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A great introduction for international researchers. This presentation is aimed at postgraduate students and academics new to the complex world of getting published in international peer-reviewed journals.


... The author services page was extremely helpful for me because I was a first time contributor the author guides were extremely helpful. In addition, other supplemental material and links available on this page are also beneficial in giving information pertaining to different queries that are there in the mind of the author."

Publishing papers in academic journals is becoming increasingly important for all academics, especially those starting their careers. The process of submitting a paper to a journal and understanding the peer review process are both explained in this video podcast. You will also find out how to choose the best journal for your paper, how to prepare the "perfect" manuscript and learn ways in which to improve your chances of publication, including the top ten reasons for rejection.

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How to do just about everything!

The Taylor & Francis Author Services team have been very busy producing new "How to" guides packed with concise and practical information in order to become a successful journal author.

Below are all the guides that are available to download as PDF:

We hope that you will find these guides an invaluable reference point and would appreciate any feedback at: authorqueries@tandf.co.uk

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Help preparing your manuscript

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Do you need help preparing your manuscript for submission?

If you wish to use these resources, you should make contact directly through the websites provided. Use of any of these services will not guarantee that your article will be accepted or published in a Taylor & Francis Group journal.

The AuthorAID Resource Library has hundreds of resources that you may find helpful, covering all aspects of writing and research:
www.authoraid.info/resource-library

Do you know of any other resources that authors might find useful?
Please let us know by contacting our Author Services Manager at authorqueries@tandf.co.uk

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Editing and translation

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It is a good idea to make some checks before you decide to pay for these services.

As well as questions about cost and payment methods, you may also want to find out what experience the company has in your subject area, what qualifications the staff have, what policies they have on confidentiality, how long the work will take, and whether they can offer a free sample before you make the decision to use their services.

Disclaimer:
The services listed here are not associated with Taylor & Francis Group, nor any journal published by Taylor & Francis Group, and we do not receive any commission or other benefit in exchange for this listing. Use of these resources is at the author's own expense and risk, and Taylor & Francis Group has no involvement in any interaction between the author and the supplier. Taylor & Francis Group does not accept any responsibility or liability for any services provided. We do not imply any guarantees, warranties, or representations about their content or accuracy.

Help.Plagtracker
Help.Plagtracker provides professional editing assistance, rewriting, formatting, and sentence structure correction. They offer editing services for a wide range of academic papers such as dissertations, theses, essays, research papers. Help.Plagtracker also offers professional editing of cover letters, résumés, personal statements, and textbooks. The service has about 75 professional editors and guarantees high quality and fast delivery.

Easytextcheck.com – 10% discount for Taylor & Francis authors
The easytextcheck.com platform offers a low-cost high-speed language editing solution for authors who are preparing papers for publication in international science, medical, and technical journals. Their editors correct usage, grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors. Through their extensive international network of language experts, they can offer this service in a wide range of language and subject areas.

Easytextcheck.com is pleased to offer a 10% discount to authors submitting to Taylor & Francis journals. Their website is: www.easytextcheck.com/tandf.

Armstrong-Hilton
Established for 15 years, Armstrong-Hilton edits papers from all academic disciplines:

  • Specialized in editing for Asian clients for whom English is a second language.
  • Only employ native-speaking editors from a wide-range of disciplines, mostly full-time.
  • Editing is of the highest quality, regularly published in a long list of leading academic journals, with references freely available.
  • Website available in English, simplified Chinese and Japanese.
  • Hong Kong, mainland China and Singapore offices with Chinese-speaking staff.
  • Accept payment through bank accounts in Hong Kong, mainland China and Singapore, and by credit card online.
  • Clients can submit invoices to their institution’s finance department for payment on project completion.
  • 24-hour turn around.
Their website is: www.ahediting.com.

Journal Prep
Journal Prep provides field-specific English editing services for academic authors to help them produce high quality, publication-ready work. Their website, information and customer service is available in three new languages: Chinese, Portuguese, and Finnish. Authors are given the opportunity to select their own editors based on experience and academic background. Their editors will correct and polish your manuscript to make it clear, easy-to-read and grammatically correct. **Editing certificates available**
Their website is http://www.journalprep.com.

