Are those free online software's editing, proofreading services for scientific manuscripts truth worthy enough? Formatting of the paper would be an added value service. What about the confidentiality factor? I need info on the latest actual updates. Thanks in advance.
Then again, if you need a full copy-edit,* give me a shout :-)
Guy
* See http://www.screencast.com/t/6JzmY9OX for a video on the difference between proofreading and copy-editing.
Guy Robert Manners, that would be just good for the full copy-edit
Pierre (Island of Martinique)
Have a look at REF-N-WRITE scientific paper writing tool. This tool allows you to import text from previous papers relevant to the subject area in MS word. While you are writing your paper, you can just search for similar statements from other authors and inherit their vocabulary and language to improve your paper. It also comes with a library of academic phrases that you can readily use to polish your paper. Here is the link for the site.
http://www.ref-n-write.com
They have some nice tutorials here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf7qyyKtbyQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6hlXzqO3r4
@Premkumar's suggestion may be valid, but BEWARE of plagiarism. If you simply (effectively) copy and paste, you will be committing an intellectual crime and, if caught, will suffer for it professionally. I would say that you should never copy and paste (import) others' text into your work, except for very short direct quotes (which should be attributed). Rather, do your background reading, digest, make notes, then write your own material in your own words, even in a literature review section.
In case someone is still interested, physedit.com provides reliable and reasonably priced services for editing all science related manuscripts. They also offer graphics design services and scientific illustrations.
While some software editing tools may be helpful, in my humble opinion, they are far from providing a solution for researchers who are not native speakers of English needing to publish research in English. I have revised over 1,600 research papers, published in a wide variety of high-impact international scientific journals. Unlike some of the larger companies that provide this service, my prices are affordable, and since I am a sole freelance editor, I develop relations with my customers going back over a decade, and I strive to be highly responsive to their needs. I guarantee that customers papers will not be rejected due to the English language. Below is a link to my website where you can read testimonials of satisfied researchers, and get other relevant information about my editing service. My website provides a great deal of information and free tips on writing research papers, particularly for authors who are not native speakers of English: https://www.academicenglishsolutions.com.
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