Manuscript Editing for Sustainability Journal Articles
Founded in 2009, Sustainability is an international, cross-disciplinary forum for studies of sustainability and sustainable development across environmental, cultural, economic, and social dimensions. The journal states that it supports the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. MDPI publishes it semimonthly and fully open access, with its editor-in-chief at the School of Environment and Natural Resources at The Ohio State University.
Original research articles follow an Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusions structure, and reviews offer a critical analysis of the literature. The abstract runs about 200 words in one paragraph, moving through background, methods, results, and conclusion without headings. Three to ten keywords follow it. References are numbered in square brackets in order of appearance, with full titles in the list. A first submission may use any format, and the paper is reformatted to journal style at revision. A data availability statement is required, and trials, scoping reviews, and animal studies follow CONSORT, PRISMA-ScR, and ARRIVE. Review is single-anonymized with at least two reports, and reviewers may sign them under open peer review. MDPI advises language editing before submission. Our editors bring the English and reference list to the journal's standard. Submissions go through MDPI's SuSy system.
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We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to Sustainability. 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 Sustainability
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 Sustainability.
MDPI's instructions for authors cover abstracts, references, and data statements. 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 environmental 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 Environmental Sciences Europe and Water.
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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 Sustainability submission timeline, or which service is right for your project. Initial consultations of up to 15 minutes are complimentary.
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