The Ultimate Guide to Scribendi's Academic Services

Scribendi offers a range of services for academic editing and research support. Depending on which one you choose, the level of support and engagement, benefits, prices, and turnaround times will vary. Our Academic services cover a range of document types, including but not limited to essays, journal articles, theses or dissertations, abstracts, proposals, research projects, and midterm or final papers.

Depending on your needs, we can check citations, references, and formatting for style guide requirements in addition to our standard editing, proofreading, and in-depth commentary offerings.

Are you enrolled in high school, college, or university? We offer a 10% student discount for our Admissions Essay Editing and Proofreading and Student Essay Editing and Proofreading services.

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Academic Editing and Proofreading

Academic Editing and Proofreading is our most popular service type for improving coursework, research articles, literature reviews, case studies, and so on. This broad service covers the needs of most students and academics who are conducting research and seeking to enhance the quality and credibility of their writing. Our editors can ensure adherence to university guidelines while improving grammar, language, readability, and logic.

Scientific Editing

For Scientific Editing, your article is matched with a subject-matter expert who will provide field-specific advice on your manuscript's content, as well as an English-language editor who will refine its language and grammar. Our expert editors enhance your manuscript’s accuracy and impact, giving you the confidence needed for successful submission to your target journal. Detailed revisions and commentary for citations, references, figures, and tables improve the clarity of your visual data and support your research quality. Our field-aware editors have expertise in medicine, biology, computer science, engineering, mathematics, and other physical sciences. 

Humanities and Social Sciences Editing

Humanities and Social Sciences Editing involves two rounds of expert academic editing and commentary by an editor in your field and an English-language expert who will strengthen your arguments, refine your language, and prepare your manuscript for publication. Your article's citations, references, and formatted are checked and revised according to journal-specific and referencing style requirements (e.g., MLA, APA, Chicago, Harvard). Our field-specific editors have expertise in philosophy, history, literature, visual and performing arts, sociology, political science, communications, language studies, psychology, anthropology, business, law, education, and more.

Publication Success Package

Our Publication Success Package offers the same features as Scientific Editing and more; it provides you with additional support and continued assistance at no extra cost. It's your publication, guaranteed. This package is a three-stage process that includes 1) a detailed content review, 2) subject matter editing and cover letter creation, and 3) response letter editing and a thorough check of your revised manuscript following peer review.

Check out the comparison of these services' features below: 

Dissertation Editing

For graduate and doctoral students, our Dissertation Editing and Proofreading services can support your original research, ensuring that your findings are effectively and precisely communicated.

Structural Editing

Structural Editing includes everything guaranteed in Academic Editing, but it grants your editor permission to implement big-picture, structural revisions that will improve the organization, logic, and flow of your work.

Journal Strategy

Our unique Journal Strategy service does not include editing or proofreading, but your editor will review your article to identify three target journals and one backup that best match your research area, publishing goals, and intended audience.

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Student Essay Editing and Proofreading

The editing services listed above might not be the best fit if you're writing short class assignments, reflection posts, or final essays. With Student Essay Editing and Proofreading, our editors aim to help students support their arguments, explain their ideas with clear, precise language, ensure that citations and references are correct and complete, and improve their overall essay-writing skills. Scribendi editors are familiar with implementing APA, MLA, Chicago, and other styles for citations, references, and page/text formatting; if you have an assigned style guide, share it with us when you upload your essay.  

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Admissions Essay Editing and Proofreading

Having a hard time writing application essays for your dream university or responding to Common App essay prompts? Whether you're applying to a postgraduate program or aiming to transfer schools, having Admissions Essay Editing or Proofreading support will ensure that your writing clearly and concisely reflects who you are. Our editors provide constructive feedback on your writing to help you discover the best way to showcase your goals, character, and unique background to admissions offices in institutions around the world. When you upload your admissions essay for editing, include your prompt, word limit, and any details that might help us understand your perspective.  

Applying for an internship or a job? Check out our Resume Editing and Formatting offerings under our Personal services.

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