Manuscript Editing for Journal of Refugee Studies Articles
Founded in 1988, the Journal of Refugee Studies is a multidisciplinary forum for exploring forced migration and the responses of local, national, regional, and international actors. It covers every category of displaced people. Oxford University Press publishes it.
Articles run no more than 8,000 words, citations included. Field reflections of 2,000 to 4,000 words begin with an email to the co-editors. Citations follow the Harvard system in Oxford's humanities and social sciences style, with an alphabetical reference list; footnotes are avoided and endnotes are not accepted. A 150-word abstract sits in the main file. Quotations over two lines are indented, quotation marks are single, and the article states when fieldwork took place. All contributions must be in English, and language editing is optional. Review is double-anonymized, by at least two referees. Off the Grid Editing applies Oxford Harvard and keeps notes out of the text. Submissions go through ScholarOne as Word files.
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We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to Journal of Refugee 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 Refugee 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 Refugee Studies.
OUP's general instructions cover length, citations, and fieldwork. 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 social science articles, and academic proofreading is the final pass. If English is your second language, see English language editing for researchers. For books, see Oxford University Press manuscript editing. We also prepare articles for the International Journal of Refugee Law and the Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies.
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Reach our editorial team directly to discuss your manuscript, your Journal of Refugee Studies submission timeline, or which service is right for your project. Initial consultations of up to 15 minutes are complimentary.
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