Editage

We guarantee that the quality of English in all documents edited by Editage will meet the standards required by the international publishing industry. The Editage Quality Guarantee applies to every document edited by us, regardless of service, deadline, or fees.

• Free Re-Edit : If your manuscript is rejected
  • Address editor comments.
    Address all issues pointed out by the editor. If you are unsure about any editorial comment or change, write to us with your questions at
  • Get new changes checked by Editage.
    If you have made significant changes to the edited document or rejected editorial revisions, please have your changes re-checked by us. If you anticipate many changes, we recommend that you use our re-editing support service. Re-editing support is free under Premium Editing and is available at a 40% discount under Advanced Editing.
  • Submit an editing certificate to the journal.
    While evaluating papers written by ESL authors, journal editors and reviewers tend to include a standard recommendation, asking the author to get the language checked by a native speaker of English. To avoid this, it is best to submit a certificate of editing to the journal along with your initial submission.
  • The most important factor in journal acceptance is research quality.
    Acceptance of a paper is chiefly dependent on the quality of research and on whether the findings are within the journal’s scope. While bad English can prevent excellent research from being published, good English cannot compensate for average research quality.
  • Editing benefits depend on the level of service.
    Sometimes, when journal reviewers cite language as a reason for rejection, they are actually referring to the manuscript’s flawed logic, flow, and structure. While our Advanced Editing service corrects all aspects of language, only our Premium Editing service checks and corrects logic, flow, structure, and presentation. We recommend that you choose the editing service that best suits your needs.
• When can you use the Editage Quality Guarantee?
  • When you are dissatisfied with the quality of the edit
  • When your manuscript is rejected by the journal because of the quality of English, despite your having addressed all the editor’s notes and comments and submitting the edited paper to the journal with no significant changes

  Note that the Editage Quality Guarantee should not be used to ask questions of your editor. Simply email your questions to , or submit them through your EditageOnline^TM account, and be assured of a speedy and accurate response.

• How can you use the Editage Quality Guarantee?
  • Write to us at , briefly explaining the reasons for your dissatisfaction or fill out the job feedback form in your EditageOnline^TM account.
  • Provide examples wherever possible.
  • Make sure you attach the relevant files to your email (for example, in case your paper has been rejected by the journal due to poor language quality, please attach the version of the paper you submitted to the journal as well as the detailed journal editor/reviewer comments).
• What happens when you send us your complaint?
  • Our independent Quality & Training team assesses the overall quality of the edited paper.
  • We reply to you with the results of the assessment within 2 business days.
  • If the Quality & Training team agrees with the journal’s (or your) assessment of the language quality, we offer you a free re-edit.
  • After your complaint is resolved, we solicit your feedback through a short survey. We encourage you to provide us with feedback so that we can continue to improve our quality management system.

BELS certification

For long, there was no objective method by which clients could assess the skills of the editors they hired. To address this need, the Board of Editors in the Life Sciences (BELS) developed the BELS examination, an internationally recognized certification exam that tests and evaluates editorial skills.

Learn more about the BELS certification