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Most manuscripts represent hundreds or thousands of hours of work. Copy editing protects that investment by ensuring that preventable writing and formatting issues do not interfere with editorial evaluation.
As a journal editor, researcher, and reviewer, I see firsthand how writing and presentation problems affect manuscript evaluation.
Professional Copy Editing Rates for Scholarly Manuscripts
“Journal reviewers and dissertation committees evaluate manuscripts under time pressure. When writing is unclear, redundant, or poorly formatted, they must expend effort interpreting the text. This effort creates friction, which can negatively influence their evaluation, even when the underlying research is sound. Copy editing removes this friction so evaluators can focus entirely on the contribution.”
— John Garger
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Quality Editing
Your manuscript is being edited by one of the most experienced editors of academic manuscripts in the industry. Your edit will be done right the first time.
Fast Delivery
Get your manuscript edited in days, not weeks or months. I know how important timing is when it comes to submitting a manuscript. Let’s get it out the door quickly.
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I make every step in the process of getting your manuscript edited easy for you, including submission, evaluation, quoting, payment, and delivery.
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Have questions about your edited manuscript? Let me know. I’m here to answer any questions you have about editing and publishing your manuscript.
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“Most authors are surprised by how much clarity can be improved, even in manuscripts they believed were already polished.”
— John Garger
Sample Copy Edits
Some manuscripts need more copy editing than others. Read the samples below to see what copy editing can do for manuscripts that need light, average, and heavy copy editing.
Light Copy Editing
Before
Successful management of subordinates is influenced by accurate communication and initiation of structure. Companies should, therefore, invest more money into training their managers to be better communicators and leaders.
After
Accurate communication and structure initiation influence successful management of subordinates. Therefore, companies should invest more in training managers to be better communicators and leaders.
Average Copy Editing
Before
Leadership significantly changed between 1930 and 1939. It caused managers to revert back to scientific management methods among others, that treats an underling in a bad way. These underlings either fell in line with the demands of the managers or faced being fired.
After
Leadership changed significantly during the 1930s, causing managers to revert to scientific management methods that treated subordinates poorly. Subordinates either complied with management’s demands or faced dismissal.
Heavy Copy Editing
Before
The data was collected, analyzed as well as interpreted using the exact same methods. This was done to make value from the data to the highest extent. The relations found in the data proved that the variable A has a relation to variable B in a significant way. The relation was negative.
After
To obtain the most from the data, they were collected, analyzed, and interpreted using the same methods. Findings suggest that variable A correlates negatively with variable B.