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Editing
The goal of editing English is to produce a document that is written clearly and precisely in an elegant style and that contains no errors. The English should be as simple as possible and easy to understand. In order to achieve our goal, we do the following:- Resolve ambiguity that is caused by either syntactic or semantic factors (if we cannot resolve the ambiguity completely, we will offer alternative constructions or ask you for clarification.)
- Correct grammar
- Correct spelling
- Correct punctuation
- Ensure that the correct vocabulary is used
- Ensure that an appropriate level of formality is used
- Improve style
- Editing of documents in English in all aspects of the life sciences
- Proofreading and editing for both native and non-native speakers
- A professional look for your documents
- Care and attention to detail
- Different levels of editing. Should it be required, we provide substantive editing as part of the service at our standard fee. However, a large amount of substantive editing will incur a surcharge.
- International English and North American spelling conventions respected
- Appropriate vocabulary, style and level of formality
- Clarity and precision of expression
- Documents prepared according to the Instructions for Authors of the journal to which you will submit your document.
N.B. Having your paper edited by us does not guarantee acceptance for publication. There are all sorts of reasons, completely unrelated to English, as to why your paper may not be accepted for publication.
Our editing staff
Genedits is committed to providing a quality service. We employ only highly qualified and experienced native English-speaking editors. All of our editors have the following:
- They are all educated to at least Master's level, with a Ph.D. preferred.
- They all have experience of writing specific kinds of document to a professional level.
- They all have a proven track record of proofreading high-level documents.
- They are recruited specially from the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Our consultants have experience of proofreading and editing documents with a wide range of content in the life sciences.
How to submit your document for editing
Your document should be in the following format:-
12 pt. text
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double-spaced
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saved in either .rtf (rich text format), MS Word or .tex format. If you submit your document in .tex format, please also send a compiled version in .pdf format.
- Please submit your entire document, including figures and figure legends, even if you do not wish us to edit all sections. If you wish us to omit certain sections, please inform us upon submission and highlight those sections. If we do not receive the entire document, we will not edit your paper.
You can send your document to us in the following ways:
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Send it by e-mail to editor@genedits.com, fax it to +66 (0)38-664-798 or send it using our online submission form.
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You should include a covering letter stating the number of words in the document , your deadline for receipt of the finished document and any special requirements that you may have.
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If you fax your document, please include a return address. We will edit and mark it up by hand and return it to you by post.
How long does it take?
The time taken to edit and deliver a document will be a matter for discussion between the client and Genedits. Long documents will, obviously, require more time than short ones. In addition, documents that are difficult to edit will take longer than documents that are not so difficult. In general, we will return a document of up to 7000 words within 7-10 days.
Procedure
- Genedits staff will analyse the document and send it to an editor who possesses the required expertise.
- The editor will make changes that include corrections, suggestions and comments, and send a revised copy to Genedits.
- Genedits will calculate the fee and send a copy of the revised version of the document back to you by e-mail, fax, or ordinary mail, together with an invoice and details of payment.
- Once the document has been returned to you, you will be able to ask the editor any questions that you have about the editing, without further charge.
- Should you revise significant sections of the document in such a manner that they may be deemed to be new work, the checking of these sections will be charged at the standard rate.