FAQs

Although these are similar services on the surface, the amount of intervention decreases with the type of service in the following order: Editing + Proofreading > Editing > Proofreading.

Under the Editing and Editing + Proofreading services, we check spelling, punctuation, consistency, grammar, syntax, logic, clarity, information structure and flow, technical terminology, and style as per the style guide (e.g., AMA, APA, IEEE) or journal. The only difference between the Editing and Editing + Proofreading services is that under Editing + Proofreading service, your manuscript will be reviewed by an editor–proofreader pair.

Under the proofreading service, we check mainly for consistency, grammar, and terminology. Style-related changes are not made. Please contact our Client Servicing team for further details.

No, we do not format documents under the editing or editing + proofreading services. You can add in our publication support package to these services if you want your edited and proofread document to be formatted as per your target journal guidelines.

For plagiarism analyses, we use PlagScan©, a trusted software, which specifically measures the quality of the text by testing the originality of a document. For more information about our Plagiarism Reduction Service, click here…

Yes, we follow any style guide of your choice. Please provide us with your requirement when send us your file(s).

Your document will be assigned to one of our many experienced native English-speaking academic editors and proofreaders who have postgraduate or doctoral degrees in various subjects of the academia.

Our editorial team comprises editors with expertise in various academic domains including, Life Sciences, Medicine, Engineering, Physical Sciences, Social Sciences, and Literature. Most of our editors have postgraduate or doctoral degrees in their subject area, and thus have concise understanding of the subjects. The documents are allocated according to their technical expertise ensuring that it is edited with utmost accuracy.

If you have any questions, you can send us the edited file with the questions inserted as comments, or you can mail us your list of questions while indicating the relevant instances. We will direct all your all editing-related queries to the appropriate editor/proofreader. We generally respond within one working day. However, our client servicing team will inform you about the schedule of response, as it is determined by the nature and number of questions.

Under this category, we offer following services:

• Plagiarism Analysis
• Plagiarism Reduction
• Plagiarism Analysis and Reduction

The pricing of these services vary with the extent of reduction required and the turnaround time. The pricing is provided on request. For pricing, contact at cs@editingindia.com or +91-9987594481.

Yes, our client service team will send you an email confirming the safe receipt of your payment.

Please send a screen shot/print screen of the error message you received while making the payment to our client service team (cs@editingindia.com) and we will get back to you at the earliest. Please do not send us the URL of the error message page as we will not be able to access it.

Under the formatting service, we do not format figures. For artwork editing, you can opt for either our formatting and submission service or our artwork editing service. Please contact our Client Servicing team for further details.

Under the formatting service, we format tables, but not figures. For artwork editing, you can opt for either our formatting and submission service or our artwork editing service. Please contact our Client Servicing team for further details.

Every journal has a different fee structure. Some paid journals charge fees only for printing color figures/artwork, but not for manuscript publication. By contrast, open access journals charge authors an article processing fee. Hence, the authors need to pay these charges themselves; therefore, we do not include them in our fee.

Yes, under our formatting and submission service, we not only format your manuscript but also submit it for you.

Yes, but this will be considered as a new assignment and you will be charged accordingly.

Yes, our journal selection service can help you select journals most suitable for the publication of you manuscript. You will be provided with full reports of six journals; these reports will tell you why a certain journal is suitable for you. For more information about our Journal Selection service, click here…

Because most journals tend to have high rejection rates, it is always better to keep ready a list of suitable target journals to which you can submit your work. Unless you are very sure regarding the target journal you have selected, we recommend that you use our journal selection service.

No, we do not offer any rewriting and paraphrasing under our Formatting and Formatting and Submission Services. You can opt for our Plagiarism Reduction Service for rewriting and paraphrasing plagiarized text. For more information about our Plagiarism Reduction Service, click here…

The procedure for order placement is as follows:

• Email your document to our client service team (cs@editingindia.com).
• Specify the service you require, word count, and turnaround time.
• Once our client service team has received your mail, we will send you a quote.
• Confirm the order and send us the details of the work.
• After receiving a confirmation and payment from your end, we allocate the file to one of our team members.

Alternatively, you can fill our quotation form and indicate your requirements. After receiving your completed quotation form, we will send you a quote as soon as possible during the business hours.

If you are unsure of the services that you require, you can go through our website. The detailed service descriptions provide you appropriate information and help you choose the service that best suits your requirements. You can also consult our client service team. Our team will review your requirements and budget carefully and recommend the most suitable service for you. Sharing the manuscript or document will help the client service team (through email or website-Quotation page) further improve the accuracy of the recommendation.

During business hours, we try and respond to all customer requests or queries as soon as possible. However, if you have requested outside of business hours, then we will respond as soon as we resume work. If you have not received a response from our client service team, please check your junk mail or call our client service team.

Attaching a reference file (such as figures, tables, and response to reviewer comments) is recommended because it provides editors with proper background knowledge of your research, enabling editors to efficiently edit your document. Note that the word count of the reference file will not be considered in the total word count.

The text, tables, references, and mathematical formulae are conventionally included in the word count, unless instructed otherwise by the customer. If you wish to exclude certain parts of the document, you are requested to specify accordingly. The parts of the document to be edited will be considered in the word count, and the fee will calculated accordingly. Word count of the reference file will not be considered in the total word count.

If you encounter an error while uploading the file on the website, you can mail the file to our client service team (cs@editingindia.com).

Our business ours are from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm IST. We are available for service from Monday to Friday.

Yes, we have a strict confidentiality policy: we ensure that any client data, including your person information and documents supplied to us, is not divulged to any entity outside of the company. Any breaches to this policy lead to serious consequences to the perpetrators.

Yes, our privacy policy guarantees 100% confidentiality through a nondisclosure agreement between you and our editors. So, you can submit your information and work to us with complete confidence.

You can send us the edited file with the questions inserted as comments, or you can mail us your list of questions while indicating the relevant instances. We will direct all your all editing-related queries to the appropriate editor/proofreader.

You can make changes to your paper if you like. However, we highly recommend that you get these changes checked by us before submission.

If the amount of changes are less than 10% of the original word count, the revised text will be edited free of charge. If the changes amount 10%–20%, you will be charged a heavily discounted fee. For changes amounting >20%, your case will be treated as a new case, and you will be charged the regular service price.

Please contact our client service team for further details.

If you do not get your revised text checked by us before submitting, then the quality guarantee becomes invalid. However, if you do get it checked by us, then the quality guarantee remains valid.