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Journal Paper Editing

English editing for journal manuscripts, by editors qualified in your field. Four out of five papers we handle are journal submissions.

20K+

Paper edited

365 days

Availability

18 years

Helping academics

A journal manuscript is not a general piece of writing. It has a structure reviewers expect, conventions that vary by field, and a word limit that punishes anything loose. Editing it well means knowing all three.

Journal papers are the majority of what we do — around four in every five manuscripts — across medicine, engineering, materials science, nursing, computer science and the social sciences.

What editing a journal paper involves

Two editors: the first qualified in your general field, the second with exceptional English and editing judgement
Terminology held consistent from abstract to conclusion
Figure captions, table content and equation descriptions checked against the text they describe
Structure checked against the conventions of your target journal
Reference formatting matched to the journal's style

Choosing a level

Level 2 editing satisfies most journals. For a high-impact or highly reputable journal, or a paper with a lot of prose rather than equations, Level 3 is usually the better choice. If you are unsure, tell us the journal and we will say which we would use.

Turnaround

Standard editing is normally five days, subject to file condition, service level, complexity, capacity and a confirmed quotation. Your delivery date is confirmed with the quote, not after you commit.

Not sure what you need?

Send us the manuscript, the target journal and the deadline. We will tell you honestly what would help — sometimes that is less than you expected. A lot of what we offer began as a question from a researcher who could not find it on the page.

Uni-edit editor editing a journal paper for publication

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Kind words of Happy Clients

The Uni-edit team worked hard to complete the editorial work in a week. I believe all the Academic scholars ever work with Uni-edit will recommend it certainly.

Associate Professor Hung-Bin Lee

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Da-Yeh University

The main reason I would keep sending my papers to Uni-edit and recommend Uni-edit to other professors is they allow me to focus on improving the research content and do not need to worry about the language writing in English.

Chang-Wei Huang

The Department of Civil Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University

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How long does a editing jobs typically take?

Most editing takes 5 days including weekend. Our customer service manager will provide a delivery date with the detailed quotation

I think my English is poor. Do I need the rewriting service?

If you think your paper needs rewriting, please ask customer service in your email. We will determine if rewriting is required and inform you before editing your paper. Generally, if more than 20% of sentences need rewriting (the whole sentence needs correction) then you must use the rewriting service. For rewriting, you do need to choose a Level. We will do the best editing job possible.

Who will edit my paper?

To achieve a consistently high quality service, Uni-edit uses two roles of editors edit your conference or journal paper. The first Editor is qualified in your general area of expertise. The second Editor is also qualified in your general area and has exceptional English and editing skills. All Editors are professionally trained. Our Senior Editor takes overall responsibility for the quality of editing and guarantees all editing performed. Authors are often surprised how the Editors seem to understand the content of the research, even if it is very technical or mathematical.

For a journal paper, Level 2 or Level 3 editing?

You can choose. After your manuscript receives Level 2 English editing, the reviewer of the journal will most likely be satisfied with the English in your paper. For many journals, Level 2 English editing is sufficient. However, if the journal has a high impact factor or highly reputable, choose Level 3 English editing.

For very technical papers, Level 2 English editing is generally sufficient. For papers that have a lot of prose (such as papers in the humanities), Level 3 is often recommended.

Do you check figures and tables?

Yes, our editing is not only about correct English grammar. Our English editing is about supporting you to get your paper published and help the readers understand your research. Therefore, we check figure captions and labels; information in tables and we check that text descriptions match equations. We also check the text descriptions match graphs and charts.