Abstract Editing
Your abstract is critical in helping readers and reviewers understand your manuscript. AJE’s experienced academics will edit and proofread the text of your abstract or create a compelling graphical abstract summarizing your research.
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How can AJE help with your abstract?
As part of our English Editing service, we make your abstract ready to publish.
Clear, polished abstracts
Our editors take pride in delivering an abstract that is error-free. We make sure your sentences are written in clear English, are grammatically correct, and are free of punctuation errors.
Journal Recommendation
If you are unsure which journal you're submitting to, AJE's team can help you choose the right journals for your work. Our Journal Recommendation service will consider your research's scope, topic, and impact and your specific publishing goals. We will come back with a report within 4 days that recommends the best journals for your needs.
Graphical Abstract
If you need a graphical abstract, our scientifically trained Custom Illustration team can create a graphic tailored to your target journal. To improve readability and professional appearance, we make changes to file type, resolution, color space, font, scale, line weights, and layout. When we've finished formatting your graphical abstract, you can ask an unlimited number of questions about the work we have completed.
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English Language Editing
Choose from our four levels of English Editing.
Best-in-class English language editing for technical and academic writing
Recommended Users
One-time sentence-level editing, improved readability of the manuscript
Product Features
- Language editing for natural and correct English by a US-trained expert in your field
- AJE Editing Certificate
- 10% discount on re-edits
- Native English-speaking academic editor
Most Popular
All the benefits of Standard Editing plus improved style and flow and 3 years of unlimited free re-edits
Recommended Users
Improved language style and flow between sentences, personalized support and re-edits through revision rounds
Product Features
- Premium language editing for natural and correct English by a US-trained expert in your field
- AJE Editing Certificate (Guaranteed)
- Unlimited language re-editing for 3 years at no additional charge
- Professionally trained Premium staff editor
- Optimize writing style and flow
- Personal support from a Research Communication Partner
All the benefits of Premium Editing plus expert in-line commentary on structure, logic, and argumentation
Recommended Users
Guidance on structure and logic in addition to language editing
Product Features
- Premium language editing for natural and correct English by a US-trained expert in your field
- AJE Editing Certificate (Guaranteed)
- Unlimited language re-editing for 3 years at no additional charge
- Professionally trained Premium staff editor
- Optimize writing style and flow
- One round of in-line comments about structure, logic, and argumentation from a field-specific expert
- Personal support from a Research Communication Partner
The industry's top scientific editing service, including in-depth developmental editing and strategic advice from a subject matter expert
Recommended Users
Publish in high-impact and top journals, receive advice from subject matter experts
Product Features
- Internal meeting among our PhD editors to identify priority issues in your document and create a personalized plan
- Thorough developmental edit to best articulate your findings
- Premium language editing for natural and correct English by a US-trained expert in your field
- Editing Certificate (Guaranteed)
- Comprehensive strategic report to explain how issues have been addressed and how reviewers may respond to your work
- An additional free language edit within 6 months to optimize the language after you have incorporated the team’s recommendations
- Personal support from a Research Communication Partner
Sample edits
Download the provided samples of our editors’ process to see the benefits you get from our English Editing services.
Premium Editing
Download a sample to see what your manuscript will look like after Premium Editing. Notice the markings throughout the text and the comments in the margins. This example provides instances of edits to headings, grammar, and punctuation. It also features comments from a senior editor and Research Communication Partner.
Get the best out of your submission with a strong abstract
Let us help you deliver the best possible abstract for your research.
Abstracts save your readers time
An abstract describes the key elements and important details of your research paper. It is a structured summary of your work to help readers understand your research.
How long should an abstract be?
Typically, an abstract is 150-300 words (although some journals allow shorter or longer abstracts). It should be easy for a reader to get the main points of your research from your abstract.
Don't get desk rejected because of mistakes in your abstract
Aside from summarizing the key elements of your manuscript, the abstract is also the reader’s first impression of your research. It's important that your abstract grabs the reader's interest. If your abstract is unclear or filled with errors, your target journal could reject your manuscript without even beginning the peer review process.
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Frequently asked questions
Quick answers from our team on working with our Abstract Editing service
The AJE Guarantee
We strive to give you the best possible service for your academic manuscript.
100% satisfaction guarantee
The completed manuscript you receive from AJE’s editing services is covered by our editing guarantee. We guarantee that if you are not satisfied with the editing of your manuscript or if a journal mentions English language errors, we will re-edit your document for free.
Discounted Standard Editing
For Standard Editing, material added to your paper after our editors work on your manuscript is not included in this guarantee. For this reason, we recommend that you send us your final draft when you order our services. If you need to add content or make substantial changes after receiving comments from the journal editor or reviewers, you may resubmit your paper for a discounted re-edit. Our Premium Editing service provides more robust editing support designed for customers seeking a greater degree of assistance with their manuscript. We will also continue to re-edit your document for free until it has been published.
Reach out with your concerns
Although a relatively rare occurrence, if a journal mentions English as a problem in a manuscript that we edited, we want to know. Please contact us with the file that you sent to the journal and all the comments from the journal. Our empathetic customer service team will reply within one United States business day to explain how we can help you.
Provide us with examples
If you are ever unhappy with our editing, we will work with you until you are satisfied. In such cases, please contact our customer support via any of our support channels and provide one or two specific examples or a few details about what is unsatisfactory. We will be happy to work with you to find the best solution.
Further assistance for researchers
Visit our AJE Scholar Author Resource Center for articles on preparing your manuscript, thesis, or grant.