Manuscript Editing for Buildings Journal Articles
Founded in 2011, Buildings covers building science, building engineering, and architecture, with original articles, reviews, and communications. MDPI publishes it twice a month, fully open access, and its editor-in-chief is in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at Illinois Tech.
Articles follow an abstract, keywords, introduction, methods, results, and discussion structure. References are numbered in square brackets in order of appearance, with full titles as the ACS Style Guide recommends. The abstract runs about 200 words in one unheaded paragraph, with three to ten keywords. A cover letter and a data availability statement are required. Authors are responsible for correct English: the article processing charge covers only minor editing, and papers needing extensive work may be returned. Review is single-anonymized, with optional open review. Our editors bring the English to publishable standard before submission. Submissions go through MDPI's SuSy system.
Our Promise
We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to Buildings. We work with you until it is ready or refund your payment in full. That commitment has held since 2002.
Our editors do not have access to your manuscript until an order is placed. Your draft is secure until you decide to proceed.
Manuscript Editing and Proofreading for Buildings
We offer three levels of manuscript editing depending on what your manuscript needs. Each is described below so you can choose the service that fits where your draft is right now.
Grammar and usage, awkward phrasing, repetition, and passive voice corrected, then clarity, concision, sentence structure, transitions, and tone, with your style manual applied throughout and a final proofread. For authors whose argument and structure are settled.
Clarity, emphasis, and paragraph structure: topic sentences, transitions, and sentences reordered within a paragraph, with every fact and claim kept as you wrote it. Includes copy editing and a final proofread.
Spelling, punctuation, typos, capitalization, grammar, and usage corrected with minimal wording changes, for manuscripts that have been edited and need a last check before submission to Buildings.
MDPI's instructions for authors cover structure, references, and data. If you have reviewer comments from an earlier submission, send them with your manuscript and we will address each one. If you have questions about which service is right for your manuscript, contact us directly. We respond to every inquiry the same day during business hours.
Our scientific editing services include scientific and architectural copy editing, line editing, LaTeX and Overleaf editing, and citation formatting. Academic proofreading covers the final read. If English is your second language, see English language editing for researchers. We also prepare articles for Buildings & Cities and Frontiers of Architectural Research.
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Our editors do not have access to your manuscript until an order is placed.
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Reach our editorial team directly to discuss your manuscript, your Buildings submission timeline, or which service is right for your project. Initial consultations of up to 15 minutes are complimentary.
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