Working with authors in the sciences and medicine
You had a good idea and now you want to publish what became of it. How do you go from a good idea to a good publication?
The picture shows the information flow in an original research article. You can “deconstruct” or “reverse engineer” these steps to describe the flow found in other types of publications. The diagrams will have some milestones in common. It’s the steps that get you to where you want to go that will be different. Do not try this at home. It will help you put the process “all in order.” We can work with you on original research articles, reviews, abstracts, posters, book chapters, monographs, or articles intended for general audiences.
Your office suite is a toolbox. It holds the apps you use for the text, figures, and tables that tell about your good idea and what you made of it. Consider this: “A picture is worth a thousand words.” “How many words do I need to tell you what this picture means?“ and “Do not put results in the text if they are better understood as a table or figure.”
Consider the steps shown in the diagram; They lead from a good idea to a published reference that others find and use. Your AI assistant is better and faster than you are for finding references . Of course that depends on how good you are at giving instructions. Once you have those references, only you can decide which ones to use in your manuscript and how to use them.
Consider the question: “Do you have a reference for that?” The answers are “Yes,” “No.” “Do I need one.,” and “Who wants to know?”
We are “out there” at myofficesuite.org and are ready when you are. Until then, read or listen to some of blogs about writing and publishing your work. You know – using words, pictures, and numbers.Our Services
How does it look?
The first draft is finished and everyone who needs to has agreed to publish it “in its present form.” Why not ask for an objective opinion about whether it’s “ready for prime time?”
Use this service irf you want a report of things you can do on your own and how our editing services would improve the manuscript and its chances of acceptance.
If you order “Dress Rehearsal,” then there is no charge for “How does it look?”
Dress Rehearsal
Get ready for the editors and peer reviewers. Send us your manuscript and the name of the target journal. The service includes “The Basics” plus
Ensuring the structure, content, and formatting of the manuscript are consistent with the requirements of the publication types that the journal publishes and the journal’s scope and audience.
Developmental editing, restructuring, and re-arranging paragraphs to improve information flow
The manuscript will be returned with a peer review-style report including comments on the article’s strengths and weaknesses, an explanation of what was done, and suggestions on improving your manuscript before submission. A blank report is available on request .
The Basics
The goal is to make the text clear, cohesive,, consistent, and at a level suitable for submission to an English-language publication. This service includes:
Copy editing to check grammar, spelling, punctuation, word choice,, and consistency
Revising awkward sentences to reduce wordiness and repetition and to increase clarity and readability
Checking that the methods described are consistent with the results reported
Checking that the text citations are consistent with the reference list
A final proofreading step to catch minor errors that were not found earlier
Gist It
It’is all about your Abstract , which is also known as a “quick pitch” to convince a potential reader to have a look at the full text of your article. Upload your final draft and the existing abstract and receive back some alternative abstracts and titles to consider. You will also receive recommendations of editing services if we believe they would improve the manuscript and its chances of acceptance.
“The hypotheses we accept ought to explain phenomena which we have observed. But they ought to do more than this: our hypotheses ought to foretell phenomena which have not yet been observed.
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