Integra Language Polishing Services
Language polishing services for authors in all scientific fields, including physics, chemistry, biology, life sciences, medicine, and technology. Integra's experienced language editors (native English speakers with relevant subject expertise, excellent written communication skills, and experience in language polishing) will make sure that your manuscript meets accepted standards of scientific English before you submit it to a journal. The service is fast, efficient, and hassle-free.
Their website is http://language-polishing.com/

BioScience Writers
BioScience Writers is a scientific editing company committed to helping authors from the global scientific community maximize the accuracy and impact of their written documents to enhance scientific publication efforts. They provide the highest quality scientific document editing service at a reasonable price with rapid turnaround. All of their editors are native English speakers and Ph.D.- or M.D.-trained scientists who understand the requirements for publishing science, technical, and medical documents. BioScience Writers provides a no-risk guarantee: they will work to ensure you are pleased with every edited document you receive from them, or provide a full refund. Taylor & Francis Journals authors will receive a 25% discount on their first order! Just include the promotion code 'TANDF' via their website, or when submitting your manuscript by email. Their website is www.biosciencewriters.com/.

Semos
Semos provides translations specializing in rush jobs, rarer languages and all technical and scientific texts. Their website is www.semos.co.uk.

Dr Nathalie Schon
Offers editing, proofreading, and translations from French and German into English. Her website is www.officemagenta.net

Cambridge Proofreading LTD
Based in Cambridge, England. Proofreading and editing services for the full spectrum of academic fields. Their website is http://proofreading.org/.

Dr Nathalie Schon
Offers editing, proofreading, and translations from French and German into English. Her website is www.officemagenta.net

Accdon - LetPub
Accdon is a professional editorial service provider headquartered in Boston. Accdon serves international researchers by eliminating language barriers and conserves the time of journal editors and reviewers. Many of their editors are drawn from top research institutions, such as Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Columbia, and the University of Wisconsin. Accdon editors consistently deliver native-English-style manuscripts in strict accordance with scientific writing conventions and journalistic requirements, such as those of Taylor & Francis.

Clients from China can communicate directly with Accdon’s Shanghai office for language, scientific editing, and translation services. Accdon routinely provides official invoices suitable for processing by university funding departments. Enter the referral code TANDFLETPUB to receive a 5% discount. Their website is www.letpub.com

WS Editing
WS Editing (WSE) is a scientific editing company that specializes in the language polishing of books, journals, and presentations written by scientists who are not native English speakers. They handle manuscripts in chemistry, physics, mathematics, biology, engineering, medicine, environmental science, energy, and the human sciences. Please contact Sienna Forsythe for a quote: sienna@wsediting.com.
Their website is wsediting.com

Write On! Editing Services
Write On! Editing Services is operated by Dr. Anne Altor, who has advanced degrees in environmental and soil science, and over 10 years of research, field, and laboratory experience. Dr. Altor has published peer-reviewed papers, technical reports, and a book chapter, and is very familiar with the processes and demands of academic publishing. She has been involved in academic editing and writing since 2000.

Write On! Editing works with scientists (both non-native and native English speakers) to improve their research manuscripts, conference proceedings, technical reports, cover letters and responses to reviewers, and other documents. Their goal is to optimize clients' success in publishing, through an interactive editing process that involves:

  • Correcting errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar, word usage, and sentence structure
  • Evaluating the logic and organization of the document, making specific recommendations and giving examples of ways to improve problems in these areas
  • Improving flow and conciseness of the writing
  • Ensuring that the document adheres to the style guidelines of the target journal, or general scientific style and usage.

Dr. Altor has expertise in the following areas: biogeochemistry, botany, ecological engineering and restoration, ecological landscaping, ecosystem and field ecology, ESL / ESOL editing, forest and plant ecology, herpetology, soil science and agronomy, and wetland science. She has assisted scientists in preparing manuscripts for dozens of peer-reviewed journals in these subject areas.

Your work is treated with strict confidentiality. For a free, no-obligation cost quotation, please upload your manuscript through the website: WriteOnEditing.net or send it via email to: AnneAltor@WriteOnEditing.net

Write On! Editing Services accepts payments by credit card through the website, by bank transfer, or by cashier's check. Departmental invoicing requirements are accommodated.

Translation Unit
Contact: jfrb@btopenworld.com

The Translation Unit offers translation services in many languages and subject areas.

