Manuscript Editing for Irish Theological Quarterly Journal Articles
Founded in 1906, Irish Theological Quarterly is a refereed journal of systematic, moral, and historical theology and of sacred scripture. It is rooted in the Catholic tradition and open to ecumenical and interfaith exchange. The journal commits itself to constructive and critical scholarship. Sage publishes it quarterly, and its editor, Salvador Ryan, is at St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth.
Original research articles typically run about 8,000 words including footnotes. Book reviews normally run 800 to 1,000 words and shorter notices 300 to 500, and reviewers contact the editors before submitting. Notes follow the Chicago Manual of Style, 18th edition, as footnotes with full bibliographic details at first citation. Place of publication is omitted from notes and bibliography, and biblical references may sit in parentheses in the text. Spelling is British, following the Oxford Dictionary. An unstructured abstract of 100 to 150 words, headed ABSTRACT, sits between title and text, followed by four to six keywords. Greek and Hebrew take SBL fonts. Review is double-anonymized, with two independent reviews before a revise or accept decision. Submissions go through Sage Track.
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We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to Irish Theological Quarterly. 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 Irish Theological Quarterly
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 Irish Theological Quarterly.
Sage's author instructions cover length, footnotes, and abstracts. 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 theology and biblical studies, 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 Journal for the Study of Religious Experience and the Sri Lanka Journal of Buddhist Studies.
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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 Irish Theological Quarterly submission timeline, or which service is right for your project. Initial consultations of up to 15 minutes are complimentary.
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