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Before Submitting Your Paper


Before submitting your manuscript, please check your paper for the following points.

  1. First, please remove authors’ names and affiliations from the title page of the manuscript. This will help us to further enforce confidentiality throughout the editing process.
  2. Make sure that your manuscript was written using MS Word or in another compatible format such as Open XML.
  3. Please supply the figures and texts as separate files. Do not imbed the figures in the MS Word document as this can make files too large to upload/download, and can cause problems when editing.
  4. Next, decide which of our editors is best suited to handle your work. The fields we edit in are listed under the Science Editors section. We cannot guarantee that your first choice editor will be available to accept your manuscript at any given time. In these cases, we will use the information you have provided us with to select an appropriate editor on your behalf.
  5. As far as possible at BIOEDIT, we aim to return your work to you in a version ready to publish, and this is something you can help us with by telling us which journal you intend to submit to. However, styles and conventions among journals vary significantly, so even after we have edited your work, it is still important to consult your target journal's author guidelines. On our Journal Styles page, we have provided brief profiles of some of the more popular journals and their requirements. If in doubt, our Instructions for Authors page highlight some key style concerns to help your work get published as soon as possible. 
  6. When submitting, please make sure that you select the right service to ensure that your manuscript receives the right level of editing. Our English proofreading services page provides details on the different kinds of editing we offer.
  7. Before uploading, please remove any former editing marks introduced by “Track Changes” from the manuscript. You can do this quickly by using the options available under the “Track Changes” menu of MS Word.
  8. When you submit your job request, please ensure that you upload all of the relevant files to the job profile.

 

When we have received your job request and files, we will read through the manuscript and provide you a quote for the cost of editing by email. If at this point you would like us to proceed with editing, then please log into your account and make a payment by credit card.

Alternatively, if you prefer to pay via bank transfer, then please confirm your quote by replying to us via email.

If you are experiencing difficulties with our submission process, or if you have any questions, then please do not hesitate to contact us.

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