Life Sciences Research Support

Life Sciences Research Support

Editing and Proofreading (Scientific + General)


Grammar mistakes and convoluted sentences kill your readers’ attention. Formatting inconsistencies are also eye-sores that grind on your readers’ patience. Many people even believe that poorly-written documents are simply not very professional. What all this means is that you need to care about your stakeholders! They’re your readers after all!

Audiences also tend to enjoy a piece of writing when every sentence makes sense and sends clear messages. Clear messages mean clear results and greater reach among your audiences.

Action plan

  • Request editing and proofreading service by clicking here.
  • Get awkward sentences smoothed out, clarity improved, and ensure your writing meets stakeholder expectations and publication standards.
  • Overcome language barriers and communicate your messages effectively with expert editing and proofreading.

What’s included


Language accuracy

  • Fix grammar and punctuation.
  • Align formality level.
  • Improve word choice
  • Fix awkward sentences.
  • Improve narrative flow.

Style and Formatting

  • Apply the right style guides and document conventions.
e.g., Style guide preferences, Journal/agency house style, American vs. British English spelling

Ensure Consistency

  • Standardize terminology, tone, and presentation throughout.
  • Ensure a smooth reading experience for your target audiences.

Types of documents

Technical documents: STEM and Clinical Sciences

  • Reports
  • Manuscripts
  • White papers
  • Grant proposals
  • Doctoral and Master’s theses
  • Conference abstracts
  • Cover letters
  • Applications (scholarships, fellowships, study programs)
  • Presentations / Slide decks
  • Protocols
  • and more.

Other document types: General Topics

  • Emails
  • Webpages
  • College application essays
  • and more.

Levels of editing

  • Standard Editing: Check for linguistic mistakes, formatting, style, consistency, and flow within sentences.
  • Substantive Editing: Standard Editing plus improve word usage, sentence structure, and flow throughout the manuscript. Detect missing and misplaced information. Point out any scientific issues I encounter.

Unless requested, the reference section of scientific documents is not checked because people normally use reference managers to format references automatically.

Pricing

Editing levelPrice*
Standard editing0.06 eur/word
Substantive editing0.09 eur/word
Editing top-up of documents requiring
a substantial amount of corrections**
+0.02 eur/word

* The price excludes VAT. Businesses within Germany will be charged a 19% VAT. Businesses within the EU will be reverse charge. Businesses outside of the EU will be responsible for their own VAT. Individuals not affiliated with a business will be charged the German 19% VAT.

** The word rate will be determined upon inspection of the document’s writing quality. The top-up is to account for the extra time I will need to correct a very poorly written document. It is my experience that most documents are polished enough when handed to me that the top-up is not required.


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  Standard:   0.06 eur/word
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  Standard + top-up:   0.08 eur/word
  Substantive + top-up:   0.11 eur/word



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