ScienceDocs®
Website: www.sciencedocs.com

ScienceDocs® offers help for scientists to bring their work up to a publishable level, especially those who have English difficulties.

Edanz Editing
Website: www.edanzediting.co.jp/taylor-francis

Liwen Bianji
Website: www.liwenbianji.cn/taylor-francis

Edanz Editing and Liwen Bianji, companies in the Edanz Group, are localized in Japan and China for Japanese and Chinese authors, respectively. Clients can communicate with us in their native language, make payments through their country's banking system, and receive official invoices so that their university departments can make payment. The Edanz Group knows what Taylor & Francis journals want to publish: native English style manuscripts that are well written and follow journal requirements. Your manuscript will be edited by an expert in your field, a published author who knows how to clearly communicate your scientific findings. The scientific backgrounds of Edanz Editing and Liwen Bianji's over 110 native English speaking editors are on our websites. Edanz Group editors have edited over 30,000 manuscripts for submission to more than 3,400 journals.

Services:

  • Expert scientific review and rewriting before submission to resolve scientific problems which might prevent acceptance.
  • Language editing before submission, or after rejection for poor English.
  • Rewriting of manuscripts rejected from peer review for scientific reasons.

Authors not from Japan or China should visit www.edanzediting.co.jp/English

OnLine English
Website: www.oleng.com.au
Contact: ole@oleng.com.au

OnLine English offers first-class scientific and academic editing correction and improvement for authors whose native language is not English. OnLine English guarantees that research papers are edited by experts, most with PhDs and many years of editorial experience. OnLine English also offers international quality assurance accreditation (ISO 9001:2000). OnLine English continues to offer assistance after the document is returned. In most cases, checking of minor changes is without charge (up to six follow-up requests are included in the price!) Client information is completely confidential (we do NOT share, exchange, sell or disclose to any other party any information about our clients).The client's intellectual property is protected. OnLine English specialises in journal submission. However, we can handle documents of all types (for example, research papers and abstracts, conference presentations, referees' reports, responses to referees' reports, CVs, newsletter articles, annual reports, proposals and submissions). Full information about the OnLine English service is available on their website.

American Journal Experts
Website: http://journalexperts.com?rcode=TandF1

American Journal Experts works with thousands of non-native English speaking authors, helping them edit and polish their articles for publication. AJE has subject-expert editors who will check your manuscripts for spelling mistakes, grammar, punctuation, misplaced modifiers, changes in tense, problems in parallelisms, and use of inappropriate language. In addition, they will make sure that your text sounds natural and your sentences are well constructed. Enter referral code TandF1 to receive a 10% discount.

ATECS - Text Editing
Website: www.atecs-text-editing.com

ATECS - Text Editing offers a professional, confidential and rapid text editing/correction service. They can improve the correctness and clarity of the English in your journal article, research proposal, dissertation, thesis or conference paper.

Blue Pencil Science
Website: www.bluepencilscience.com

Blue Pencil Science is a scientific and medical editing service that provides English language assistance for journal manuscripts and other research-related documents.

Cambridge Language Consultants
Website: www.camlang.com/profile.cfm

Genedits
Website: www.genedits.com/profile.cfm

Cambridge Language Consultants and Genedits offer language editing, editorial advice, data analysis, and have a great deal of experience in dealing with Asian authors in particular.

Clark Scientific Editing
Website: www.clarkscientificediting.com

Clark Scientific Editing is an expert scientific editing service, based in the United Kingdom, for non-native English speakers. In addition to improving the quality of the English, your manuscript will be checked for any discrepancies from a scientific viewpoint.

Englishediting.net
Website: www.englishediting.net

Englishediting.net offers online English editing and proofreading services for scientists and researchers worldwide. Their editors have completed graduate and postgraduate training, and are experienced in the publication process, guaranteeing that your manuscript will receive the appropriate and suitable attention.

English Polishing Ink
Contact: englishpolish@optusnet.com.au

English Polishing Ink offers English-language help and language polishing. Website is currently under construction.

TheMedicalEditor.com
Website: www.themedicaleditor.com

TheMedicalEditor.com offers high-quality medical and scientific editing at reasonable rates for English- and non-English-speaking authors worldwide.

