Manuscript Editing for Physical Review Letters Journal Articles
Founded in 1958, Physical Review Letters publishes short reports of the most influential developments and transformative ideas across fundamental, applied, and interdisciplinary physics. The American Physical Society publishes it, and its lead editor is in the Department of Physics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Letters run 3,750 words of core text, from abstract through acknowledgments, under the APS counting rules for equations, figures, and tables, plus up to about two pages of End Matter that does not count. The abstract runs no more than 600 characters, with no displayed equations or references. References follow the APS style guide, numbered in square brackets. A cover letter and a short justification paragraph are required. Manuscripts use the REVTeX template or the Word template for Physical Review, and a data availability statement is required. Review is single-anonymized, and editors send only likely candidates to referees. Our editors bring the Letter within its count by the APS formula. Submissions go through the APS Submission Server.
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We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to Physical Review Letters. 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 Physical Review Letters
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 Physical Review Letters.
The journal's information for authors covers length, abstracts, and justification. 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 copy editing, line editing, LaTeX and Overleaf editing, and AIP and APS 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 Physical Review B and Reviews of Modern Physics.
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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 Physical Review Letters submission timeline, or which service is right for your project. Initial consultations of up to 15 minutes are complimentary.
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