Why does my formatted manuscript look different from papers published in my target journal?
We format manuscripts according to the journal’s guidelines for submission. Once a paper is accepted, the journal may perform copyediting and typesetting of the formatted paper to prepare it for publication.
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Will you reformat my article to fit the requirements of a particular journal?
If you would like to have your manuscript formatted to adhere to particular journal requirements, please add AJE Manuscript Formatting to your order. Alternatively, if you are mainly interested in reducing the word count, and would also like us to ...
What do I do if a journal mentions English as a problem after translation?
Please email us the following files: The same draft of your paper that you submitted to your journal The most updated version of your paper, including any changes made to respond to the reviewers’ comments The full text of the reviewers’ comments, as ...
Which sections of my manuscript and what other documents can you edit/exclude? What is included in the word count?
Editable sections / Included in the word count of research papers: - Main paper (title, abstract, introduction, results, discussion) - Methods - Figure and table legends/captions - Supplementary information - Cover letter (if you wish us to edit ...
Do you support reference manager software?
Yes, we currently support EndNote. If you used EndNote to format your references, we will work within EndNote software to ensure that your references match the guidelines of your target journal. If you used a different reference manager software ...
Do you revise the content of authors’ papers?
In keeping with ethical standards for editors, we are careful not to take control of the content away from the author – for example, all of our edits are tracked so that they can easily be accepted or rejected as you see fit. Moreover, we do not add ...