Stickler Editing
Website: www.sticklerediting.com

Stickler Editing provides professional editing and proofreading services for authors, students, academics, and companies. With over ten years experience in all forms of the English language and according to all the commonly used style and citation guides, SticklerEditing.com is fully qualified to tackle any copy-editing or writing job you need, from a short description on an independent website to a university paper, a feature article in a national magazine to a major book publication worldwide.

OnLine English
Website: www.oleng.com.au

OnLine English offers scientific and academic editing and proofreading services, specializing in helping authors whose native language is not English.

Bioedit English Language Editing
Website: www.bioedit.co.uk

Bioedit English Language Editing, an online English editing company, offers unprecedented, high-quality English editing of biomedical texts destined for submission to peer-reviewed journals in the life sciences. The texts are edited by a large, expert team of native English-speaking editors with PhDs and years of experience in a broad range of disciplines in medicine and biology.

SPI Publisher Services
Website: www.prof-editing.com

SPI Publisher Services provides English-language editorial guidance and language polishing.

Stallard Scientific Editing
Website: www.stallardediting.com

Stallard Scientific Editing provides a quality English-editing service for researchers worldwide. We are based in Nelson, New Zealand; most of our professional editors are also based in New Zealand. Stallard Scientific Editing was established in 2006 by the husband-and-wife team of Dr. Aaron Stallard and Annabel Boyes. Having worked for many years in their respective professional fields of Earth Science and Medical Imaging, Aaron and Annabel then gained considerable experience working as freelance scientific editors for leading Japan- and Europe-based editing organizations before forming their own editing company.

Dr. Aaron Stallard, Managing Editor at Stallard Scientific Editing says: "Stallard Scientific Editing is proud to assist authors in publishing their research in Taylor & Francis journals."

Consider the Stallard Scientific Advantage:

  • Fast turnaround: 4-6 business days for most jobs; 1-2 days for our Rush Service.
  • Affordable pricing: see our website for details; 10% discount for first-time clients.
  • Local support: our website is provided in five languages, and we accept payment in 12 international currencies.
  • Expert editors: native-English professionals with strong academic and/or industry experience and excellent writing skills.
  • Satisfaction and quality guaranteed: we will continue to work with you until you are 100% satisfied with the edited manuscript. Be sure to use our free Ask-the-Editor Service and be assured by our Draft-to-Journal Guarantee.
  • Free, no-obligation quote: simply send us your manuscript via our online form.

For further details of our editing services, examples of feedback from our many satisfied clients, and selected profiles of our specialist editors, please visit our website.

Global Biological Editing
Website: www.globalbiologicalediting.com

Global Biological Editing specializes in editing manuscripts in the biological sciences so may be of interest to authors planning to submit material to our biological journals.

Enago English Editing Services
Enago offers English language polishing services for scientific research papers for journal publication. Enago has subject expert editors (PhDs and Masters) with an average 19 years of editing experience.

Other than English editing, they offer all levels of publication support to authors, including revised rejected editing, journal selection, artwork editing, word count reduction and cover letter editing. An ISO 9001:2008 certified company, Enago is very careful about the quality delivered to authors.

Exclusive regional websites and services of Enago are listed below. Each of the websites has localized payment options and invoices available on demand.

  • For Japanese researchers: Enago Japan
  • For Chinese researchers: Enago China
  • For Taiwanese researchers: Enago Taiwan
  • For German researchers: Enago Germany
  • For Turkish researchers: Enago Turkey
  • For Portuguese researchers: Enago Brazil

    • Writing and Editing Services
    Writing and Editing Services provide professional editing and proofreading services for academic papers.
    Their website is www.writingeditingservices.com

    eTeams
    eTeams is a leading provider of translation and interpretation services. eTeams translates to and from 170 languages, and delivers a personalized and competitively priced service. Their website is www.eteams.co.uk/

    Ray E. Hardesty
    Ray E. Hardesty, M.A., is a highly skilled technical, scientific, and scholarly editor with 30 years of experience and clients at universities worldwide. For more information, see www.rayhardestyediting.com.

    Editage

    • Subject-matter expertise- Medicine, life sciences, physical sciences, social sciences and humanities
    • ISO 9001:2008-certified editing processes and well defined quality guarantee
    • 24/7 online system-manage accounts, track manuscripts, post requests
    • Unlimited questions for editor
    • Per word pricing and no minimum charges
    • Multiple level of services to suit author needs
    • Offices in USA, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, India
    Information available in
    Japanese | English | Traditional Chinese | Korean | Simplified Chinese | Portuguese

    Suzana Pawlyk
    Suzana Pawlyk offers translations between Portuguese and English, from Spanish to Portuguese, and Spanish to English. Her website is: http://transluton.webs.com/

    Biodila
    Biodila offer expert professional medical editing for your medical writing and biomedical review needs (manuscripts, research grants, or dissertations). Their website is www.biodila.com and you can contact them at info@biodila.com.

    BioSciEditors
    BioSciEditors offers professional scientific editing and English proofreading services to researchers in academia and industry. They specialize in editing all forms of scientific documents for publication in international journals (articles, abstracts, presentations, etc). Their team of skilled scientific editors hold Ph.D. degrees in the biological sciences, are native English speakers, have experience in editing and proofreading scientific documents, and work in academia and industry. Their website is www.bioscieditors.com.

    Cambridge Academic Manuscripts
    Cambridge Academic Manuscripts (CAM) provides English language editing for biology, bioscience, and medical research papers and related documents. The CAM service offers:

    • An introductory discount of 33%
    • Detailed "deep" edits by a native English speaker
    • Fast return of manuscripts
    • A Cambridge University Professor as Chief Editor
    • Loyalty discounts for returning clients

    Website:www.cambridgeacademicmanuscripts.com
    Contact: info@cambridgeacademicmanuscripts.com

    Sibia Proofreading
    Sibia Proofreading is an editing and proofreading service for students and academics. Their editors are highly experienced in a number of academic subjects and formatting styles, and they have earned college and graduate degrees from top universities, including Harvard University and Oxford University.
    Their website is www.SibiaProofreading.com.

    Papersconsulting.com
    Papersconsulting.com was established to help people all over the world achieve their academic goals by providing quality writing of academic papers at an affordable price. They provide consulting, editing, and proofreading services with additional samples. Customer satisfaction is a top priority and they guarantee that for each job they provide M.A. and Ph.D. degreed professionals and consultants. Their website is www.papersconsulting.com/proofreading.html

    The Charlesworth Group
    Website: www.charlesworthauthorservices.com?rcode=TAFR001

    Author Services from The Charlesworth Group helps researchers to improve the quality, clarity, and readability of their written English and to increase the effectiveness of their manuscripts in communicating the process, findings, and importance of their research.

    • Quality
      • All Charlesworth's services are covered by the ISO 9001 quality accreditation
      • Two rounds of edits per paper prior to payment
      • Easy, online paper submission system through website
    • Editors
      • Native speakers of English – based in UK and US
      • College degrees in the subject area they are editing
      • All editors going through rigorous testing and regular assessments
    • Pricing
      • Affordable pricing
      • Two rounds of edits prior to payment
    • Turnaround Times
      • 5 day and 10 day turnaround times
    • Files Types Accepted
      • MS Word, WordPerfect, LaTeX and Tex, plus .jpg, .tif, .eps for figures

    10% Discount: T&F authors can use referral code: TAFR001 during submission to receive a 10% discount.

    Editor on Call
    Editor on Call offers editing services for a wide range of academic and educational materials including articles for submission to peer-reviewed journals; theses; conference papers; and books. Will check for spelling, grammar, sense, effective communication, tense, flow, and style, depending on your requirements. Specializes in linguistics and languages education, behavioral sciences, education, humanities, and social sciences. Also offers book indexing and copyright clearance. Professional memberships: Society of Editors (South Australia), Society of Editors (New South Wales), Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers. Accreditation: Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd), the peak national body for editors in Australia
    Experience: 16 years in publishing, both in-house and freelance. Price estimates include a small editing sample. Based in Seaford Rise, South Australia. Contact: mroccisano@adam.com.au

    PS Editorial Services
    With almost 20 years’ experience and based in the UK, PS Editorial Services provides the highest-quality English-editing and polishing service for papers written by non-native English-speaking authors, primarily for science, technical, and medical publications, but most other subject areas will be considered. All subject matter is treated with absolute confidentiality, and all editing includes full English grammar, consistency, comprehension, punctuation, and spelling checks, according to specified style (including rewriting of American-English text to suit British-English style, and vice versa, if required); comprehensive checks for reference citations; and a list of queries for the author’s attention. Work can be completed according to tight deadlines, as required. Full references and examples of work are available upon request. PS Editorial Services is an Advanced Member of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders.

