Manuscript Editing for Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Journal Articles
Proceedings B is the Royal Society's flagship biological research journal, dedicated to fast publication of high-quality research across the biological sciences. It is particularly known for ecology, behavioural biology, and evolutionary biology. The Royal Society publishes 24 issues a year, open access under Subscribe to Open, and its editor-in-chief is at the University of Bristol.
The journal publishes research papers, reviews, evidence syntheses, biological science practices papers, and comment and reply papers. The abstract runs up to 200 words, without references or unexplained abbreviations, followed by three to six keywords. References follow Vancouver style, numbered in order of first citation, with datasets listed and DOIs where available. The first submission is a Word file so the editors can estimate its length. Data and code must be public at submission, and GitHub code moves to a DOI repository at revision. An ethics statement gives approval or permit numbers, and field stations are named with their location. Funding and grant numbers for each author appear in the manuscript.
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Manuscript Editing and Proofreading for Proceedings of the Royal Society B
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 Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
The Royal Society author guidelines cover abstracts, references, data, and ethics. 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 Nature Ecology & Evolution and eLife.
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