List of Freelance Editors Professional editing help can greatly help communicate your ideas to fellow scientists and the editors and reviewers. Obviously many professional editors and companies exist that provide revising, editing, and proofreading services for scientific documents and you are welcome to use whichever one you want. We provide a few suggestions if you don't know where to start: MSA DOES NOT PAY FOR THIS. We do not guarantee that a person or service found on this list will work well. You can use any English editor you find through other sources! Using an editor does not guarantee a successful peer review. Negotiate all contracts/fees/payment and work schedule before starting work, directly with the freelance editor. Authors should feel absolutely free to ask for resumes/references/samples. You may also send feedback to the Editorial Office, editorial@minsocam.org. I can add additional editors to the list as well. Professional Editing Services from SPI Manuscripts are transmitted via a simple web interface; payment and turnaround are clearly estimated on same web interface http://www.prof-editing.com/ Author Editing services from Aptara Manuscripts and payment via a web interface; always use the Word option (not LaTeX) Aptara American Journal Experts Manuscripts and payment via a web interface. Science & medical research paper editing and English proofreading. http://www.JournalExperts.com?rcode=MSA1 The ASGS Database of Professional Thesis Consultants http://www.asgs.org/Consults.html EFA: Editorial Freelancers Association (Free job postings) http://www.the-efa.org/ Chrysa Cullather Chrysalis Editorial “BS and an MS in Geology” Chrysa.cullather@att.net Noelle A. Boughanmi Copyeditor/Proofreader noelleboughanmi@yahoo.com. “experience in ESL (English as a Second Language)” Maryn Butcher “was a researcher with NASA for several years” marynbutcher@comcast.net Kristen King http://www.kristenkingfreelancing.com http://www.editingforeveryone.com Geoffrey Hoesch "Ex Undergraduate and Graduate level Writing tutor turned freelance editor" http://www.writingeditingservices.com Sara Whitaker "She lives in Japan but is a U.S. native and English is her first language. She has an M.S. in Earth science." sara.whitaker@live.com Stallard Scientific Editing "New Zealand based medium-sized scientific editing company - website in English, Japanese, Korean, Spanish and Simplified Chinese" www.stallardediting.com Blue Pencil Science We are a scientific and medical editing company that specializes in copyediting and proofreading research-related documents from all branches of science and medicine. www.bluepencilscience.com Writechem Scientific Editing for the Chemistry Community BioScience Writers LLC BioScience Writers (www.biosciencewriters.com) is an internationally-recognized scientific editing and proofreading company founded in 2001. The Charlesworth Group Author Services from The Charlesworth Group helps researchers to improve the quality, clarity, and readability of their written English and to increase the effectiveness of their manuscripts in communicating the process, findings, and importance of their research. Receive a 10% discount - use referral code: MSA001 http://www.charlesworthauthorservices.com?rcode=MSA001 Editage Since 2002, Editage has helped journals improve the quality of their publications by allowing their Editors and peer reviewers to focus on the content of submitted manuscripts, rather than becoming distracted by English language issues. http://www.editage.com, a division of Cactus Communications (www.cactusglobal.com). Enago Enago is a leading English editing company for Scientific & Academic Papers. We aim to assist subject proficient researchers with our editing-service expertise. Since such authors have different levels of English writing skills and varied experience in publication of academic papers, we offer precise editing services that authors are free to choose according to their skills and manuscript requirements. http://www.enago.com/ Cambridge Proofreading LTD Cambridge Proofreading LTD (http://proofreading.org/) - Based in Cambridge, England. Provides proofreading services for the academic sector throughout the world.