Manuscript Editing for Journal of African American Studies Articles
The Journal of African American Studies publishes research on social change affecting people of African descent in Africa and across the diaspora. Its focus is “the dynamics and conditions affecting the life opportunities of African descended peoples globally.” Springer has published it since 1995, and its editor-in-chief is at The Ohio State University. It takes empirical, methodological, and theoretical work, literary criticism included, from anthropology, economics, law, psychology, sociology, and other fields.
References follow the American Sociological Association guidelines, with the author's name and year in parentheses and an alphabetical reference list; notes cannot stand in for that list. The abstract runs 100 to 150 words, with four to six keywords. Review is double-blind, so the manuscript and its files carry no identifying details, self-citations included. A separate title page holds author names, affiliations, and the declarations section. Off the Grid Editing converts note citations to ASA author-date and checks each one against the reference list. Submissions go through Springer Nature's online system.
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We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to Journal of African American Studies. We work with you until it is ready or refund your payment in full. That commitment has held since 2002.
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Manuscript Editing and Proofreading for the Journal of African American Studies
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 Journal of African American Studies.
Springer's submission guidelines cover references, abstracts, and anonymization. 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 scholarly articles, and academic proofreading is the final pass. We also prepare articles for the Journal of Black Studies and The Journal of African American History.
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