Academic English Solutions
FAQs
What type of manuscripts do you edit?
I revise scientific journal articles, NIH grant proposals, PhD dissertations, FDA submissions, continuing medical education materials (CME), monographs (scholarly books), randomized controlled trials, observational studies, case reports, systematic review articles, short communications, conference proceedings, conference posters, abstracts, resumes (CVs), letters of correspondence with editors, medical blogs, biotech industry websites, product brochures, manuals, video transcripts, feasibility studies, white papers, patent applications, business reports, marketing materials, and just about any formal, technical, academic, or scholarly document you may have.
Are you familiar with the process of publishing in peer-reviewed journals?
I edit a wide variety of manuscripts and texts, but I have a great deal of experience in editing scientific manuscripts. Specifically, I have revised over 1,900 scientific journal articles, many of which have been published in peer-reviewed journals such as Nature, Cell, PNAS, Science Magazine, Biomaterials Science, the International Journal of Infectious Disease, PLOS ONE, Pharmaceutics, Materials and Design, the Journal of Chromatography B, the Journal of Shock and Hemodynamics, the International Journal of Pharmaceutics, and various IEEE journals, to name a few. Before beginning editing of a scientific journal article, I typically consult the guidelines for authors of the specific journals that authors plan to submit their article to.
Who uses your editing service?
The majority of authors who use my service are researchers, scientists, physicians, scholars, graduate students, and representatives from high-tech and biomedical industries.
What specific areas of research have you worked with?
The majority of the manuscripts that I revise are from biomedical, medical, life sciences, veterinary, dentistry, soil science, chemistry, pharmacology, computer science, and engineering fields. However, I have revised a wide range of texts from all the physical sciences, natural sciences, arts and humanities, and social sciences, including papers from the following areas of study:
Aviation
Bioengineering
Biology
Botany
Business
Chemical Engineering
Chemistry
Chemoimmunotherapy
Civil Engineering
Clinical trials
Computer Science
Cultural Anthropology
Earth Sciences
Economics
Education
Electrical Engineering
Entomology
Environmental Studies
Epidemiology
Ethnography
Geology
Health Economics
Hematology
History
Immunology
Immunopharmacology
Infectious disease
Interface and colloid science
Kinesiology
Law
Life Sciences
Literary Studies
Materials Science
Mechanical Engineering
Medicine
Microbiology
Molecular medicine
Neurophysiology
Nonclinical Trials
Nursing
Oceanography
Odontology
Oncology
Ophthalmology
Orthopedic Engineering
Pharmacology
Philosophy
Physical Anthropology
Physics
Political Economy
Political Science
Preclinical trials
Psychiatry
Psychology
Public Health
Public Policy
Social Work
Sociology
Soil Science
Thoracic surgery
Toxicology
Veterinary
Virology
What specifically do you edit in a manuscript?
My service involves light to heavy copyediting. Below you can find details on specific items I edit.
MECHANICAL EDITING
This includes following guidelines of a style manual for these items:
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Punctuation
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Spelling
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Capitalization
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Hyphenation
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Italicization, underscoring, and boldfaced type
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Abbreviations, including acronyms
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Quotations
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Tables, artwork and graphs
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Presentation of numbers and statistics
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International system of units
LANGUAGE EDITING
This involves aligning the language of your manuscript with conventional and idiomatic English. This includes checking the following elements:
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Grammar
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Word choice, including technical nomenclature
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Style, including making texts more clear, concise, and coherent
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Tone, involves ensuring that the word choice of your manuscript is appropriate for your audience and type of manuscript you are writing.
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Rhetorical conventions and organizational structures of scientific manuscripts
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Textual and formatting conventions, including font size and type, margins, and spacing, and other typography issues
CONTENT EDITING
I do a limited amount of content editing and fact checking, depending on whether customers request this. At a minimum, if I see clear irregularities with basic facts and content, I will query the author about these items. This may include the following:
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Fact-checking in trusted sources and referencing the literature
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Content editing
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Numbers that do not add up or missing data
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issues in reporting statistical test results
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Verifying that what is reported in the body of a paper matches what is reported in the abstract
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Spot check for plagiarism
CORRELATING PARTS
Correlating parts involves verifying that sections of a manuscript logically and consistently connect. Some items I check include:
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Checking for consistency between in-text references to tables and figures and correctly labeling these items
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Checking description in captions and labelling against content of tables and figures
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Verifying in-text citations and footnotes against references
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Cross checking table of contents with manuscript
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Checking alphabetization and other elements of the bibliography and reference list
Can you align my manuscript with a writing style guide?
I align manuscripts with the style manuals listed below. Journals, academic institutions, and book publishers typically adhere to one of these style manuals or they develop and follow their own particular in-house style preferences. If you are unsure as to what style you should follow, check out the guidelines for authors page on the journal you are targeting. If you are writing a dissertation, your affiliated university or institution will prescribe these guidelines. Check out this list of gold-standard guidelines preferred according to field of study.
American Medical Association Manual of Style
Scientific Style & Format: Council of Science Editors
American Psychological Association
Do you have any samples of the editing work you do?
Yes, I do. You can find them on this page: Examples of my Editing.
What should I do before I send you my manuscript?
Please check out this page: Checklist for Authors.
What should I do after you revise my manuscript?
Please check out this page: Dealing with your revised manuscript.
Please check out this page: Price and Payment.
Do you guarantee your work?
Yes, I do! You can read more about it here: Customer Satisfaction Policy
Yes, I do. Yet the cost will be a fraction of the original revision. I provide a more detailed answer to this question on this page: Price and Payment.
Where can I find reviews of your service?
You can also read Testimonials from satisfied customers from various research fields.
Contact me at this email address for a quote or if you have any questions:
