AdeptEdit's goal is to help you communicate even the most complex scientific or technical information in clear, accurate, concise and fluent English, and so assist in having your work accepted for publication or presentation, and professionally recognized.

We understand that acceptability of scientific and technical knowledge is not just dependent on the quality of information, but how well it is written.

Whether your document simply needs checking for minor errors or requires substantial editing to achieve a superior standard of clarity and presentation, AdeptEdit's service will meet your needs. As our editorial staff are all PhD scientists, your document benefits from their professional technical knowledge as well as their science editing and publication experience.

• Services Provided
• How To Use AdeptEdit's Services
• Turnaround Time for Services
• How We Edit
• What We Don't Do

Services Provided [Top]

Copy Editing
We ensure your manuscript or other document is correct in its usage of English, logical and consistent, clear and concise, and effective in communicating your data, findings and ideas. This involves:

• correcting spelling, punctuation and grammar
• verifying that usage of style conventions, abbreviations, capitalization and scientific/technical terminology is correct, consistent and appropriate
• querying content where the meaning is ambiguous, not clear or where discrepencies are identified
• recommending alterations to improve clarity, expression and presentation
• suggesting changes to make content more easily readable and comprehensible
• cross checking in-text and reference list citations
• confirming figures and tables are cited in text, and that legends and content are intelligible
• ensuring compliance with specified publication formats, where requested

Re-Editing and Proofreading
Where appropriate, authors may ask for re-editing or proofreading of manuscripts or documents previously copy edited by AdeptEdit. This will usually occur where:

1. the original copy editing identified ambiguities or uncertainties in meaning/interpretation which needed clarification;
2. significant change was recommended to make content more readable and comprehensible, or;
3. the author wants a final editing check prior to submission or to have galleys proofread against originals.

How To Use AdeptEdit's Services [Top]

1. Decide which editing service (copy editing, re-editing, proofreading) you require (see Services Provided).
2. Decide if you need a quotation before we undertake the editing task (see Free Quote).
3. Send your document and contact details to us (see Submit A Document), identifying the service required and requesting a quotation, if applicable.
4. We notify you that we have received your document, provided you have given us return email or fax contact details. If you requested a quote, you will receive it within 2 working days.
5. We edit your document. Where only a quotation was sought, we undertake the editing only after receiving your emailed or faxed authorisation to proceed.
6. We return your edited document, usually within 6 business days following authorisation (see Turnaround Times For Services), for documents sent to us as email attachments or by fax.
7. We send you an invoice for the fee.
8. We will be happy to consult with you during the 10 business days following return of your document, to resolve any queries you may have regarding the editing. Any additional editing required is charged at the normal rates.
9. Within 14 days of receipt of the invoice you pay the specified amount using one of the approved payment methods (see Secure Payment).
10. You may subsequently wish to submit your document for re-editing or proofreading. If so, please return to step (3).

Turnaround Times For Services [Top]

For documents of less than 10,000 words we offer a standard or express service. The standard service has a turnaround time (from receipt of document to return to author) of 6 business days. For clients requiring a more rapid turnaround time, our express service can have your document returned in 2-5 days.

For larger documents, which attract a discount, we will negotiate a mutually satisfactory turnaround time with you.

Costs of AdeptEdit services can be found by linking here to Fees & Charges. To obtain an obligation-free quote for editing your document, link here to Free Quote. To have us undertake the editing of a document for you, link here to Submit A Document.

How We Edit [Top]

Documents sent to us are edited in a three-stage process. The editor initially overviews the content, layout and structure, style, flow and consistency. In the second stage the editor makes copy editing corrections to the text, as outlined above (see Copy Editing). The edited document is read a third time for quality control purposes, then returned to you.

We accept documents prepared in most word processing applications and sent as an email attachment (see Submit a Document). We will also accept documents that are faxed to us or sent by mail.

We prefer documents prepared in Microsoft Word as this application enables both the editor and author to easily track revisions of the document. On receipt of the edited version the author can choose to see the document only in its returned (edited) form, or can view and consider the changes made during the editing process against the original text. Where an editor has queried an ambiguity and/or suggested clarifying comments in the text, the author can accept, reject or correct the changes as necessary.

AdeptEdit provides detailed instructions on tracking revisions (termed 'Track Changes') and other relevant processes in Microsoft Word when edited documents are returned to the author.

What We Don't Do [Top]

AdeptEdit fully guarantees the quality of the editing services it offers. We edit for readability, clarity, coherence and correctness. We do not make unnecesary changes and we aim to retain the author's writing style.

Responsibility for the structure, scientific or technical content and validity, logic, interpretation and conclusions remains with the author. However, because we have high levels of scientific and technical expertise we may draw the author's attention to issues of scientific or technical content.

We do not assess the scientific or technical merit of documents we edit, and do not guarantee acceptibility in these areas.

While all care is taken during receipt and transmission of documents, AdeptEdit does not take responsibility for any technical problems which may occur during these processes.