Academic Manuscript Editor for Economists & Marketing Researchers | Journal Submissions, JMPs, Working Papers & Policy Research
I edit a broad range of academic documents, helping authors communicate their ideas clearly and effectively.
Academic editing: economics and marketing manuscripts
Research articles for peer-reviewed journals • Dissertations, theses, job market papers • Working papers • Research proposals, reports, and presentations • Course materials
How I work
As an author’s editor, I work for you. I’m not a critic; I’m on your side. Your goal is to convey information to the reader. My goal is to remove the obstacles between your message and the reader. I’m in favor of light editing. This means I don’t make edits that aren’t necessary or comments that aren’t helpful. I respect the author’s writing style and voice and do not impose my preferences.
My English editing service includes copyediting and language editing
- Correcting errors of grammar, syntax, and word usage
- Fixing mechanical errors (hyphenation, capitalization, punctuation, use of italic and bold font, format of endnotes and footnotes, etc.) to ensure the document conforms to the publisher’s style guide or the client’s preferred editorial style (such as Chicago, APA, or AP)
- Improving sentence structure by rewriting long or unclear sentences
- Suggesting improvements of style without altering the author’s voice: eliminating clutter, improving verb choice, varying sentence length, using the active voice, etc.
- Suggesting ways to reorganize the content to improve flow and logic
- Querying any content inconsistency or anything else that may need the author’s attention
- Ensuring the document uses the right voice and tone for its target audience, and eliminating biased language
- Checking endnotes, footnotes, appendices, and figure and table captions
- Explaining my major editing choices (for example, rewriting or deleting a sentence) in plain English
My English editing service does NOT include
- Adding content or performing additional research
- Ensuring the correctness of the content, but I’ll query any fact that I believe is inaccurate or incorrect
- Checking that the math symbols in formulas or equations are defined in the text
- Editing mathematical formulas or equations
- Fixing the document’s formatting errors caused by file conversion
- Rewriting the entire document or entire sections
- Checking for plagiarism or ensuring the document is original
- Critiquing or evaluating the content
- Designing or fixing the layout of your manuscript
- Editing or designing tables or illustrations