Question

How should a reference list be organized, according to AMA style?

References are listed in the order they appear in the paper.

References are alphabetical.

References are organized by date.

References are listed by order of most-used source to least-used source.

Answer 1

References are listed in the order they appear in the paper. In AMA style, sources are numbered sequentially as first cited and the reference list follows that same numeric order.