thank you.
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RT @editmaedn: @AMAManual Hi! Is the correct term āleast square meanā or āleast squares meanā? And what if mean is plural? Thank you.
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In JAMA Network journals we tend to avoid this, as you note it's redundant and cluttering.
@AMAManual Is it ever OK to label the bars in a chart with the actual number? It seems redundant to me, and adds to chart clutter.
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It is! In chapter 19.1.4: "Inappropriate hedge terms, such as marginal significance or trend toward significance, for results that are not statistically significant should not be used.".
@AMAManual JAMANetwork Instructions for Authors state: āDo not use inappropriate hedge terms such as marginal significance or trend toward significance for results that are not statistically significant.ā.Is this issue also addressed in AMA Style 11th ed?.
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RT @elm_comm: @AMAManual JAMANetwork Instructions for Authors state: āDo not use inappropriate hedge terms such as marginal significance orā¦.
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It's probably sufficient to give the proprietary name of a database. For example, just PubMed is sufficient; it doesn't need to include (National Library of Medicine) as a qualifier.
Hi @AMAManual.should the properietary name of the databases be given in-text like softwares?.i.e., āWeb of Scienceās SCIE (Clarivate)ā or is just āWeb of Scienceās SCIEā suffice?.
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Fee-for-service can be used lowercase when talking about payment models in general, and it can be capped or lowercase when talking about the Medicare model in particular.
@AMAManual Would you capitalize "Fee-for-Service" if referring specifically to the Medicare plans? It's capitalized on the CMS website, but lowercase is used in several JAMA articles I looked at.
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Sure, you can introduce any abbreviation you like. But is it necessary? Reader friendly? Context appropriate? Most people know what NICU is, so for clarity "NICU admission rate" might be preferred. Weigh carefully space or keystroke economy against comprehension.
@AMAManual Kindly reply.
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If youāre eating candy, itās ā3 Musketeers.ā If youāre reading about the friends of dāArtagnan, itās The Three Musketeers. Those following AMA Manual would fall on the candy side of the divide between using numerals and words. Read more at
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Timothy Gray, PhD, JAMA Network Getty Images If youāre eating candy, itās ā3 Musketeers.ā If youāre reading about the friends of dāArtagnan, itās The Three Muskeā¦
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Can JAMA Network authors use generative artificial intelligence to create content? See the answer on the AMA Style Insider blog:
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Shoutout to AMA Manual coauthor Connie Manno (shown here, center, with some of her JAMA Network dept, including several AMA Manual committee members). Connie is retiring, and we are so grateful for her incredible contributions to the Manual, and JAMA Network, over the years.
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We are able to update the online manual regularly (eg, adding COVID-19 after the hard copy came out). It enables important revisions (eg, inclusive language) and the ability to fix things.
@AMAManual Well. dang . Thanks!.
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