    For an instant quote, email: paul@paulsen.demon.co.uk
    Further details on the website: www.pseditorialservices.com/

    Dr. Nadja Anna Janssen
    Dr. Janssen provides a translation service (German–English/English–German), proofreading, and editing in the fields of history, literary studies, and political science. She holds degrees in English, political science and sociology and a Ph.D. in history.

    Her contact details can be found on her website:
    www.shef.ac.uk/history/staff/nadja_janssen

    Scribendi
    Scribendi.com operates as one of the world's leading document preparation services. In a highly fragmented industry, Scribendi.com provides clients with stability, honesty, and integrity. From term papers to business plans, Scribendi.com can help you handle all of your document preparation needs.

    Dr. Cheryl J. Rutledge
    Dr. Cheryl J. Rutledge, Ph.D., now retired from 24 years of college-level teaching in Taiwan, has more than 16 years’ experience as a corrector of scholarly articles written by Mandarin-speaking university teachers and graduate students. She has edited articles authored by specialists in various engineering disciplines, business management, molecular biotechnology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, zoology as well as the humanities and social sciences. For 9 years she also taught formal academic English and/or technical writing to Taiwanese graduate students at both master's and doctoral levels.
    Her website is located at www.academicenglishediting-drrutledge.com.

    Academic Copy Editor
    Academic copy editor Merrie Bergmann has degrees in mathematics, computer science, and philosophy and has held academic positions in computer science and philosophy departments in U.S. colleges. She has written one textbook and coauthored another and has published scholarly articles, reviews, and translations (from Russian) in academic journals. Her academic expertise includes most areas of computer science and philosophy, along with mathematical logic and linguistics. She welcomes documents written by non-native speakers of English. She will check your American or British English writing for spelling and grammatical correctness, eliminate redundancies and ambiguities, reword sentences for clarity and conciseness, and offer guidance on organization and writing style. She will also make necessary changes to conform to specific style manuals.
    Her website is www.academiccopyeditor.com.

    Helen Stevens
    Helen Stevens is an advanced member of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders specializing in editing for authors who do not have English as a first language.

    Main subject areas: education and training (particularly vocational); labor markets; employment policy; organizational development; human resource development; regional studies; healthcare policy; marketing.

    Helen has been an editorial professional since 1995. She is experienced in the pre-submission editing of journal articles for individual authors. In addition, she edits reports for the European Training Foundation, an EU agency concerned with education and training, and with related matters such as labor markets, migration and employment policies.

    Contact: tandf@saltedit.co.uk
    Website: www.saltedit.co.uk

    OxTERMS
    OxTERMS is a complete English-language editing service for biomedical scientists, offering manuscript editing and proofreading to an exceptionally high standard. OxTERMS editors are Oxford University alumni scientists with many years of experience as biomedical editors, combined with a strong academic background in relevant scientific research and an extensive publishing history. They can also provide a translation and editing service from Chinese to English, and can correspond with authors in Chinese if they prefer. Their website is www.oxterms.com, from which further information can be obtained. They will offer Taylor & Francis authors a 20% discount on their first order with the code TF20!

    University English Editing and Translation Service
    Uni-edit provides academic English editing and translation to hundreds of universities worldwide. Choose your region:

    Australia | Taiwan | China | Hong Kong | South Korea | Japan

    Vietnam | Thailand | Indonesia | Singapore | EU | USA | Arabic

    • Academic editors
    • Native English speakers
    • Subject matter specialists
    • Standard-speed and urgent-speed editing
    • Friendly and trustworthy
    • Personal and university payment processes accepted


    Email: global.uniedit@gmail.com
    Website: www.uni-edit.net

    www.parsediting.com
    This site provides scientific editing services by a native English speaker with a Ph.D. in microbiology, and more than ten years' experience in the editing and reviewing of biological- and medical-orientated research manuscripts. The service helps those, especially from non-English speaking countries, to present their scientific data in a coherent and comprehensible manner, thus facilitating the publication of their manuscripts. The rates charged for editing are highly competitive.

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    Graphics

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    DigitalExpert is a tool that helps authors develop and process print-quality files.

