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StatPearls AMA Citation with Chapter Authors and Update Dates
Build an AMA reference from a real StatPearls chapter, with a field comparison showing which author names and dates belong in the finished entry.
A StatPearls AMA citation starts with the authors of the chapter you read. Follow the chapter title with StatPearls, its publisher and collection year, then the chapter's update date, your access date, and its URL. We opened the Evidence-Based Medicine chapter on NCBI Bookshelf and checked its record against Oxford's online chapter example and published AMA journal references. Here is how to turn those fields into a reference you can check before submitting.
Open the specific StatPearls chapter
Open the chapter itself and read the byline below its title. For Evidence-Based Medicine, the record checked on October 15, 2026 lists Daniel Keyes and Matthew A. Varacallo. In the reference, these become Keyes D, Varacallo MA. Keep their order, and credit the chapter authors when citing its content. NCBI Bookshelf is the host platform.
Expand Show details near the StatPearls heading to find the collection's publication information. Open Cite this Page to compare the suggested citation with the byline. That comparison matters when a reference copied from an older paper points to a chapter that has since changed.
Save the chapter URL with your notes. The collection homepage leaves your reader searching for the passage. For a different StatPearls chapter, repeat the check on that chapter's page rather than reusing this example's authors or dates.
Separate chapter updates from collection dates
Keep three dates in separate notes. Last Update belongs to the individual chapter. The year beside StatPearls Publishing belongs to the collection record. Your access date records when you consulted the online chapter. A collection year alone cannot tell your reader when the chapter was revised.
In our checked record, Last Update is July 5, 2026, while the collection line shows 2026 Jan-. The draft below uses 2026 after the publisher and writes the chapter date separately as Updated July 5, 2026. Use the collection year displayed with the version you consulted, and keep its full source wording in your notes.
The example's access date is October 15, 2026. Replace it with your own reading date. If the chapter changes while you are revising a paper, check whether its content still supports your sentence before updating the reference.
Compare the source record with the AMA draft
This field comparison keeps the source metadata beside the editing decision. The chapter's suggested citation identifies itself as NLM format. Its factual fields are useful even when your assignment requires AMA punctuation and structure.
| Field | NCBI record | AMA draft treatment |
|---|---|---|
| Chapter authors | Daniel Keyes; Matthew A. Varacallo | Keyes D, Varacallo MA. |
| Chapter title | Evidence-Based Medicine | Evidence-based medicine. Keep in regular type. |
| Collection | StatPearls [Internet] | StatPearls in italics after In. |
| Publication details | Treasure Island (FL); StatPearls Publishing; 2026 Jan-. | StatPearls Publishing; 2026. Omit the publisher's location. |
| Chapter revision | July 5, 2026 | Updated July 5, 2026. |
| Access | Reader records this date | Accessed October 15, 2026 for this example. |
| Chapter link | Bookshelf ID NBK470182 | Use the URL for this chapter. |
Manually checked StatPearls citation AMA example
Keyes D, Varacallo MA. Evidence-based medicine. In: StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing; 2026. Updated July 5, 2026. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/books/NBK470182/
An AMA-style adaptation of the record checked on this date. Add the reference number required by its first appearance in your paper.
Review the suggested citation before adapting it
Oxford's public guide demonstrates an online chapter reference with chapter authors, a chapter title, the containing book, publication details, an access date, and a chapter URL. For StatPearls, retain that chapter-within-book relationship. The reference above removes NLM's Internet label and publication location, uses sentence-style capitalization for the chapter title, and italicizes the book title.
Published AMA practice provides a useful cross-check. Reference 16 in David Marcus's December 2023 AMA Journal of Ethics commentary cites a StatPearls chapter with its authors, title, containing book, publisher, year, access date, and URL. That is a published example; your target journal can have additional instructions.
A separate April 2021 Journal of Ethics reference includes both a publication year and an Updated date for a StatPearls chapter. The worked reference follows that approach by giving the chapter revision its own Updated statement. Check current source metadata for your own entry, and follow your instructor's or journal's requested treatment of updates.
Verify authors, publisher, and the chapter URL
Use StatPearls Publishing as the publisher shown in the collection details. Do not infer a book editor from an affiliation, a reviewer, or the NCBI site header. Our checked chapter citation supplies no named book editors, so the draft adds none.
The Bookshelf ID helps you confirm the chapter identity. Keep it in your source notes without turning it into a volume or page number. Avoid adding a page range taken from your browser's print preview. Keep the chapter link, which lets readers locate the online text directly.
Check what the generator can retain
AMA Cite's Book Chapter form has fields for chapter authors, book editors, publisher, year, and pages. It currently lacks online URL, update-date, and access-date fields. Its Database Entry form accepts a publisher and update date but has no separate collection-year field or chapter-within-book structure.
Use the tool for the fields it supports, then finish the StatPearls reference manually against the checked example. Remove any missing-editor or page placeholders before submission. Number the finished reference in the order you first cite it in your paper, and reuse that number when citing the same chapter again.