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Our editors are subject area experts with years of experience in research and scientific editing.
We have editors across every subject area ready to support you with your research. All are native English speakers and most have postgraduate-level qualifications.
Standard Editing includes correction of any spelling, grammar, punctuation, or word usage errors, but your editors will not improve the style or flow of your manuscript. Because of this limited editing scope, manuscripts submitted for Standard Editing are eligible to earn an editing certificate, but not guaranteed.
With Advanced Editing, our editors correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, and word usage errors, plus improve sentences that sound awkward or unnatural. They also provide an editing summary with examples of the changes made with explanations to help you understand why the changes were made, which you can use to guide your writing in the future. Because this editing is so thorough, manuscripts submitted for Advanced manuscripts are guaranteed to receive an editing certificate.
With Premium Editing, you’ll receive the same thorough editing as the Advanced Editing option, and you receive additional editing support after peer review. Once you receive the reviewer comments on your manuscript, our editors will edit your responses and crosscheck them with your revised manuscript.
The Wiley Editing Certificate is a PDF certificate that you can provide to the journal when you submit your manuscript. This certificate confirms that your manuscript was edited by a native English speaker and is ready for journal submission, assuming all the changes we proposed are incorporated into the manuscript. It allows journal editors to feel confident that the English language in your manuscript has been reviewed and verified.
Manuscripts edited through our thorough Advanced and Premium Editing services are guaranteed to receive a Wiley Editing Certificate. Manuscripts submitted for Standard Editing are eligible to earn a certificate, but not guaranteed.
Acceptance decisions rest with the journal, so we are not able to guarantee that your manuscript will be accepted after using our services. However, we do guarantee that your manuscript will not be rejected for language reasons, assuming the changes we proposed are incorporated into the manuscript before submission to the journal.
If your manuscript is rejected for language reasons, we will re-edit your manuscript for free.
Multiple-Round Editing (MRE) support is an optional service we offer authors. With MRE, you can request re-editing of your document as many times as necessary to ensure your manuscript is completely submission-ready. MRE support is included for one year with our Advanced and Premium Editing services (except in cases where the manuscript has been heavily re-written or had new sections added). MRE support is discounted by 60% for one year with our Standard Editing service. Contact us to request an MRE.
Please e-mail us and include the version of your manuscript that you submitted to the journal and all of your reviewers’ comments. We will review your files and contact you with additional advice.
Yes, you can contact your editor, after your editing request is completed, using our Client Questions service to send any questions you have to your editor. You can find the ‘Client Questions’ feature by logging into your WES Online Account.
With our Academic Translation service, your manuscript is assigned to translators familiar with your area of study. This ensures that the jargon of your field is correctly recognized and translated. We also have experienced academic translation advisors conduct a quality review on every translation, guaranteeing a scientifically accurate translation of your important research.
We offer translation services from Simplified Chinese, Spanish, and Portuguese into English, as well as reverse translation from English into Simplified Chinese, Spanish, and Portuguese. More information about translation for these languages can be found on our Academic Translation page .
We also have translators available for Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, and Arabic. Contact us for more information on translating these languages.
If you have any questions about your translation after you receive your completed manuscript, please log in to your Wiley Account and you’ll able to submit your questions through our Client Questions section.
Our formatting experts check each manuscript against your journal’s style guide. They adjust the citations, references, and layout of the document to the correct conventions. Figures and tables are moved to the correct location in the manuscript, and figure titles and legends are standardized to the specifications of your chosen journal.
Please note: we are not able to format legal references in Bluebook style at this time.
Yes, we correct your cited references for accuracy based on information in published databases. We also format them to comply with the journal’s guidelines and check the order your citations and references.
No, we are not able to format equations at this time.
We format manuscripts according to the journal’s guidelines for submission. Some journals require a different format for submission to allow for easier peer review. If the manuscript is accepted, the journal may typeset and copyedit the manuscript before publication.
With Figure Formatting, we provide you with publication ready figure files. Your figures are set to the correct size, resolution and layout to meet the specifications of your chosen journal.
Yes. Our Figure Formatting service formats tables to meet journal submission specifications, which usually require tables to be submitted in a text format. Additionally, our service can format and export your tables as images for use in presentations and posters.
Please provide your tables as editable Excel or Word files.
For images, we will format them to the correct size, resolution and layout to meet the specifications of your chosen journal. For ethical reasons, we are unable to make changes to brightness, contrast, or color balance, and we will not crop the image.
Please provide original image files with the highest resolution available.
In addition to providing you with the required file format required by your chosen journal (usually an EPS file), we’ll also provide a PDF version of your new figure for you to review.
We format the figures according to publication specifications in the author guidelines of your chosen journal. Any new or altered figures that need formatted after acceptance are considered new submissions and must be purchased separately.
