Prices and Services

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Editing Services

It's not just about correcting grammar and syntax errors; we will also polish your argumentation to make sure that the relevance of your research is clear for editors, reviewers, and readers.

As long as you chose the right journal,
we can guarantee that your manuscript will go into peer-review in top-tier journals.

A perfect argumentation will make
your paper suitable for publication the the best academic journals.

A clear argumentation will broaden the audience for your manuscript, thus
increasing your citation number.


Publishing in top-tier journals and increasing your citations will help you advance your academic career.

Manuscript Correction

1) Basic Editing. If your manuscript flows logically and makes sense as a whole (i.e. if it is a high quality paper) it will be eligible for Basic Editing. What is Basic Editing?


0,022 €/word (22€ per 1000 words)



2) Substantive Editing. You will need this editing option if your manuscript has so many errors that it cannot be understood without substantial restructuring and rewriting at word, sentence, and paragraph levels. What is Substantive Editing?


0,040 €/word (40€ per 1000 words)


3) Manuscript Enhancement. You may choose this type of editing if your manuscript has already undergone either Basic or Substantive Editing (or if it is is already accessible to most academic readers) but its flow, logic, and structure can be further improved to highlight the most important information.


Text Enhancement is especially important when authors seek to publish in top-tier journals. An Editing Certificate is issued at no cost. What is Manuscript Enhancement?


0,051 €/ word (51€ per 1000 words)


Do I need Manuscript Enhancement?



ADDITIONAL SERVICES


1) Manuscript Evaluation. During manuscript evaluation we will analyze your manuscript addressing several issues typically considered by reviewers during the peer-review process. We will generate a point-by-point report on the strengths and weaknesses of your manuscript, and provide advice on how the manuscript can be improved. In addition, we will provide you with up to three candidate journals whose scope fits your manuscript. See an example.


60 € per manuscript


2) Manuscript formatting. You may require this type of editing service if you have difficulties (or do not have the time) to follow the formatting guidelines provided by the target journal. Manuscript Formatting does not include Reference Formatting. What is included in Manuscript Formatting?


60 € per manuscript


Please note that most Elsevier journals now support the “Your paper your way” initiative at the submission stage of a manuscript. As a part of this initiative, journal-specific formatting will only be required after the paper has been accepted for publication.


3) Reference formatting. We will format the references of your manuscript according to the specific style of the target journal.


45 € per manuscript


4) Letters to editors. We will gladly write the cover letter that needs to be included during the process of manuscript submission. We will provide the proper context, describe the goal of your manuscript and summarize the most important findings.


30 € per letter


What is Basic Editing?

Basic Editing (also called Copyediting) focuses on grammar, spelling, capitalization, punctuation, hyphenation, and overall manuscript correctness and consistency. In a way it is the simplest form of editing; basic editing might include some sentence rewording to ensure that the meaning is clear, but does not involve significant rewriting or restructuring (See an example).
 
Here is a list of manuscript issues covered by basic editing
Correct use of language:
  •  grammar
  •  syntax
  •  spelling
  •  punctuation
  •  clarity of expression.

Language consistency:
  •  language and structural parallelism
  •  correct terminology
  •  word capitalization
  •  hyphenation
  •  abbreviations
  •  correct expression of numbers and quantitative data

Visual consistency:
  •  uniform typography
  •  correct hierarchy of manuscript headings
  •  page layout
  •  figures
  •  tables and captions.


 What is Substantive Editing?

Substantive Editing (also called developmental editing) aims to ensure that the structure, content, language, style, and presentation of a manuscript are optimal, so that the author’s findings and intended message are clear. Substantive editing involves in most cases rewriting various parts of the text

For substantive editing an editor must analyze a manuscript and determine:

  • What is the objective of the manuscript?
  • How much should a reader already know about the subject?
  • What should a reader learn from the manuscript?

