Manuscript Editing for PeerJ Journal Articles
Publishing peer-reviewed articles since 2013, PeerJ is an open access journal for the biological, environmental, medical, and health sciences. It judges each submission on its scientific and methodological soundness. The journal appears under the PeerJ imprint, fully open access.
PeerJ accepts Research Articles, Literature Reviews, Method Papers, Data Reports, and Registered Reports. Titles hold a hard limit of 250 characters. The abstract runs up to 500 words or 3,000 characters, with bold run-in subheadings and no references. References use PeerJ's name-year style, alphabetized, and any complete, consistent style is standardized in production. Raw data or code is almost always required at submission, through a repository link or a supplemental file. Reporting standards such as ARRIVE, CONSORT, PRISMA, and STROBE apply where relevant. Review is single-blind, and the reviews of each published article are made public. Our editors keep US or UK spelling consistent and check species names throughout. Submissions go through PeerJ's online submission system.
Our Promise
We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to PeerJ. 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 PeerJ
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 PeerJ.
The PeerJ author instructions cover article types, abstracts, and data requirements. 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 biological copy editing, line editing, LaTeX and Overleaf editing, and Vancouver 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 BMC Biology and Biology.
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Ready to prepare your manuscript for PeerJ? Use our secure portal to generate an immediate, word-count-based quote and secure your delivery deadline.
Our editors do not have access to your manuscript until an order is placed.
Direct Support
Reach our editorial team directly to discuss your manuscript, your PeerJ submission timeline, or which service is right for your project. Initial consultations of up to 15 minutes are complimentary.
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