Manuscript Editing for Crime Science Journal Articles
Crime Science is an international, interdisciplinary journal with an applied orientation, publishing since 2012. It carries research that improves the detection, prevention, and understanding of crime and disorder, drawing on environmental criminology, economics, engineering, and psychology. Springer Nature publishes it open access, and its editor-in-chief is at the University of Pretoria.
Research articles run up to 6,000 words, systematic reviews up to 8,000, theoretical articles up to 5,000, and short contributions up to 2,000. A structured abstract of 150 to 250 words uses Purpose, Methods, Results, and Conclusions, and systematic reviews may extend it to 450. Four to six keywords follow. Citations are author-date, and the guidelines point authors to APA 7 for listing authors. Review is double-anonymous, with at least two referees and an associate editor's meta-review. A separate title page carries the full declarations, and original research includes a data availability statement. Submissions go through Springer Nature's SNAPP system.
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We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to Crime Science. 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 Crime Science
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 Crime Science.
Springer's submission guidelines cover article types, abstracts, 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 legal editing services cover security and crime prevention research, where applied findings and legal citations meet in the same paper. Academic proofreading covers the final read. If English is your second language, see English language editing for researchers. We also prepare articles for Security Journal and the Journal of Experimental Criminology.
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