Services
Editing academic manuscripts in social sciences for SSCI journals
Please inquire about the price after you have had a draft and a target journal. I provide different levels of editing ranging from proofreading, copyediting, line/deep editing, to developmental editing. The payment rates, per 1,000 English words, are $100 for developmental editing, $72 for line/deep editing, $48 words for copyediting, and $24 for proofreading.
Within 2 business days of accepting your request, I will let you know whether an upgrade of service is recommended to ensure that your manuscript will be competitive to be published in an SSCI journal. You could elect to accept or reject my recommendation. On accepting your request for a designated service, please allow me 5 business days to complete the agreed-on task. If you request either line/deep or developmental editing, I will provide a cover letter for the manuscript as a supplementary service.
To ensure that you will be satisfied with my services, I will lead you to a third-party platform Upwork, where we can agree on a contract to protect both of us. Regarding the payment, for instance, if you want me to do developmental editing on your manuscript written in 10,000 words, you will need to pay $600 on Upwork in advance and the rest $400 after receiving my edited manuscript or document. The same logic applies to the other provided services on Upwork. That is, the 60% of the total amount of payment is like a "deposit" so that I can focus on working on your document. You will need to pay the rest 40% of the total amount of payment on receiving the finalized, agreed-on document that I will submit on Upwork.
For developmental editing, which most of my clients need and benefit from, we need to have two rounds of editing. You are required to carefully read my edits, comments, and questions, as well as provide me with the revised manuscript in a timely fashion so that I can do the second round of editing for you. Please allow 5 business days for each round of developmental editing. Your revised manuscript cannot alter more than 30% of your initial manuscript submitted to me.
Quality evaluation report
If you are not certain about the competitiveness of your manuscript, you could request a service called "Quality Evaluation Report," wherein I will provide you with ratings (i.e., ranging from 1 to 5) on your manuscript's (a) novelty and originality, (b) data sufficiency, (c) manuscript structure, (d) potential for publication in Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)-indexed journals, (e) writing quality, and (f) adequacy of figures and tables.
You need to pay $32 for a three-pager, $40 for a four-pager, and $48 for a five-pager for this service on Upwork.
Pre-submission peer review for manuscripts
I will charge based on the number of words in your manuscript submitted on Upwork. For manuscripts that are shorter than 5,000 words ($135), shorter than 10,000 words ($180), shorter than 15,000 words ($225) and between 15,000 and 20,000. For this service, please allow 10 business days for me to complete.
Consultation on research design, (advanced) quantitative modeling, and academic writing in social sciences
You should have had preliminary plans in mind before consulting me. Importantly, I will serve as a consultant instead of a ghostwriter. It is crucial for my clients to produce their own products.
You will pay $50 (for 30 minutes) or $100 (for 60 minutes) for my consultation. It will be a virtual meeting on Zoom via Upwork. If it is a statistical problem, please prepare your employed data, syntax, input, and output for me to skim during the meeting, I will request for such files before or after the meetings. The goal is to help you out, so if your questions cannot be solved during the meeting, I will use my time (in 5 business days) for you to thoroughly look at your files, identify the issues, and try my best to either resolve the issue or provide my professional opinions for your considerations.
Consultation on how to survive in a social science program in the United States
The first semester is overwhelming, Feel free to book my time to talk it over. A deliverable including a course of action will be provided to you within 5 business days after our virtual meeting on Zoom via Upwork. You will pay $50 (for 30 minutes) or $100 (for 60 minutes) for my consultation.
Editing application materials (e.g., a statement of purpose, curriculum vitae) for graduate schools in the United States.
To optimize your documents, please provide me with the requirements that the schools or programs post on their websites. Detailed information about the programs that you intend to apply are needed as well. The payment rates are identical to my academic editing services. That is, the payment rates, per 1,000 English words, are $100 for developmental editing, $72 for line/deep editing, $48 words for copyediting, and $24 for proofreading. The request can be submitted on Upwork.