Prices
We have been working exclusively with Carl Richmond for several years now. Our doctors have every confidence that manuscripts sent to him will be returned greatly improved and ready for submission to medical journals of the highest caliber.
He is reliable, hard-working, and consistently provides expert editing, making him a pleasure to work with. I highly recommend his service.
Mehmet Haberal, MD, FACS, FICS (Hon)
Founder and President, Baskent University
Editor-in-Chief, Experimental and Clinical Transplantation
Standard, rush, and discounted rates
- Our standard rate is $70 per hour.
- To calculate your approximate cost: We can generally edit a well-written 20-page manuscript in 3 to 5 hours. (Complex documents and those written by authors whose first language is not English may take longer.)
- We offer 2-day rush service at a rate of $90 per hour.
- We discount our rates for universities and organizations that submit 10 or more manuscripts per month.
Thank you very much for your thorough and prompt work on our book. We especially appreciate your flexibility and willingness to compromise to keep the project within our budget.
Karin Hill
Sunrise River Press
Rates for students and residents
- We strongly encourage students and residents to contact us with a budget in mind. We understand the financial constraints of these positions, and we make every effort to work with persons who need our services.
Confidentiality and other specifics
- All information sent to The Medical Editor is held in confidence. All writing and financial information are destroyed upon completion of the project.
- To send us your manuscript, simply e-mail it to us as an attachment. Microsoft Word is the preferred format.
- We will edit your manuscript using Word's revision function and return it to you usually within 5 to 7 business days.
- We accept VISA and MasterCard. Payment by check must be prearranged.
A word about costs...
Some editing companies today offer several
levels of service. Basically, you pay more or less, depending on how
carefully you want your paper edited. At some companies, you can
order “basic editing,” or you can get “more-advanced editing.” The thinking here is that
by having only the spelling, grammar, usage, and syntax checked in
your document, you can save money. And you will. You will pay a low
price, and you can ensure that your manuscript will not have any
English grammar errors in it.
But what if the manuscript requires substantive changes that you
don’t know about? What if things that seem fine to you will be unclear to your readers? What if the paper has redundancies that
you overlooked? Or what if the manuscript just doesn’t read well?
Then, what would happen if an editor took those awkward words and
phrases and turned them into clear and concise prose? What if that
editor made the entire manuscript easier to read, so that your data
were presented in a much stronger voice? What if
an editor improved the manuscript so that it had a better
chance of acceptance when it reached the journal editor’s desk?
Would that be worth paying for?
At The Medical Editor, we'll do just that.
In addition to doing what all the other companies do--which is edit for sense, style, preferred usage, and correct grammar--we will rewrite sentences when needed, eliminate redundancies, restructure paragraphs, condense materials, remove jargon, and check your nomenclature and usage. We'll make sure that the document meets AMA style, and if you're submitting your work to a journal--we'll make sure that the journal's conventions are met. We'll check your Tables and Figures. And we’ll leave informative comments throughout the entire manuscript giving you ways to improve it even more.
In short, we'll better the chances that your
manuscript will be accepted for publication
Why not contact us today.