Citing and referencing: Images, graphs, tables, figures & data sets

When including tables and figures in-text, you can:

• create them from your own data or research
• create them using data or research from another source, or
• include an exact figure, table, image, or graph in your work from another source.

Label your table or figure and give it a meaningful title. Refer to it in your closely preceding text. 

Example: The table below was created with original data, no acknowledgment is required.

Table 1. Gendered Breakdown of Respondents to Surveys 

If your figure or table is not completely your own work, however, you must acknowledge the source(s) you used. Use a footnote to specify where you accessed the information.

Example: The table below was created using data from another source, acknowledgment is required

Table 2. Levels of Activity Based on Geographic Location^a

^aData derived from National Health Survey 2020-21¹⁹

Note that the citation for the data above would appear in the reference list as per normal in numerical order.

For figures and tables that you have copied exactly from another source, use a footnote.

Example: The figure below was copied from another source, acknowledgment is required

Figure 1. Funnel plot of pool prevalence of postpartum depression in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2020^a

^aSource: Woldeyohannes et al.³¹

Data sets

See Chapter 3.11.4.2.2 of the AMA Style Manual for more examples of citing data from a repository.

Example: 60.    Barnieh L, Clement F, Harris A, et al. Data from: Strategies to increase appropriate prescribing. Bridges. Deposited March 11, 2014. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090434.t002