Manuscript Editing for Urban Affairs Review Journal Articles
Urban Affairs Review publishes research on politics, governance, and public policy as they relate to cities and their regions. It encourages empirical and comparative work across disciplines and methods, and it is affiliated with the urban and local politics section of the American Political Science Association. Sage publishes it bimonthly, and its editorial office is at the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation at Drexel University.
Articles and research syntheses run up to 12,000 words, and research notes run about 6,000. Citations follow the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, author-date, with the journal's style guide for copyeditors. That guide capitalizes Black and White, uses % for percent, and writes edited by in full. The abstract runs about 150 words, followed by at least three keywords. The manuscript is fully anonymized, including identifying self-citations. Review is double-blind, and reviewers may publish a short commentary with the author's response. Off the Grid Editing applies Chicago author-date and the house style guide. Submissions go through Sage Track.
Our Promise
We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to Urban Affairs Review. 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 Urban Affairs Review
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 Urban Affairs Review.
The journal's author guidelines cover length, style, and anonymization. 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 political science research, 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 Journal of Urban Affairs and the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.
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Our editors do not have access to your manuscript until an order is placed.
Direct Support
Reach our editorial team directly to discuss your manuscript, your Urban Affairs Review submission timeline, or which service is right for your project. Initial consultations of up to 15 minutes are complimentary.
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