Manuscript Editing for Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Journal Articles
Founded in 1997, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences is a not-for-profit international two-stage open-access journal for original research in hydrology. Copernicus Publications publishes it for the European Geosciences Union. Its co-chief-executive editors are at the GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences and the Politecnico di Milano.
No length limits are stated for research articles or reviews, and technical notes run a few pages. Brief communications run two to four journal pages, with at most three figures or tables, 20 references, and a 100-word abstract. Every paper adds a non-technical short summary of 500 characters, written as a paragraph without lists or abbreviations. Citations follow Copernicus author-date style, with an alphabetical reference list and abbreviated journal titles. The review PDF is single-column with line and page numbers, prepared from the Copernicus LaTeX package or Word template. Data go to FAIR-aligned repositories with persistent identifiers and are cited in a data availability section. Authors describe any AI-generated text in Methods or Acknowledgements. Preprints go on EGUsphere for a six-week open discussion before revision. Our editors edit the short summary and check citations against house style. Submissions go through Copernicus Office Editor.
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We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 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 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
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 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences.
The HESS submission guidelines cover manuscript types, data, and the short summary. 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 The Cryosphere and Biogeosciences.
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