Manuscript Editing for City & Community Journal Articles
City & Community aims to advance urban sociological theory, publish empirical research on communities and city life, and bring sociological perspectives to urban policy. It welcomes quantitative, qualitative, comparative, and historical work. Sage publishes it quarterly for the Community and Urban Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association.
Research articles typically run 8,000 to 10,000 words. Research notes, called City Blocks, run up to 3,000 words with up to four figures. Citations follow the ASA Style Guide, 7th edition, author-date, with full first names in the reference list, every author listed, and persistent identifiers for data sets. The abstract runs 200 words or fewer, with four or five keywords on the title page. The manuscript is set in 12-point Times New Roman, double-spaced, with 1.25-inch margins and an anonymized main file. Review is anonymized. Off the Grid Editing applies ASA style and builds the reference list to its rules. Submissions go through ScholarOne.
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We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to City & Community. 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 City & Community
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 City & Community.
Sage's author instructions cover article types, ASA style, and format. 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 sociology research, and academic proofreading is the final pass. If English is your second language, see English language editing for researchers. For books, see Sage manuscript editing. We also prepare articles for the American Journal of Sociology and Urban Studies.
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Our editors do not have access to your manuscript until an order is placed.
Direct Support
Reach our editorial team directly to discuss your manuscript, your City & Community submission timeline, or which service is right for your project. Initial consultations of up to 15 minutes are complimentary.
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