Manuscript Editing for The Journal of Japanese Studies Articles
The Journal of Japanese Studies has published research on Japan across the social sciences and humanities since 1974, along with translations of Japanese scholarship and substantive book reviews. The Society for Japanese Studies publishes it twice a year with University of California Press. It welcomes comparative and transnational work in which Japan plays a major part and expects authors to engage Japanese-language sources and scholarship.
Manuscripts run up to 13,000 words, notes and bibliography included, and most essays reach at least 10,000. Notes are single-spaced footnotes in Chicago notes-and-bibliography style, with short author-title forms repeated in place of ibid., and a bibliography is required. Japanese follows Hepburn romanization with macrons, though common place names such as Tokyo and Kyoto go without. The abstract runs 300 words or fewer in the third person, with four to six keywords. Review is double-blind, and the editors aim to decide within three months. Off the Grid Editing checks macrons and name order throughout. Submissions go through Scholastica.
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We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to The Journal of Japanese Studies. 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 The Journal of Japanese 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 The Journal of Japanese Studies.
The Society for Japanese Studies links the journal's author guidelines from its homepage. 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 covers the last read before submission. For books, see University of California Press manuscript editing. We also prepare articles for the Japanese Journal of Religious Studies.
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Reach our editorial team directly to discuss your manuscript, your submission timeline for The Journal of Japanese Studies, or which service is right for your project. Initial consultations of up to 15 minutes are complimentary.
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