Terms of Business

Editing

1. We undertake to ensure that no manuscript edited by a member of Genedits' staff will be rejected by a journal editor or reviewer, or by a book reviewer, on the grounds of deficiencies in English language.
2. If a manuscript that has been edited by a member of Genedits' staff should be rejected on the grounds of deficiencies in English language, Genedits undertakes to remove the deficiencies free of charge, provided that (a) Genedits has access to reviewers' comments and (b) reviewers' comments specify, in appropriate detail, the ways in which the manuscript is deficient with respect to English language.
3. Once a manuscript that has been edited by a member of Genedits' staff has been returned to the client, Genedits will answer, as part of the editing service, any questions that the client might have regarding the editing until the client is satisfied with the result (within reasonable limits, i.e. one or two e-mail exchanges).
4. If, in response to a comment made by a Genedits editor, the client revises the original text to such an extent that checking it may be deemed to be new work for the editor, the editing of the new text will be charged at the standard rate. This condition will usually operate at the level of paragraphs and greater volumes of text, not at the level of single sentences. (Please be aware that the expense of second editing/checking is often in direct proportion to the difficulty of the original manuscript, because difficult papers require more commenting, more revising, and hence more new text).
5. Genedits takes no responsibility for any submitted manuscript that contains changes made by the client following the completion of editing without prior consultation with a Genedits editor.
6. In the case that a student wishes us to edit a thesis or dissertation to be submitted for a degree, e.g. for an MSc or PhD, we require that the student send us a copy of the university regulations concerning thesis submission and edit strictly according to the regulations. We do not comment on the content or logical structure of student theses.
7. We do not edit either undergraduate essays to be submitted as course work or undergraduate theses.

Assessment of logic and flow of argument

1. For a work that has yet to be submitted for publication, Genedits does not guarantee to remove all possible logical error and deficiencies in structure. We do guarantee to make improvements to the existing work that are consistent with the time spent on our analysis.
2. For a manuscript that has already been submitted to a journal and has reviewers' comment available, Genedits undertakes to rectify those defects in the manuscript that have been identified by the reviewers, provide that those defect pertain to logic and flow of argument. Genedits takes no responsibility for the scientific content of manuscripts.
3. If a manuscript that has been assessed for logic and the flow of argument is rejected by a journal editor or reviewer, or book reviewer, on the grounds of deficiency in the area of logic and flow of argument, Genedits undertakes to remove the deficiencies free of charge, provided that (a) Genedits has access to reviewers' comments, (b) reviewers' comments specify, in appropriate detail, the ways in which the manuscript is deficient with respect to logic and the flow of argument and (c) the deficiencies pertain only to those portions of the text that have been modified regarding logic and flow of argument by Genedits staff.

Miscellaneous

1. Genedits reserves the right to change the fees in response to changing economic circumstances, without notification to clients.
2. The fees that apply will always be those that are posted on the website www.genedits.com
3. Any issue that arises that is not covered by any of the above will be dealt with on a case by case basis.
4. The final interpretation of any of the above lies with Genedits.