NYT Style is a journalism convention while AMA Style governs medical publishing. Both are title case styles but AMA lowercases more words than NYT Style.
NYT Style capitalizes all major words including most prepositions, lowercasing only articles and coordinating conjunctions. It produces headlines with more capitals than AP Style.
NYT Style suits publications that model their editorial standards after prestige American newspapers. It works well as a middle ground between AP Style and full title case.
Open NYT Style converterAMA Style capitalizes major words while lowercasing articles, coordinating conjunctions, and short prepositions. It governs journals published by the American Medical Association, including JAMA.
AMA Style is required for submissions to major medical journals and most clinical research publications. Medical writers and clinical researchers are expected to follow it.
Open AMA Style converterNYT Style suits publications that model their editorial standards after prestige American newspapers. It works well as a middle ground between AP Style and full title case.
Only articles and coordinating conjunctions are consistently lowercased. Prepositions are generally capitalized, unlike in AP Style.
AMA Style is required for submissions to major medical journals and most clinical research publications. Medical writers and clinical researchers are expected to follow it.
Prepositions of three letters or fewer are lowercased. Proper nouns, brand names, and drug names follow their standard capitalization throughout.
Choose NYT Style for news publications and journalism.
Choose AMA Style for medical journals and clinical publications.
NYT Style and AMA Style have different audiences and contexts, so choosing between them is usually determined by the publication rather than the writer.