Copy-Editing

This was an extremely complex and demanding title to work on (very high profile authors and they had a previously very poor production experience, many instructions for copy editing, complicated provision of material to work on, no pre-edit, extensive copy editor intervention required with both author management and recommendations for text styling to fit the publisher’s requirements. Joyce was extremely professional in her approach and communication with authors, very clear with queries (of which there were many) and very clear about the work that would need to be considered post copy editing (i.e. with typesetting and proofs).
Excellent copy edit.

FC, Senior Production Editor (Medicine), Publisher, UK

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Why Use Copy-Editing?

1 The text content

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• Is the text clear? Is the meaning ambiguous?
  • Is the content presented logically and consistently?
    • Are there any grammatical errors or spelling mistakes?
      • Is punctuation used correctly to ensure text clarity, with no ambiguity?

2 Other feature contents

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• Are the tables and figures consistent with the text?
  • Are the tables and figures correctly numbered and labelled?
    • Do the tables and figures agree with their respective legends?

3 Bibliography

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• Do the references in the main text match their citations in the bibliography list?
  • Are there any citation details missing or out of date, e.g. web links?
    • Are the references correctly styled, e.g. Vancouver, Harvard?
      • Are there any references missing?

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What Is Included in Copy-Editing?

• Checking for correct use of English grammar, punctuation, and general English spelling (British and American).
• Checking for correct medical and scientific spelling and abbreviations.
• Checking and styling bibliography lists (Vancouver, Harvard, other)
• Author queries, suggestions, and solutions provided where applicable.
• Manuscript formatting and styling according to the author’s or publisher’s specifications.
• All copy-editing work makes use of Track changes to show changes and corrections made, which authors can accept or reject. This means that authors retain full control of their text content.
• Editing can also be carried out in specific manuscript templates provided by the publisher (extensive experience in working with complex templates comprising multiple features).

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