‘We have worked with the company for many years now. We have always found their service first class. Effective communication, prompt delivery of materials at agreed deadlines and excellent proofreading that has saved us hours of work.’
We’ve helped hundreds of academics get their work published by expressing their ideas in clear, precise English.
If you want your research findings to be accepted for publication, your ideas will need to be conveyed in clear, concise and well-structured English. Our academic editing service will help make sure you’re noticed for your research rather than your mistakes.
Our professional copyeditors take a deep dive into your document, ensuring it reads naturally and that your ideas are conveyed logically and clearly throughout. We’re experienced at editing non-native English and can help you avoid the common (and less common) pitfalls. Once we’re done, we’ll take the time to work through any queries together until you’re thrilled with the final draft.
The bulk of our academic copyediting involves preparing journal papers for submission or at the review and resubmit stage. We’ve worked on hundreds of different research topics and love nothing more than seeing our clients feature in top-ranking journals worldwide. We also frequently work on theses, dissertations and book manuscripts.
Copyediting is a more hands-on review of your document than proofreading, which is about ironing out the final creases before a document is published. A copyeditor usually works on the raw material before a document has gone to a designer, typesetter or publisher. This allows the changes to be implemented before the text is laid out, avoiding time-consuming adjustments later on. For many of our clients, we work in two phases: copyediting first, then proofreading once the document is in its final form.
Alongside copyediting, we offer a reference-checking service, which ensures that your bibliography or reference list is consistent, complete and formatted in line with your chosen referencing style. We can also provide a specialist indexing service.
If your document has already been edited and you’re simply looking for a final polish, check out our proofreading services. For many projects, we provide both copyediting and proofreading, with or without a design stage in between.
Our editors improve all aspects of your language, including:
| 0 to 5,000 words | 1–2 working days |
|---|---|
| 5,001 to 10,000 words | 2–3 working days |
| 10,001 to 20,000 words | 4–5 working days |
| 20,001–50,000 words | 5–10 working days |
| 50,000+ words | to be agreed |
The estimated turnaround times below will give you a sense of how long copyediting will take. If you have a specific deadline to meet let us know – we’ll always do our best to fit in with your timings.
The secret to making our clients happy? Our team. We love what we do – which is probably why we excel at it. With our in-house team of experts and a wider network of specialists, we get the very best talent on your project.
‘We have worked with the company for many years now. We have always found their service first class. Effective communication, prompt delivery of materials at agreed deadlines and excellent proofreading that has saved us hours of work.’
Tate & Clayburn are very reactive and we have been impressed by their professionalism and diligence in working on our texts. The result more than met our expectations and those of our client.
Tate & Clayburn are very reactive and we have been impressed by their professionalism and diligence in working on our texts. The result more than met our expectations and those of our client.
Our human experts go through a rigorous vetting process and have vast experience.
We put customer service at the heart of everything we do and continually strive to improve.
We fit into your schedule without compromising on quality.