    It examines digital files and identifies any with problems, providing the author with information on how to repair them. The website is http://dx.sheridan.com/


    Creating tables and other diagrams
    Mike Humphries is an illustrator who can prepare all types of diagrams for journals and books. His object is to make sure that all artwork is clear, consistent, of good quality and the correct size for publication. He will send you PDF proofs via email and then send you the final EPS files suitable for the typesetter. He can be contacted via email: mike.humph@tesco.net or telephone: +44 (0)1865 409919 (UK).

    Graph software
    SigmaPlot graphing software from SYSTAT helps you produce high-quality graphs. Website: www.systat.com/products/sigmaplot/.

    Scientific illustrations
    Tim Gunther is a scientific illustrator with experience in various scientific fields. Mr Gunther specializes in line drawings, technical diagrams, information graphics, species identifications, and logo design. He can be contacted via email:
    E: tim@gunthergraphics.biz
    W: www.gunthergraphics.biz

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    Help with references

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    Checking your references with CrossRef
    You can paste your complete reference list into the search box on CrossRef's Simple Text Query page to obtain the DOIs and check that your references are valid. To check the accuracy of a reference, click on the DOI link that comes up. Your reference list should be alphabetical or sequential, but the style is not important.

    Checking accuracy of a reference
    Click on the DOI link that comes up. Your reference list should be alphabetical or sequential, but the style is not important.

    Checking DOIs
    Use the DOI Resolver. Find out more about CrossRef.

    Checking references
    ReferenceChecker is a user-friendly program for fast and accurate checking of name + date-style references (Harvard and APA) and numerical references (Vancouver) in Word files, designed to banish the tedium of manual reference-checking. A free, fully functional 10-day trial version is available from www.goodcitations.com.

    Recording references as you work
    'Document it' is a referencing tool that works within Microsoft® Word as a macro. It can be used to record references as you write. It stores the relevant information within your document, meaning that you can keep the information in one place. It is based on the Harvard system of referencing and sets out the references in the correct format for each source. See www.documentit.co.uk.

    Tip for accurate journal references
    Typing errors often render references inaccurate. For accurate references to biomedical journals, check the reference in PubMed's Single Citation Matcher or Batch Citation Matcher and copy the PubMed citation into your document.

    Reference and bibliography tools

    • Aigaion is a web-based bibliography management system. The website is www.aigaion.nl.
    • Biblioscape help researchers organize reference collections, research notes, generate citations and a bibliography for publication, search and capture references on the web, etc. The website is www.biblioscape.com/biblioscape.htm.
    • Bookends offers reference management and bibliography software for Mac OS X, allowing users to search for and import references from online sources, e.g. Library of Congress, PubMed, Web of Science, Amazon, JSTOR, and Google Scholar. The website is www.sonnysoftware.com.
    • EasyBib can format your citations according to the 6th Ed. of the MLA Handbook and the 5th edition of the APA Manual. Their website is www.easybib.com.
    • EndNote® is a software tool for publishing and managing bibliographies, available for Windows and Macintosh systems. EndNote output styles are now available for hundreds of Taylor & Francis Group journals. If you are submitting to a journal that has one of our new standard reference styles (A to X), and you have access to EndNote in your library, you will be able to download the correct output style. On the journal's Instructions for Authors page you will see a link to 'Description of the journal's reference style'. The name of the style will be given at the top of this document, for example our APA reference style is called TF-A. If you are not sure about the journal's reference style, please contact our Author Services Department (authorqueries@tandf.co.uk).
    • JabRef is an open source bibliography reference manager using BibTeX, the standard LaTeX bibliography format. JabRef runs on the Java VM, and should work equally well on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. The website is http://jabref.sourceforge.net.
    • refbase is a web-based, platform-independent, multi-user interface for managing scientific literature and citations. The website is http://refbase.sourceforge.net.
    • RRiki (Ruby Research Wiki) is free software that can be used to keep notes and organize references for research. The website is http://rriki.sourceforge.net.
    • Scholar's Aid keeps bibliographical data and notes together, transfers the selected text into a word-processed document and inserts an appropriate citation into the document in a form determined by the user. The website is http://scholarsaid.com/index.html.
    • WIKINDX is a free bibliographic and quotations/notes management system designed either for single use (on a variety of operating systems) or multi-user collaborative use across the internet. The website is http://wikindx.sourceforge.net/index2.html.
    • APA Style This blog by APA style experts encourages clarity in scholarly writing and answers many questions about style:
      http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/.
    • Chicago Style This Q&A resource is provided as part of The Chicago Manual of Style Online:
      www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/CMS_FAQ/new/new_questions01.html.
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    Subject-specific help

