Manuscript Editing for Review of Public Personnel Administration Journal Articles
Review of Public Personnel Administration publishes timely scholarship on human resource management in public service organizations, from specific HR programs to the effects of HR practice on policy. It is associated with the ASPA Section on Personnel Administration and Labor Relations. Sage publishes it quarterly.
Original research articles run up to 25 double-spaced pages, counting tables, charts, and endnotes. Book reviews run 1,000 to 2,000 words and legal briefs 1,000 to 2,500. References follow the APA Publication Manual, 7th edition. The journal uses no footnotes; notes go at the end on a page labeled NOTES, and terms such as ibid. and op. cit. are not used. Review is double-anonymized, with three independent reviews needed for a decision. Global Perspectives pieces must include a current public-sector practitioner and use plain, accessible English. Off the Grid Editing applies APA 7th edition and moves notes to the end. Submissions go through Sage Track.
Our Promise
We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to Review of Public Personnel Administration. 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 Review of Public Personnel Administration
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 Review of Public Personnel Administration.
Sage's submission guidelines cover article types, notes, and review. 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 Sage manuscript editing. We also prepare articles for the International Journal of Human Resource Management and Administration & Society.
