English Editing for your Scientific Manuscript


English is the dominant language of the scientific world. To contribute internationally, scientists must communicate and publish in English. The goal of Global BioEditing is to improve the English and clarity of biological manuscripts and other works written by scientists whose native language is not English. We also encourage the use of international recommendations for scientific style and format in writing that editors and publishers require.
We edit

● journal manuscripts
● grant proposals
● theses
● books/book chapters
● slide presentations
● letters

Biological Subjects

● Molecular biology
● Genetics
● Medical Sciences
● Zoology
● Botany
● Microbiology
● Ecology
● Veterinary Medicine
● Agricultural Sciences
We will correct

● grammar
● punctuation
● scientific style and format
● spelling
● order and choice of words
● redundancy
● excessive complexity
● unclear meaning
● sentence structure
● paragraph structure
● logical flow

Operating systems

● Windows
● Mac OS X
● Linux
An unfortunate truth in science is that quality is often measured by impact factor. Another truth is that publication in a top journal requires clear writing as well as good science. English editing can help. Editors, reviewers, funding agencies, and colleagues should judge your research based on your scientific ideas, not your English skills.

The professional service we offer is to edit your scientific manuscript so that it reads like it was written by a native speaker of English. We "level the playing field", as we say in English, in the competition for publication, funding, and recognition. As specialists in the biological sciences - molecular biology, genetics, zoology, botany, ecology, human and veterinary medicine, or agricultural sciences - we can understand what you want to say and then help you to say it better.

The costs in time and money of enhancing publication, funding, and citation through English editing are very small compared to the large investments you have put into your career and research. We cannot help you to be a better scientist, but we can help you to succeed as a scientist.

The differences between us and the large editing services

Personal service

With us, your scientific manuscript will not enter a distribution system where one person receives your submission, another decides who will do the editing, a third - usually a student - performs the editing, then back to the first person who returns your documents to you. With large companies, contacting the right person can be difficult for getting direct, immediate answers to your questions about the editing, or the transmission of your files, or your payment. Also, consistency in the quality of English editing between one submission and the next is not quaranteed. At Global BioEditing, one person (see Editor) will receive, edit, and return your documents, send the invoice, answer your questions, and be available to discuss specific points about your documents. If you submit more documents to us in the future, the same person will be there to do it all again. We will NOT send your work to freelancers or students or redirect your questions to someone else.

Quality

Most of the large editing services send documents to scientists, who then have their students do the editing (do YOU have the time to edit someone else's document "on the side" to earn a little bit of extra money?). Most of the large editing services also do not correct scientific style and formatting, because the students who do the editing have not yet learned the rules. Global BioEditing's editor is a former scientist who is now a professional editor with an understanding of the English language exceeding that of the typical scientist or student. Professional editing should be performed by professional editors, not students.

Universality

Microsoft Windows is certainly the dominant operating system in the world today, and we support it, but it is not the only one used in the world of science. Many researchers have discovered the stability of the OS X operating system of the Mac, and Linux is steadily gaining in popularity around the world. Few English-editing services, however, support these other platforms, but we do. We can edit documents - whether text, presentation, or spreadsheet - produced by any of these three operating systems, and produced by programmes other than just those from Microsoft (see Editing services).

Security

Global BioEditing's security features are as good as or better than those used by the big companies (see Your privacy for a few details). The main difference between us and them is the number of transfers involved, and perhaps more importantly, the number of eyes that see your documents. We will NOT retransmit your documents to anyone. You will be entrusting the security and confidentiality of your intellectual property to just one person - the Editor.

Journal formatting

Most of the large editing companies do not offer services that go beyond a basic editing of English. We do. As an option, we will ensure that your article follows the formatting of your chosen journal. Most authors do this task themselves, but if you have neither the time nor the desire to do this tedious task, then we will do it for you. Most authors also do not thoroughly verify the complete accuracy of their references - not just the formatting, but things like spelling and page numbers. Many authors take reference information from published articles without verifying the accuracy of the information, so mistakes can spread. We will check your references with the PubMed database, so any remaining errors will be PubMed's.

Pricing

Prices vary from one editing service to another. Shop around. You will find some services with rates lower than ours, but big is not necessarily better. Some rates are similar to ours, and many are higher. Our rates are fair for the quality and speed of service we provide.