Do you like being an academic editor? Honestly, I have many important reasons for a ‘no’ answer. First, instead of focusing on your fantastic projects of books, articles and revolutionary research, ...

When I was a professor, I had no idea that copy editors existed until I published a book and worked with the press’s freelance editor. This occurred around the same time that I realized academia had ...

No one goes to graduate school to become a scholarly editor, and very few of us are taught how to edit while we’re there. Still, plenty of us can end up doing important editing work at some point in ...

Professors criticise the International Studies Association's suggested ban as 'antithetical to the entire academic enterprise' A major academic body is proposing that editors of its journals be banned ...

A research article may contain correct citations, clear section headings, and strong supporting evidence, yet the reading can still slow down after a few paragraphs. This usually happens when sentence ...

Just as a prospective surgeon might study medicine with aplomb only to learn that academic prowess doesn’t necessarily translate to success with a scalpel, researchers often learn that their success ...

Editing is necessary for any written material, whether it's produced for professional, academic or personal purposes. This course will introduce you to the editing knowledge and skills you will need ...