Manuscript Editing for The Cryosphere Journal Articles
Founded in 2007, The Cryosphere is a not-for-profit international journal on all aspects of frozen water and frozen ground. It covers ice sheets and glaciers, permafrost, seasonal snow, sea ice, river and lake ice, and planetary ice. Studies draw on remote sensing, modelling, field, and laboratory work. Copernicus Publications publishes it fully open access as a journal of the European Geosciences Union.
Research articles run about 12 journal pages, with up to 80 references and an abstract of 150 to 250 words. Brief communications run two to four journal pages, with at most three figures or tables, 20 references, and a 100-word abstract. A separate non-technical short summary of 500 characters is also required. In-text citations use author-date form, and the alphabetical reference list carries abbreviated journal titles without bold or italics. SI units are mandatory where possible, with a space between number and unit. Figures must be readable with colour-vision deficiencies, and table cells carry no colour. Author contribution and competing interests statements are required, along with data and code availability sections. Our editors check units, figures, and references against these rules. Submissions go through Copernicus Office Editor.
Our Promise
We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to The Cryosphere. 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 The Cryosphere
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 The Cryosphere.
The Cryosphere's submission guidelines cover manuscript types, units, and figures. 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 earth science copy editing, line editing, LaTeX and Overleaf editing, and numbered and author-date 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 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences and IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.
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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 The Cryosphere submission timeline, or which service is right for your project. Initial consultations of up to 15 minutes are complimentary.
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