In addition to all the issues covered in Basic Editing, Substantive Editing includes:

  • Correcting awkward phrasing, ensuring that every sentence is correct in content and structure.
  • In many cases correcting awkward phrasing will require whole sentences to be rewritten. Editor’s comments will be added to the text, for the author to verify that the new text has the intended meaning.
  • Correcting abuse of indirect writing style and passive voice.
  • Eliminating and/or correcting wordiness, inappropriate jargon, or unnecessary abbreviations.
  • Providing notes to the author whenever terminology has been used incorrectly or ambiguously.
  • Providing notes to the author whenever a clarification, or additional information, is required.
  • Providing notes to the author whenever inconsistencies are found in the text.
  • Ensuring that verb tenses have been used correctly depending on the section of the manuscript.
  • Checking for correctness, placement, and clarity of tables and figures.
  • Checking information in tables and figures against textual references.
  • Determining whether connectors and linking sentences have been used correctly.
  • Ensuring that explanations of symbols, abbreviations, and terms are incorporated in the text.



What is Manuscript Enhancement?

After a full analysis of the paper as a whole, the editor will perform a structural revision consisting of the following steps:

  • Ensuring that the information in all sections is complete, appropriate, and accurate.
  • Determining whether additional information is required so that the author’s intended message is fully transmitted.
  • Determining whether rearrangement, expansion, or summarizing of sections is required to achieve the most logical structure.
  • Ensuring that information and arguments are presented clearly and unambiguously.
  • Checking that the presentation of data and results is simple and effective.
  • Deleting any unnecessary repetition, as well as redundancies, contradictions and irrelevant material.
  • Ensuring consistency in tone and writing style throughout the text.
  • Ensuring that the document title and all the headings accurately reflect the manuscript content.
  • Adding connectors and linking sentences if necessary. Ensuring that there is a logical flow from paragraph to paragraph and from section to section.
  • Ensuring that the manuscript has a proper discussion.
  • Ensuring that references are properly placed (does not include reference formatting).
  • Ensure the document contains appropriate navigation aids, such as headings or internal links.


What is Manuscript Formatting?  

  • During the process of manuscript submission for publication, Journals may request a manuscript to be formatted following a series of guidelines. Failure to follow these guidelines may seriously delay the publication process.
  • Ensuring that the information in all sections is complete, appropriate, and accurate.
  • Determining whether additional information is required so that the author’s intended message is fully transmitted.
  • Determining whether rearrangement, expansion, or summarizing of sections is required to achieve the most logical structure.
  • Ensuring that information and arguments are presented clearly and unambiguously.
  • Checking that the presentation of data and results is simple and effective.
  • Deleting any unnecessary repetition, as well as redundancies, contradictions and irrelevant material.
  • Ensuring consistency in tone and writing style throughout the text.
  • Ensuring that the document title and all the headings accurately reflect the manuscript content.




Do I need Manuscript Enhancement?  


Please note all language problems will be solved after your manuscript has undergone Basic or Substantive Editing. However, your manuscript may need a finishing touch to improve its logic and its structure, in order to highlight the most important information. This finishing touch will make the core message of your manuscript clearly stand out.


Why might you need Manuscript Enhancement?

1) Manuscript Enhancement will make it accessible to a wider range of scientists and scholars, which will help your citation statistics considerably.

2) Manuscript Enhancement will improve your chances of being accepted in top quartile journals.

During the peer review process, reviewers must address different aspects of your work to assess its merit.
Our text enrichment work will help reviewers to:


  • Provide a discussion about the importance or significance of your work, clearly stating how it contributes to global knowledge.
  • Provide an opinion on the potential impact of your work on scientific practice.
  • Provide feedback on the originality of your work.
  • Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of your work; decide whether the methods seem appropriate to answer the research questions and whether the conclusions and/or generalizations are supported by the data.



Text Enrichment will increase the chances of a positive evaluation by reviewers and will allow you to publish in top-tier journals.


If you are unfamiliar with the peer-review process,

please read through the following document

“How to survive Peer-Review”

Translation of Academic Manuscripts

What makes us so special?


We won't just translate your text word by word. We use all our experience to remove possible ambiguities, increase fluency and improve your argumentation.


Not only will you enjoy the work of a professional translator, but for the same price you will also have all the advantages of having your own Editor who will increase the quality of your text and set your manuscript ready to be published in the best scientific journals.


Our translation prices vary depending on the quality and/or complexity of the text to be translated. We'll set a price right after analyzing the different sections of your manuscript (as they tend to have different levels of complexity). To give you an idea, our translation services usually range between € 26 and € 50 per 1000 words.

For a limited time, Academic Translation services at the price of Editing.


We won't just translate your text word by word; we will increase the quality of your text and set your manuscript ready to be published in the best scientific journals.


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