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Submitting a research paper with insufficient English to a scientific journal can lead to rejection, even if the quality of the science is excellent. At XpertScientific, we provide professional English language editing and proofreading services to help non-native English speakers overcome these language barriers, assisting them with their scientific research documents, including research papers, theses and dissertations, presentations, grant proposals, conference abstracts, CVs, etc. We understand that every manuscript is unique and may require a different level of editing. Therefore, we work with you to determine which package is the most suitable for your manuscript's needs. Our team of expert editors has extensive experience in editing scientific manuscripts and has helped many researchers with the publication of their work in high-impact journals. We match your paper with a specialist subject editor who will not only ensure that the manuscript is free of orthographic and grammatical errors but will also ensure that the text is clear, unambiguous, and has the appropriate academic tone. All of our language editors are native English speakers with PhD and/or MD degrees from highly regarded universities, and have extensive experience in writing, editing, and reviewing scientific and technical documents. We cover a wide range of disciplines from the natural, life, (bio)medical, social, engineering, and environmental sciences.
We offer different editing packages
The Standard Editing package is intended for manuscripts that already have a relatively good level of English and only require a limited number of corrections without any major rewrites or text re-organization. If your paper requires many and/or more substantial corrections, please choose the Premium Editing package instead. For additional peace of mind (free re-edits for one year) and a more comprehensive assistance (we handle the paper submission and communications with the journal plus the peer review), you can choose our Carefree Package.
Features included with each editing package
Standard Editing
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Receive a text that is free of language errors and that reads in a native English tone
Receive a more polished text, free of language errors and with awkward phrases reformulated
For complete peace of mind, 365 day re-edits & reformatting plus peer-review support
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Eliminating errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation
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Checking for accuracy in language, structure, and rhetoric expressions as well as consistency in tense
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Improve word choice, style, academic tone, sentence structure, comprehension, and terminology
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Direct line to your editor
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Free Proofreading Certificate
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Post-editing support
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Acceptance Guarantee (see below)
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Intensive editing including more substantive rewrites, e.g., rewording awkward and overly convoluted phrases (may be required depending on the level of English of your manuscript)
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Reduction of word count (if required by target journal or funding agency)
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Fine-tune manuscript for better readability and logical flow
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One free round of re-editing of minor revisions prior to submission
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Revise cover letter to journal
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Formatting of text and references according to the target journal's author guidelines
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Unlimited (Premium) re-editing of minor revisions and reformatting to author guidelines for 365 days
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Handling article submission and all communication with the target journal
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Complimentary priority (rush) service
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Assistance with peer review process: incorporating reviewer suggestions into manuscript and formulating responses to peer reviewers and journal editor
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*available at a surcharge; §free for ms with >3000 words; **numbers in parenthesis with priority service (25% surcharge)
Acceptance Guarantee
If a journal rejects your paper merely because of its English proficiency, although you accepted all our edits and made no further changes prior to submission to the journal, we will re-check your manuscript for free and formulate a rebuttal letter to the journal (see our FAQ section).
Discounts for large documents
Bespoke discounts may be granted for larger documents such as books or theses upon request. Simply send us an email with your word count and subject area and we will let you know.
Customer Testimonials
Our Quality Guarantee
Unlike some of our competition, we neither employ automated AI systems nor undergraduate students from low income countries to proofread your manuscript. All our editors are experienced academics with PhD and/or MD degrees from highly regarded universities who will take the time needed to correct not just simple spelling and grammatical errors, but, more importantly, improve logical flow, awkward phrasing, word choice, and academic tone. These types of corrections are more time consuming and require an editor who not only understands the science but who possesses the necessary experience and abilities to be able to suggest improvements at this level. The many positive client testimonials show that our approach is the right one.