• Edit spelling, grammar and punctuation.
• Check word choice and usage.
• Remove superfluous words and other redundancies.
• Reorganize to improve coherence, if necessary.
• Be watchful for scientific discrepancies.
• Review all tables, figures (including labels) and figure legends.
• Critically review the title and abstract and suggest improvements if needed. At certain journals, submitted manuscripts may be rejected by an editor or editorial board member without ever being sent for peer review. Successfully getting your manuscript past such gatekeepers can depend on it having a catchy title and abstract (and cover letter, too!—we’ll help you compose one for free).

For a free, no-obligation price quote, simply send us your “finished” manuscript by attaching it to our Online Quote form or email it as an attachment to quote@squirrelscribe.com.

Include a title page, abstract/summary, the main text, and all figures, figure legends, tables and references, just as if you were submitting the manuscript to a journal’s editorial office.

We will endeavor to respond with a price quote by the next business day. We can accept PDF files for price quotes; however, we will require a word processing file of your manuscript for editing.

We can edit manuscripts in either Word or WordPerfect, both Windows and Mac formats. When submitting a manuscript for editing, please state the word processor software and version used. Also, if possible, tell us what journal you intend to submit your manuscript to, as this will help us ensure that it is formatted correctly. We can edit to conform to AMA style (American Medical Association Manual of Style, 9th ed.) if required by the journal.

We will make every effort to return your manuscript, fully edited, within 4-5 business days. Longer times may be required for lengthy manuscripts or where extensive rewriting is needed. Also, in some cases it may be necessary to contact you for clarification of certain points about the manuscript, and this may add a day or more to the turnaround time. If we require more extensive commentary from you, we may return your (partially) edited manuscript for your specific comments and then have you return it to us for a final edit, with no additional charge to you. At Squirrel Scribe we are committed to giving you both excellent service and value.