ARC: Research: Help with Language and Writing
Contributions by Victor Barger, Colin Jevons
The purpose of this page is to connect those interested in copy editing service with those offering such service, especially offers where there is experience in academic research in marketing. Contact the ARC editor to comment on or add to this list using the address arc@ama.org.
First, some links to professional societies of accredited editors. An accredited editor would be highly desirable. The Australia site has links to other regions as well:
The following list is arbitrarily ordered, but companies come first in alphabetical order, followed by individuals, in the order to which they responded to the original ELMAR request.
Name: Academic Word, http://www.academicword.com/,
Email: info at academicword.com
Comment: English editing and translation service for researchers, academics, institutions, and businesses. A team of specialty editors and translators from medicine, the natural sciences, social sciences, engineering, law, business, and the humanities.
Name: Emerald Literati Network Editing Service
The Emerald Literati Network Editing Service allows authors to contact experienced copy editors to help improve the standard of English in a paper before it is submitted to a journal for consideration.
Name: Interclass, http://www.e-interclass.com.br,
Email: mi.interclass at gmail.com
Comment: We translate into English. We would like to know what kind of editing it would be,how much it pays and how , and the necessary skills. We have marketing, management science,psychology and law knowledge
Name: QBook, http://www.qbook.org/
Comment: QBook specializes in helping researchers in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong to help them get ready for international publishing. The QBook Website allows authors to choose which proofreader they would like to use, based on listed credentials and previous publications. Rather than a proofreading company, this is a service maintained by business researchers way to help connect Chinese researchers with qualified native English speaking researchers who are living in the area and understand the needs of local researchers. A 24/7 Website allows uploading and downloading whenever your manuscripts are ready.
Name: Kevin J. Vella
Email: kjvella at di-ve.com.
Comment: Kindly note that my fees depend on the length of the manuscripts. Also I will be reading for a PhD at Warwick Business School next year and will be studying within the Marketing and Strategic Management Group there. I have thorough knowledge in Marketing and increasing my knowledge of management science on a daily basis.
Name: William W. Keep, Ph.D.
Contact for: Copyeditor and proofreader at Pfizer, Inc. and looking to do more freelance work. Also done some proofreading for HarperCollins. Familiar with multiple formats (e.g., Chicago, AMA, etc.). Let me know if you would like this information in a different format.
Name: Thompson, Jacquelyn S.
Email: jsthom03 at email.uky.edu
Comment: I work as an Editorial Assistant at the University of Kentucky. I edit manuscripts for professors and Ph.D. students in the Gatton College of Business and do some free lance work outside the college.
Name: Debra Black
Email: Debra_Black at att.net
Comment: An international educator for 18 years with many years prior experience in marketing, training development, and management, my areas of expertise include marketing, organizational behavior, leadership, management and entrepreneurship. Direct experience in curriculum development, classroom and training materials, dissertations, and manuals. I can provide (in English) writing, line editing, copy editing, proofreading and academic research services. Member of the editorial review board for the Interdisciplinary Journal of Knowledge and Learning Objects and the Learning Objects books.
Name: Jean Cropper
Email: jean.cropper at wanadoo.fr.
Comment: professional copy editor with considerable experience proofreading and editing manuscripts submitted to Marketing journals for INSEAD and other profs.
Name: Diana Lawson
Email: drlawson at svsu.edu
Comment: Areas of knowledge include: marketing and international business (marketing and management), entrepreneurship. PhD, Wickes Chair in International Business, Saginaw Valley State University
Name: Michele Roberts
Email: pmrob at iinet.net.au
Comment: Doctoral candidate at the University of Western Australia and I have a Masters in Marketing. Before this I worked for 10 years in academic publishing.
Name: Tanvi Mehta Writing and Editing Services, http://www.tanvimehta.com
Email: tanvi at tanvimehta.com
Comments: I am a qualified academic editor, specialising in business academia. I have worked with professors in management, marketing, finance, IT etc. A comprehensive client list can be found on my website (link above). I edit PhD theses, MBA course materials, case studies and journal papers. I am familiar with the various style guides, work with British and American styles and am used to academic terminology.
Name: Wai Wai Yang
Email: wwyang at u21global.com
Comments: Web site editor with experience in editing (at a postgraduate level) Marketing, Management, Operations Management, Finance, Accounting, etc.
Name: Jennifer Shafer
Email: shajen at gmail.com
Comment: Background is in psychology and biology, but worked for three years at Klein Associates doing a lot of copyediting and proofreading work on human factors-related articles and reports.
Name: Jane Fieldsend
Email: jane.fieldsend at btinternet.com
Comment: Freelance proofreader and copy-editor, specialising in social sciences, humanities, marketing and international relations, particularly with respect to the environment. Member of the Society for Proofreaders and Editors.
Name: Komal Karani
Email: komal_gyani at hotmail.com
Comment: PhD student of marketing and can help with copy editing English manuscripts.
Name: Elizabeth Scott Anderson, Ph.D
Email: eanderso at du.edu
Comment: Experienced in editing, re-writing and revising journal articles, texts, and general publications in business and the social sciences. Relevant credentials include approximately 10 years of copy-editing and revising manuscripts for two marketing journals, the Journal of Marketing Education and the Journal of Travel Research, plus thorough familiarity with marketing and management subjects gained through university teaching. Particularly interested in projects that require substantial revision and re-writing while retaining the author’s original voice (call it “ghost co-authorship”?). Recently resigned from a clinical professorship in Marketing and Communication at Daniels College of Business, University of Denver. Can guide non-native English speakers through the challenges of writing in English.
Name: Mike Jacobson
Email: m.jacobson at bigpond.com
Comment: Jacobson Communications, "A way with words", Sydney, Australia. Since resigning as Associate Editor of Australian 4WD Monthly (see below), I have established my own business specialising in freelance journalism, media relations, text editing and event management. I have completed several assignments for my former employer, including editing a 180-page New 4WD Buyer's Guide. This included compiling the newslist and page-by-page 'visual', writing all of the copy, selecting all of the photographs, and liaising closely with the production staff.
I have used my technical writing skills to edit academic papers on a range of subjects, and provided media relations advice to clients from diverse industries (eg. legal, financial planning, personal coaching, aftermarket motoring accessories) wishing to enhance their media profiles.