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Manuscript Editing for Screen Journal Articles

Order Manuscript Editing Screen calls itself the leading international journal of academic film and television studies. Its subjects range from video art and popular television to Hollywood, Hong Kong, art cinema, and British film finance, in contemporary and historical perspective. Oxford University Press publishes it quarterly as the official journal of the University of Glasgow, where its editorial office sits.

Articles run about 8,000 to 10,000 words, excluding notes. Dossier essays of 3,000 to 4,000 words are proposed first. Notes are brief, with no bibliography. Films are cited by italic title, original release title first, with director and year in brackets. The journal avoids subheadings and epigraphs and asks that digressions be folded into the main text. A 250-word abstract accompanies the article. Every image needs alt text under its caption. Review is double-blind. Off the Grid Editing applies the journal's instructions when you send them, including its reference style. Submissions go through ScholarOne.

Human Manuscript Editor

Natural Intelligence for Screen

Natural Intelligence is our name for editorial judgment: an editor who reads your manuscript the way Screen's editors and peer reviewers will and verifies every change before it comes back to you. We read as a screen studies scholar does, checking that each film and program is titled, dated, and credited consistently. Track Changes stays on throughout.

Our Promise

We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to Screen. 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 Screen

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.

Manuscript Copy Editing

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.

Manuscript Line Editing

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.

Manuscript Proofreading

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 Screen.

Film Citations for Screen

OUP's general instructions cover length, notes, and images. 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 film scholarship, 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 Film Quarterly and JCMS.

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Ready to prepare your manuscript for Screen? Use our secure portal to generate an immediate, word-count-based quote and secure your delivery deadline.

Our editors do not have access to your manuscript until an order is placed.

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Direct Support

Reach our editorial team directly to discuss your manuscript, your Screen submission timeline, or which service is right for your project. Initial consultations of up to 15 minutes are complimentary.