AES: Scientific and Medical Editing Service
My name is Jim Hesson. I own and operate AES. I am a freelance writer and certified editor of medical and scientific manuscripts. I am passionate about science and writing, and I enjoy helping authors tell their best research story. I edit a wide variety of scientific and medical manuscripts. Whatever type of text you are writing, I look forward to serving you. ​​​
​​Writing a scientific manuscript can be challenging task. Yet a professional editor like myself can help you with the process by pointing out issues you may not have noticed and by suggesting changes that clarify and improve your message. ​Here is a list of some of the ways I can support you:
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Deliver an error-free, publication-ready manuscript
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Edit your writing to be clear, concise, coherent, correct, consistent, and compelling
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Align your manuscript with gold-standard publishing style guides such as the AMA, Chicago, CSE, APA, IEEE, or NLM
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Provide an English language review for non-native speakers of English
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Provide a fresh perspective on your manuscript
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Ensure that the word choice in your manuscript is idiomatic and consistent with the preferred technical terminology and nomenclature of your field
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Address issues in your manuscript questioned by a regulatory agency, journal editor or referee, dissertation committee, publisher, institutional review board, or grant funding agency
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Align your manuscript with the writing guidelines for authors from a journal, a university, or grant funding agency or regulatory body (NIH, FDA, NSF, etc.)
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Fact-check and annotate your manuscript
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Adjust the tone of your message, including formal or informal tone, or a tone for expert or lay audiences, including plain language summaries
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Edit and fact-check AI-generated text (ChatGPT, etc.)
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Help you meet an urgent submission or publication deadline
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Improve the quality and clarity of your manuscript so that it is ready for publication
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These are some of the ways I can help you as an editor.
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Types of Manuscripts I Edit
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My Credentials
Testimonials
Clients rate my service as dependable, timely, meticulous, responsive, cost effective, and easy to use.
R. Michelle Sauer Gehring
PhD, ELS
Former President of AMWA
Principal Writer/Editor at RnA Editing, LLC
Expertise in medical and academic research
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"I have worked with Jim on multiple projects. His ability to copyedit is superb, and he kindly provides a rationale for edits when needed so that authors can learn and improve over time. He rapidly transforms complicated text into clear language and provides key comments to improve the project. His professionalism is unmatched."​
Medicine Information Specialist; Therapeutic expertise in cardiology, oncology, immunology and
Madrid, Spain​
"Jim is a standout professional in his field. What really impressed me most was just how fast and thorough the copyediting services was. Above all, he worked hard over the weekend to meet the close deadline and kept me updated throughout with email. It’s without hesitation that I recommend his services."​
Javad Jabbari
Associate Director Regulatory Affairs Medical Devices and Combination Products
Ascendis Pharma
Copenhagen, Denmark
"I was very satisfied with Jim's editing service. He delivers on time. His comments and feedback are relevant. He pays close attention to various details of English, as well as conventions and standards of research papers, which made my paper presentable for publication.”
​Dmitri Simberg
Associate Professor
Expertise in iron oxide nanoparticles, bionanointeractions
University of Colorado
Anschutz Medical Campus