To edit your figure after it has been formatted, you must have access to a software that allows you to make changes to the new file type, usually an EPS. For this reason, we strongly recommend sending us the final version of your figure for formatting.
No, when making recommendations, our subject-area experts consider the scope of the journal and the types of articles they frequently publish. Submitting to one of these journals increases the likelihood of your article being accepted. However, article acceptance decisions rest solely with the journal, and we therefore cannot guarantee acceptance.
No, we do not peer review manuscripts. However, our subject-area experts do consider the content of your manuscript in order to recommend the best fit with the scope of the journal and the types of articles they frequently publish. If you provide a desired range of impact factors, we will do our best to provide recommendations that meet your publishing goals.
To protect your research and assure the privacy of your personal data, we use the most up-to-date website security features available and our payment system is PCI/VeriSign-enabled.
In addition to maintaining a secure website, we also require all our staff members sign a confidentiality agreement to protect your research.
To determine the word count of your document, we recommend creating a copy of your manuscript and deleting any parts that you do not need us to work on. For example, if you want us to edit a letter to your reviewers, you can delete the reviewers’ comments because those won’t be edited by us. You can also take out any numeric table data, which doesn’t need edited or translated. Next, use the Word Count feature in Microsoft Word to find the new word count. If you are submitting multiple files, add the word counts together to determine the most accurate word count.
If you need help determining your word count, please email us your files and our support staff can assist you.
Turnaround times are listed in business days and do not include weekends or holidays.
Our staff members verify the word count before assigning the manuscript to an editor. If your word count is incorrect, we will adjust it accordingly.
If your word count is shorter than indicated, we will refund the price difference as a credit to your Wiley Editing Services account.
If your word count is over the category you selected, we will contact you for further instructions before proceeding, and the deadline for your manuscript will be reset to begin at the time of your reply.
No. Our online price calculator will show the cost of your order, based on your selected service(s), manuscript word count, and desired turnaround time. Once our staff verifies the word count of your manuscript, your order will proceed without a quote.
In addition to the services purchased, your invoice will contain your billing address, the order date, your manuscript name, and receipt code. Our support team can customize your invoice if you need additional information added.
Our designers create new figures and illustrations for your research. You can provide us with hand-drawn images, schematic representations, models, and/or source files. We’ll then turn those into professional illustrations that you can submit to the journal with your manuscript to enhance your article.
With Academic Illustration, our experienced designers create academic-level artwork designed to submit and publish alongside your article for a scientifically literate audience
With Figure Formatting, we provide you with publication ready figure files. Your figures are set to the correct size, resolution and layout to meet the specifications of your chosen journal.
Yes, we let you review the image once before we finalize the illustrations. Once you’ve shared your feedback our team will revise and share the final images with you.
Through a visually engaging and scientifically precise graphical abstract that clearly communicates your research and meets all the artwork requirements of your target journal we support you to enhance the discoverability of your research.
Yes, we let you review the image once before we finalize the illustrations. Once you’ve shared your feedback our team will revise and share the final images with you.
While both video abstracts and video shorts convey the significance of your research in an easy-to-understand way, the former does so in more detail by talking about the study methodology and experiments as well.
To ensure you have everything you need, you’ll receive
An experienced production team with scientific experts, scriptwriters, voiceover artists, illustrators, and animators will create your video.
To help you get the most from your video, we post it alongside your article on Wiley Online Library and in the journal’s video gallery page. You also receive a video link from the video hosting platform Brightcove. Plus, Wiley uploads your video to the Wiley YouTube channel, and may share it on Wiley social media channels.
No, we accept requests for Video Creation services even for papers published in non-Wiley journals.
Our graphic designers create visually appealing artwork which reflects your research. You receive a high-resolution, print-ready image file formatted to the journal’s cover image guidelines.
To ensure you have everything you need, you’ll receive
Standard Design includes a two-dimensional image and one round of design review.
Advanced Design includes a custom three-dimensional illustration and additional collaboration with the design team to review an initial sketch, as well as the final design.
Some journals require a specific art style. We recommend checking the author guidelines and previous cover images of your accepting journal to help select the best option for your Cover Image Design.
While we cannot guarantee cover image placement, it is very likely your image will be accepted for the cover. Each journal has their own cover image approval process and selection is not guaranteed. Additional fees may apply. Please see here for more information.
When your design is completed, you then can send it to your journal and complete the necessary steps. Each journal’s process varies, so we encourage you to review your journal’s cover image process. Additional fees may apply. Please see here for more information.
You can set up your WES Prepay Account by logging into your WES Online Account.
Yes, you’ll receive an invoice every time you prepay funds into your WES Prepay Account. However, you’ll not be receiving individual invoices for orders paid for via your WES Prepay Account.
Yes, the funds have to be used within 3 years from the date of prepayment.