We use the most up-to-date website security features available. We also require that all of our staff members sign a confidentiality agreement to protect your research.
Our editors are PhD candidates and post-docs from the top research universities in the UK and USA. They are all native English speakers and must meet rigorous selection standards.
Our managing formatters check each manuscript against your journal’s style guide and adjust the citations, references, and layout of the document to the correct conventions. All figures and tables are moved to the correct location in the manuscript, and figure titles and legends are standardized according to your journal's specifications.
Yes. Manuscript Formatting will reorder your citations and references as needed, convert citations and references to the journal's format, and if necessary, correct content based on information in published databases.
We are currently able to process the following file types:
DOC, DOCX (Microsoft Word)
PPT, PPTX (Microsoft PowerPoint)
XLS, XLSX (Microsoft Excel)
CDR (CorelDRAW)
PDF Format
Journals require that tables be submitted in a text format (usually Microsoft Word) for in-house formatting, which comes standard with our Manuscript Formatting service. If you would like tables formatted and exported as images for use in presentations and posters, we can do this as part of our Figure Preparation service.
In order to generate publication-quality figures, images that are included within a figure should also be sent independently in the highest available resolution file. For ethical reasons, we are unable to make changes to brightness, contrast, or color balance, and we will not crop the image.
To calculate the word count, you should open a copy of your manuscript and delete any parts that you do not need us to work on. In a letter to your reviewers, you can take out all of the reviewers’ comments. If you submit for editing only or have a translation submission but don’t need your references translated, then you can remove the bibliography section. You can also take out any numeric table data. Next, perform a word count on the remaining text using the Word Count feature in Microsoft Word on every file you plan to submit to us and add it all together. This is your final word count. Our support staff can perform a word count for you if you e-mail us your files and ask for confirmation.
We do not edit references or numeric tables, so they are not included in the word count when calculating your price for editing services. However, word counts for translation submissions should include all text that needs to be translated, which typically does include references and text in tables.
Our staff members will verify each paper’s word count before it is assigned to an editor. If we find that your file’s word count is over the category you selected, then we will place your submission on hold while we e-mail you for further instructions. Your deadline will be reset to begin at the exact time of your reply.