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    A custom dictionary for chemists to add to word processing programs is available at www.chemistry-blog.com/dictionary/


    arts-humanities.net is a hub for research and teaching in the digital arts and humanities. They provide:

    • Information on projects creating and using digital content, tools and methods to answer research questions
    • Information on tools and methods for creating and using digital resources
    • A listing of expert centres engaged in research and teaching using digital tools, methods and content
    • A library documenting lessons learned through case studies, briefing papers, and a bibliography

    arts-humanities.net acts as a community resource open to collaboration with groups, projects and individuals who are interested in the use of digital tools, methods and content. It is open for anyone to join.

    Please see: www.arts-humanities.net

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    File clean-up

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    How to clean up an electronic manuscript for typesetting

    You can download a program called FileCleaner free of charge from www.editorium.com. FileCleaner cleans up common problems in electronic manuscripts, including multiple spaces, multiple returns, unnecessary tabs, improperly typed ellipses, ells used as ones, and so on. Full instructions are provided.

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    Manuscript preparation

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    Have your manuscript professionally typed.

    Accurate, fast turnaround and competitive rates. Please contact Merryl Le Roux (lerouxclan@gmail.com for further information and a quote.


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    Order of author names

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    Authorder® is a free, easy-to-use tool to allocate author order.

    Determining who should be listed as an author of your article, and what order the names should be listed, can be a problem. Authorder® builds on internationally accepted protocols and is a simple tool that can be used by anyone to allocate author order. Their website is www.authorder.com/

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    Research tools

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    These websites may be of interest to researchers, helping them connect to each other and share information. Let us know of any others we should add by contacting our Author Services Manager at authorqueries@tandf.co.uk


    Digital Research Tools (DiRT)

    Digital Research Tools (DiRT) wiki collects information about tools and resources that can help scholars (particularly in the humanities and social sciences) conduct research more efficiently or creatively.

    Whether you need software to help you manage citations, author a multimedia work, or analyze texts, Digital Research Tools will help you find what you're looking for. They provide a directory of tools organized by research activity, as well as reviews of select tools in which they not only describe the tool's features, but also explore how it might be employed most effectively by researchers.
    Their website is: http://digitalresearchtools.pbworks.com/

    Academia.edu

    Academia.edu helps you follow the latest research in your field. You can sign up at www.academia.edu/

    arts-humanities.net

    arts-humanities.net supports the use and understanding of digital tools and methods for research and teaching. Among other resources they provide a map of digital scholarship, a catalogue of tools and research methods, a library and a listing of centers and researchers. Their website is www.arts-humanities.net/

    AuthorAID

    AuthorAID is a global research community that provides networking, mentoring, resources and training for researchers in developing countries. See www.authoraid.info/

    myExperiment Virtual Research Environment

    The myExperiment Virtual Research Environment enables you to share digital items associated with your research - in particular it enables you to share and execute scientific workflows. Please see www.myexperiment.org/

    PhD candidates and early career researchers, EU-Africa network

    A new discussion group for Ph.D. candidates and early career researchers to share experiences and initiate discussions on topics of interest. The group provides a platform for mutual support and information exchange related to Ph.D. research. Join here: PhD candidates and early career researchers EU-Africa network

    ResearchGATE

    ResearchGATE is a professional network for scientists. It is free of charge and designed to meet researchers' needs. Their website is www.researchgate.net

    ResearcherID

    ResearcherID is a global, multi-disciplinary scholarly research community.
    Visit the website.

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    Author mentoring

    The ISAJE-PARINT online mentoring scheme for authors

    The International Society of Addiction Journal Editors (ISAJE) Writing Mentor Program provides individual, online mentoring to help drug abuse researchers from low- and middle-income countries publish their completed research.

    ISAJE mentors typically have strong national or international reputations in their areas of expertise. Many are editors or members of the advisory boards of scientific journals.

    For more information, click here.

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    Useful reading

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    These books and articles may be useful to you when you are writing your article.

    If you know of any others that have been helpful to you as an author, please let us know by contacting our Author Services Manager at authorqueries@tandf.co.uk


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