The Pivot Sciedit team is staffed by professional expert language editors, internationally known research-active researchers, and senior journal editors.
Technical review is performed by researchers from world-renowned universities and research institutes. These experts have an excellent academic publication record, are currently active in research, and provide advice to scientific societies. Thus, they have recognized expertise in their areas.
Language editing is conducted by professional editors from the UK, USA and Canada with a PhD degree in related areas. These editors also have excellent academic publication record and more than five years’ experience of scientific manuscript editing.
Editorial support is provided by journal editors who have past experience serving international journals published by world-leading publishers. They have extensive experience in manuscript processing, journal operation and analysis, etc., They are therefore well placed to propose practical strategies to authors so as to maximize their chance of getting published.
In addition, the editorial support editors double check the edited manuscripts before they are returned to authors, and assist authors one-to-one in communication between authors and language/science editors, thereby ensuring a smooth editing process and a high-quality delivery. The editorial support editors, together with language and science editors comprise our double-editor quality control system.
Yes, we understand that quality is a fundamental guarantee of our vitality and have devoted ourselves to providing a quality service for every client.
We have a strict editor selection and training system. Our editors are all specialized and experienced in their own duties. We also follow a comprehensive and systematic editorial flow that ensures the quality of our services.
We always endeavor to provide a completely satisfactory service to authors. If there is any question of below-standard editing, the manuscript will be re-edited gratis until full author satisfaction is attained.
To authors, we offer editing certificates verifying that your manuscripts have been edited by a qualified native English-speaking editor. You may if you wish submit this certificate to journals along with your manuscript. It should significantly reduce the possibility of rejection caused by language deficiency.
Firstly, delete the content that does not need our editing from your manuscript, then check the "number of words" at the left bottom of your Word document; alternatively, click "Word Count" in the "Review" tab at the top.
The turnaround time refers to business days in Pacific time of the USA. We will start to edit your manuscript and calculate the turnaround time once your payment is received by our editorial office. We will return your manuscript by the due date.
Our service charge is transparent and can be found on our website. You can easily calculate the exact fee of the services you would like to order.
If a service fee depends on word count, e.g., English Editing, you can delete the content (like references) that does not need editing before submitting your manuscript to us.
The editor will confirm the service fee with each client before any payment is made. There will be NO additional or hidden fees once we have confirmed the total fees with you. However, please note, VAT charged in some regions is not included in the fee, and banks may well charge you a transfer fee if you choose to pay via wire transfer.