Academic editing services
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I am an Accredited Editor (AE) trained in academic editing. I provide high-quality editing for academics and post-graduate students:
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Why choose an accredited, trained academic editor?
Having your academic writing professionally edited by an accredited editor who is trained in academic editing will increase your chances of publication. Excellence in research demands clear and accurate communication, but editing your own work is difficult and time consuming.
My academic editing service removes the hard work from creating precise, word-perfect writing.
I will ensure that your written work will not be misunderstood or misrepresented due to errors in the language, style or structure of your writing. I will work quickly and efficiently, returning a document worthy of publication that will retain your distinctive voice.
I will perform all of the time-intensive tasks for you, thoroughly copyediting your work, including:
When I return your edited document to you, I will include a personal letter explaining the changes I have made and giving advice on how you can improve your writing in the future.
My academic editing service removes the hard work from creating precise, word-perfect writing.
I will ensure that your written work will not be misunderstood or misrepresented due to errors in the language, style or structure of your writing. I will work quickly and efficiently, returning a document worthy of publication that will retain your distinctive voice.
I will perform all of the time-intensive tasks for you, thoroughly copyediting your work, including:
- correcting grammar, punctuation and spelling
- ensuring appropriate language rules are used
- removing repetition, redundancy and ambiguity
- ensuring accurate use of tense, sentence structure, paragraphs and vocabulary
- ensuring appropriate tone
- identifying any weak, inconsistent or flawed arguments and unsubstantiated contentions
- ensuring logical flow and organisation of ideas
- achieving compliance with the style manual of your choice (e.g. APA, Chicago)
- achieving compliance with the spelling of your choice (e.g., US, UK, Australian)
- ensuring in-text citations, reference lists and bibliographies are complete and correct and styled according to the style you are using.
When I return your edited document to you, I will include a personal letter explaining the changes I have made and giving advice on how you can improve your writing in the future.
How will your academic work be copyedited?
When copyediting academic documents, I use Microsoft Word's Track Changes facility. This means every change I make to your document is 'tracked', and all suggestions or queries are inserted as comments in the margin using the Track Changes comments feature.
I will return your copyedited document in two versions: a tracked-changes (TC) version, showing all changes and comments and a 'clean-copy' (CC) version in which I have accepted all of the changes but the comments are still visible. This gives you, the author, complete control over the final version of your document. You can carefully go through the tracked-changes, accepting or rejecting each individual change, reading my comments in the margin, and choosing whether to take on board my suggestions. It is, after all, your document.
If your document has required a heavy copyedit, I will recommend that you return the document to me for proofreading after you have reviewed the changes and attended to my suggestions and queries. This is because the author-review process often results in new errors, which I can quickly eliminate for you.
I will return your copyedited document in two versions: a tracked-changes (TC) version, showing all changes and comments and a 'clean-copy' (CC) version in which I have accepted all of the changes but the comments are still visible. This gives you, the author, complete control over the final version of your document. You can carefully go through the tracked-changes, accepting or rejecting each individual change, reading my comments in the margin, and choosing whether to take on board my suggestions. It is, after all, your document.
If your document has required a heavy copyedit, I will recommend that you return the document to me for proofreading after you have reviewed the changes and attended to my suggestions and queries. This is because the author-review process often results in new errors, which I can quickly eliminate for you.
Styles
Academic writing almost always requires the author to adhere to a particular style. It could be the preferred style of your university, of a journal or other periodical to which you are submitting an article or of a publisher if you are writing a book or book chapter. In some cases, you might be given no direction in terms of style but be advised to be consistent with the style decisions you make. Adhering to a particular style in your writing not only requires a thorough knowledge and understanding of that style but also painstaking attention to detail.
As an academic, you almost certainly want to dedicate your time to valuable research, teaching (if you have a teaching role) and writing for publication--not laboriously mastering yet another new style for your latest submission.
I can copyedit your document following the style you request. If you are submitting an article to a journal for publication, I will adhere to the journal's chosen style. If you are unsure of the style required for your document, I can advise you.
I am proficient in the major styles, including:
As an academic, you almost certainly want to dedicate your time to valuable research, teaching (if you have a teaching role) and writing for publication--not laboriously mastering yet another new style for your latest submission.
I can copyedit your document following the style you request. If you are submitting an article to a journal for publication, I will adhere to the journal's chosen style. If you are unsure of the style required for your document, I can advise you.
I am proficient in the major styles, including:
- APA (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th and 7th edition)
- AGLC (Australian Guide to Legal Citation, 4th edition)
- Australian Government style (Style Manual, digital)
- Australian style (Style manual for authors, editor and printers, sixth edition, print)
- CMOS (Chicago Manual of Style, 16th and 17th edition)
- MLA style (Modern Language Association)
Citations and referencing
Ensuring in-text citations, reference lists and bibliographies are complete, correct, formatted and punctuated to the required citation style can be one of the most time-consuming aspects of academic writing. However, it is essential.
I can remove the hard work from this onerous task and ensure your citations and reference list or bibliography are complete and formatted according to the style you are using. Although the two most commonly used styles of source citation are the documentary-note style and the author-date style, there are many other referencing styles. These include ACS style (American Chemical Society), AGLC style (Australian Guide to Legal Citation), AMA style (American Medical Association), APA style (American Psychological Association), IEEE style (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), MLA style (Modern Language Association) and Vancouver style. I can edit your source citations and reference list according to any of these (or other) styles. If you are submitting an article to a journal for publication, I will adhere to the journal's chosen style.
I can remove the hard work from this onerous task and ensure your citations and reference list or bibliography are complete and formatted according to the style you are using. Although the two most commonly used styles of source citation are the documentary-note style and the author-date style, there are many other referencing styles. These include ACS style (American Chemical Society), AGLC style (Australian Guide to Legal Citation), AMA style (American Medical Association), APA style (American Psychological Association), IEEE style (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), MLA style (Modern Language Association) and Vancouver style. I can edit your source citations and reference list according to any of these (or other) styles. If you are submitting an article to a journal for publication, I will adhere to the journal's chosen style.