Manuscript Editing for Child Maltreatment Journal Articles
Child Maltreatment reports current scientific information and technical innovations on child abuse and neglect for practitioners and researchers. It is a journal of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children. Sage publishes it quarterly, and its editor-in-chief is at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
Regular articles run no more than 35 double-spaced pages, brief reports 15, and literature reviews 52, counting the title page, abstract, tables, figures, and references. Empirical reviews such as meta-analyses and systematic reviews are preferred. References follow APA reference style, and each in-text citation matches its reference entry in spelling and year. The unstructured abstract runs 150 words, followed by four or five specific keywords. Authors report race and ethnicity, sex and gender, and study location, and explain how race and ethnicity were assigned. The title page carries a Statements and Declarations section. Review is double-anonymized, with a separate cover letter, title page, and anonymized manuscript. Off the Grid Editing checks each citation against the reference list and the demographic reporting against the guidelines. Submissions go through Sage Track.
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We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to Child Maltreatment. 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 Child Maltreatment
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 Child Maltreatment.
Sage's submission guidelines cover length, references, and declarations. 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 child welfare 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 Child Abuse and Neglect and Psychological Trauma.
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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 Child Maltreatment submission timeline, or which service is right for your project. Initial consultations of up to 15 minutes are complimentary.
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