At Catalyst Editorial, we provide a range of editorial services to research staff across the scientific research community.

Our editorial expertise can help you to prepare your:

Research articles

Grant proposals

Review articles

 

Book chapters

Policies

 
 
 

Manuscript, policy and grant editing

We will edit your text to improve its organisation and language and to ensure it provides a clear, coherent and understandable account of your work, propsals and ideas. This is typically called developmental, or substantive, editing. 

Substantive (developmental) editing usually involves:

  • Rearranging the organisation of the text to improve its organisation, structure, coherence and flow.

  • Editing text for grammar, language and accessibility.

  • Amending or rewriting the abstract or summary.

  • Amending or rewriting titles, headings and subheadings

  • Suggestions for the removal of text to improve flow, to reduce length or to remove repetition.

  • Suggestions for the addition of text to provide background information or to improve the coherence, clarity or flow of the text.

  • Suggestions for revisions to display items (figures, tables, etc) and to their captions.

  • Suggestions for new display items.

 
 

Cover letter feedback

If you plan to submit your research manuscript to a selective journal, your cover letter is of vital importance because it will help a journal editor to make an informed decision as to whether your work falls within the journal’s remit and meets its criteria for further consideration and peer review.

Our editorial expertise can ensure that your cover letter achieves these key goals, making a strong case for consideration.

A cover letter should ideally explain succinctly, clearly and without hype:

  • What your article is about;

  • Your key findings and the evidence that supports them;

  • The novelty and significance of your work (relative to what is already known);

  • The broader implications of your findings.

 
 
 
 

Ongoing editorial support

At Catalyst Editorial, we develop longstanding working relationships with researchers and community members, providing them with editorial support over several years.

See what our editorial clients say about their experience of working with us.

 
 

Related training services

Catalyst Editorial Director, Dr Jane Alfred, also provides a range of training services for research institutes, universities, and biomedical companies, in the UK and internationally, including on science writing, publication ethics and good practice in authorship.

 
 

How we work:
Our values and what you can expect

 

You can expect us to understand your science and to use our editorial expertise to help you to bring out the best in your work.

We bring integrity, rigour and expertise to our work as editors, and we will help you to communicate your ideas and research findings clearly and effectively. We will also work with you to ensure that your publications and grant proposals reflect good reporting practice and standards in your field.

 

We will edit your text to improve its organisation and language and to ensure it provides a clear, coherent and understandable account of your work and ideas. Our editorial process will thus help to maximise your work’s reach and potential without needing to overstate any claims.

Authors retain complete control over changes made to their text. All of our edits are tracked in Word for authors to check and accept, as are any related comments.

 

Our work also supports researchers to strengthen their knowledge of:

  • Current standards that apply to the reporting of research outcomes;

  • The principles of good practice in authorship.

 
 

Get in touch.

Contact Catalyst Editorial for more information on the editorial and training services we can provide.