Author Services

We are the proclaimed “secret weapon” of hundreds of published academics. Our confidential author service promises to transform your manuscript into submission-worthy prose. Purveying the finest author solutions, Lex Academic are poised to get your work into shipshape.

We are purveyors of extraordinary proofreading and copy-editing in the humanities (esp. philosophy, art history, and classics) and social sciences (esp. anthropology, economics, psychology, sociology, social policy, and business/management studies).

Whether you are after an exhaustive index, a reassuring proofread, or perhaps a more interventionist copy-edit, Lex Academic’s bespoke menu of editorial offerings are proven to make an impression with academic journals and major publishers alike. We also offer academic translation services from French, German, Greek, Italian, Mandarin, and Spanish into English for scholars working in the fields of classics and philosophy.

Our services extend to editing grant funding applications (e.g., European Research Council, Horizon 2020, Leverhulme, British Academy, Wellcome Trust, and AHRC/ESRC), as well as MPhil, MBA, and Ph.D. dossiers. It is our mission to get your academic career off to a flying start.

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Proofreading

Lex Academic are purveyors of extraordinary proofreading, promising clear and fault-free prose. We catch all errata: from misspellings and typographical errors, to infelicities in grammar and punctuation. In addition, we flag up all misused, unclear, or unidiomatic phraseology, proffering suggestions of our own where necessary. In short, Lex Academic’s proofreading is for those clients who need the peace of mind of knowing that their manuscript is absolutely fault-free.

Copy-editing

Lex Academic copy-editing goes the extra mile in ensuring that your work is not only fault-free but significantly elevated in terms of style, tone, and diction. Our bright, intuitive editors impart your work with the elegance of native English at its finest, selecting words, phrases, and expressions that convey meaning without any compromises in clarity. Copy-editing is for those clients who are hoping to improve the overall style and concision of their writing, while making a guaranteed impression with academic journals.

Substantive editing

Lex Academic substantive editing is our most comprehensive and transformative author service. A subject expert will bond with your draft, making suggestions and emendations that reflect a deep understanding of your ideas. In so doing, your editor will help to clarify the respective components of your argument, reconstructing the text (where necessary) to foreground the originality of the content. Substantive editing is for those clients whose writing expects to reach a wider public, owing to which it needs to be truly extraordinary.

Indexing

At Lex Academic, we relish the exacting task of compiling the index of your scholarly monograph or trade book. Our editor will pore through your text, collating all the key words, names, and places, creating an informative—and user-friendly—inventory of terms. We can create dedicated indexes for personal names (index nominum), places (index locorum), and words (index verborum).

Bibliography compiling

At Lex Academic, we create your bibliography on your behalf. Simply supply the text of your manuscript—with an indication of your citation style—and we will get to work organising a consistent and complete list of works cited. Every bibliography is carefully constructed by a subject expert to fit the precise requirements of your referencing conventions. To this end, we are conversant with the dominant citation styles for the sciences, medicine, humanities, and law (including APA, Chicago, Harvard, ICMJE, MLA, and OSCOLA).

PhD Proofreading

Outmanoeuvring ‘Minor Corrections’. In our professional editorial experience, PhDs require a very particular form of proofreading. At Lex Academic, we recognise the priorities of doctoral candidates as they navigate the rite of passage from PhD submission through to examination and, thereafter, the academic job market. With many students moving onto postdoctoral positions upon receipt of […]