Manuscript Editing for Water Journal Articles
Founded in 2009, Water is an international, interdisciplinary journal covering water science, technology, management, and governance. Its scope runs from hydrology, water quality and treatment, and flood risk to urban water management, water footprints, and the links between water, food, and energy. MDPI publishes it semimonthly and fully open access.
Water sets no maximum length, provided the text is concise and comprehensive. Research articles carry an abstract of about 200 words in a single paragraph, structured without headings, and three to ten keywords. Optional highlights give three to five bullets of up to 100 characters each, under two questions on the main findings and their implications. References are numbered in square brackets, with full titles as the ACS Style Guide recommends. SI units are used throughout. A data availability statement is required, and any use of generative AI is disclosed in the Methods and Acknowledgments. Review is single-anonymized with at least two reports. Our editors check units, highlights, and references against the instructions. Submissions go through MDPI's SuSy system.
Our Promise
We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to Water. 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 Water
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 Water.
MDPI's instructions for authors cover abstracts, highlights, and references. 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 Atmosphere and Remote Sensing.
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Ready to prepare your manuscript for Water? 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 Water submission timeline, or which service is right for your project. Initial consultations of up to 15 minutes are complimentary.
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