Manuscript Editing for Qualitative Social Work Journal Articles
Qualitative Social Work provides a forum for qualitative research and evaluation and for qualitative approaches to practice. It connects methodology with practice, including critical perspectives and reflective inquiry. The journal encourages dialogue between researchers and practitioners across an international, interdisciplinary field. Sage publishes it bimonthly, and its co-editors are at Lancaster University and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Main papers run no more than 8,000 words, references, figures, and tables included. Long-form papers may reach 12,000 words when the cover letter justifies the length. New Voices papers, for innovative or early-career work, run up to 4,000 words, as do responses and commentaries. References follow Sage Harvard, and every in-text citation matches its reference-list entry in spelling and year. Main and long-form papers carry an unstructured abstract of no more than 250 words and at least three keywords. The manuscript is fully anonymized, with identifying details on a separate title page. Review is double-anonymized, and a revise or accept decision needs two independent reviews. Every author supplies a CV in Word, sent with the cover letter. We match each citation to its reference entry and keep participant quotations as transcribed. Submissions go through Sage Track.
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We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to Qualitative Social Work. 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 Qualitative Social Work
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 Qualitative Social Work.
Sage's submission guidelines cover article types, anonymization, and references. 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.
See journal article and essay editing for how we edit qualitative research, and academic proofreading for the last read before submission. If English is your second language, see English language editing for researchers. For books, see Sage Publications manuscript editing. We also prepare articles for The British Journal of Social Work and the Journal of Social Work Practice.
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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 Qualitative Social Work submission timeline, or which service is right for your project. Initial consultations of up to 15 minutes are complimentary.
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