Manuscript Editing for American Economic Review Journal Articles
Established in 1911, the American Economic Review is a general-interest economics journal and among the oldest in the field. The American Economic Association publishes it twelve times a year from its editorial office in Pittsburgh, and its editor is at Dartmouth College.
Articles average 35 to 36 typeset pages, and the journal strongly recommends staying under the equivalent of 40 pages, counting figures, tables, references, and appendices. Citations follow the Chicago Manual of Style, author-date, with the AER style guide, and notes are footnotes. The abstract runs 100 words or fewer. Review is author-anonymized, with names and acknowledgments in a separate title-page PDF. A submission fee scales with membership and country income, and accepted papers pay a page fee. Empirical and experimental papers follow the AEA data and code availability policy, and AI use is disclosed at submission. Off the Grid Editing applies the AER style guide and trims to the page target. Submissions go through ScholarOne.
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We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to American Economic Review. We work with you until it is ready or refund your payment in full. That commitment has held since 2002.
Our editors do not have access to your manuscript until an order is placed. Your draft is secure until you decide to proceed.
Manuscript Editing and Proofreading for the American Economic Review
We offer three levels of manuscript editing depending on what your manuscript needs. Each is described below so you can choose the service that fits where your draft is right now.
Grammar and usage, awkward phrasing, repetition, and passive voice corrected, then clarity, concision, sentence structure, transitions, and tone, with your style manual applied throughout and a final proofread. For authors whose argument and structure are settled.
Clarity, emphasis, and paragraph structure: topic sentences, transitions, and sentences reordered within a paragraph, with every fact and claim kept as you wrote it. Includes copy editing and a final proofread.
Spelling, punctuation, typos, capitalization, grammar, and usage corrected with minimal wording changes, for manuscripts that have been edited and need a last check before submission to American Economic Review.
The AEA's submission guidelines cover length, fees, and data. If you have reviewer comments from an earlier submission, send them with your manuscript and we will address each one. If you have questions about which service is right for your manuscript, contact us directly. We respond to every inquiry the same day during business hours.
Our journal article and essay editing page explains how we edit economics research, and academic proofreading is the final pass. If English is your second language, see English language editing for researchers. We also prepare articles for The Quarterly Journal of Economics and the Journal of Economic Issues.
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Our editors do not have access to your manuscript until an order is placed.
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Reach our editorial team directly to discuss your manuscript, your American Economic Review submission timeline, or which service is right for your project. Initial consultations of up to 15 minutes are complimentary.
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