Academic Proofreading

Academic Proofreading for Professors, Researchers, and Students

Proof-Reading-Service.com provides specialised academic proofreading services for senior academics — including professors, postdoctoral researchers, and research students. Our services cover a wide range of academic materials such as:

  • PhD theses and dissertations
  • Conference papers and journal articles
  • Scientific manuscripts and research proposals
  • Academic books and monographs

 

All documents are proofread to the highest academic standard by our experienced professional proofreaders, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and a polished final presentation.


What Our Proofreading Includes

  • Correction of grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors
  • Consistency checks for referencing styles, tables, figures, and footnotes
  • Ensuring accurate and professional bibliographies
  • Verification of formatting and structure across all sections

 

Our proofreaders also ensure that your ideas are presented clearly and effectively in flawless English, while preserving your individual academic style and voice.


Support for Non-Native English Authors

Many of our clients are senior academics or graduate students who are non-native speakers of English seeking to publish their work internationally. We specialise in helping them refine their academic writing by correcting and standardising:

  • Spelling, grammar, and punctuation
  • Subheadings, references, tables, and figures
  • Stylistic consistency throughout their work

 

When necessary, our proofreaders also provide stylistic suggestions to improve the fluency and natural flow of your writing, even when the text is grammatically correct but could be clearer or smoother.


Why Choose a Professional Proofreader

Although sharing your work with colleagues or mentors can be useful, the expertise of a professional academic proofreader ensures precision and consistency. Our proofreaders are:

  • Highly educated native English speakers with postgraduate or doctoral degrees
  • Experts in a wide range of academic and scientific disciplines
  • Skilled in proofreading, formatting, and editorial style

 

In addition to correcting language, our proofreaders can identify inconsistencies, spot possible data errors, and suggest improvements for the clarity of your methods, results, tables, and figures.


Benefits of Academic Proofreading

  • Eliminates small grammatical or spelling errors that could harm your professional image
  • Improves clarity and presentation for publication or examination
  • Gives you greater confidence in your written work
  • Ensures your writing accurately reflects the quality of your research

 

Whether you are preparing an essay, dissertation, PhD thesis, or journal article, our academic proofreading will ensure your writing meets the highest international publishing standards.


Proven Results and Client Success

We have helped many professors and researchers successfully publish their work after proofreading. In numerous cases, documents initially rejected due to language errors were accepted for publication after using our services.

Our expert proofreading ensures that your research communicates your ideas clearly, effectively, and professionally — allowing your written work to reflect the true quality of the research behind it.

Description

Academic Proofreading for Professors, Researchers, and Students

Proof-Reading-Service.com provides specialised academic proofreading services for senior academics — including professors, postdoctoral researchers, and research students. Our services cover a wide range of academic materials such as:

  • PhD theses and dissertations
  • Conference papers and journal articles
  • Scientific manuscripts and research proposals
  • Academic books and monographs

 

All documents are proofread to the highest academic standard by our experienced professional proofreaders, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and a polished final presentation.


What Our Proofreading Includes

  • Correction of grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors
  • Consistency checks for referencing styles, tables, figures, and footnotes
  • Ensuring accurate and professional bibliographies
  • Verification of formatting and structure across all sections

 

Our proofreaders also ensure that your ideas are presented clearly and effectively in flawless English, while preserving your individual academic style and voice.


Support for Non-Native English Authors

Many of our clients are senior academics or graduate students who are non-native speakers of English seeking to publish their work internationally. We specialise in helping them refine their academic writing by correcting and standardising:

  • Spelling, grammar, and punctuation
  • Subheadings, references, tables, and figures
  • Stylistic consistency throughout their work

 

When necessary, our proofreaders also provide stylistic suggestions to improve the fluency and natural flow of your writing, even when the text is grammatically correct but could be clearer or smoother.


Why Choose a Professional Proofreader

Although sharing your work with colleagues or mentors can be useful, the expertise of a professional academic proofreader ensures precision and consistency. Our proofreaders are:

  • Highly educated native English speakers with postgraduate or doctoral degrees
  • Experts in a wide range of academic and scientific disciplines
  • Skilled in proofreading, formatting, and editorial style

 

In addition to correcting language, our proofreaders can identify inconsistencies, spot possible data errors, and suggest improvements for the clarity of your methods, results, tables, and figures.


Benefits of Academic Proofreading

  • Eliminates small grammatical or spelling errors that could harm your professional image
  • Improves clarity and presentation for publication or examination
  • Gives you greater confidence in your written work
  • Ensures your writing accurately reflects the quality of your research

 

Whether you are preparing an essay, dissertation, PhD thesis, or journal article, our academic proofreading will ensure your writing meets the highest international publishing standards.


Proven Results and Client Success

We have helped many professors and researchers successfully publish their work after proofreading. In numerous cases, documents initially rejected due to language errors were accepted for publication after using our services.

Our expert proofreading ensures that your research communicates your ideas clearly, effectively, and professionally — allowing your written work to reflect the true quality of the research behind it.

Price Calculator Instructions

Instructions for Using the above Price Calculator

Below is our fully automated price calculator and payment portal. Simply follow these four steps to add your document to the cart and proceed to checkout:

1. Word count: Enter the word count of your document and select your deadline. Then, click the green "Document Details" button to continue.
2. Document Details: Provide the necessary information, then click the green "File Upload" button to move to the next step.
3. Upload Your File: Upload either a ZIP or RAR archive, or a single file. Afterward, click the green "Personal Details" button.
4. Personal Details: Enter your personal information.

Once you’ve completed the final step, you'll be able to add your document to the cart and proceed to payment. The total amount will be displayed in your local currency at checkout.

Certificate

Official Proofreading Certificate

Upon request, we can issue an official certificate for publishers confirming that your document has been professionally proofread by our team.

This certificate serves as formal evidence that the language, grammar, and style of your text have been carefully checked and corrected by a qualified proofreader at Proof-Reading-Service.com.

Terms and Conditions

Terms of Service – Proofreading Agreement

By paying, you agree to the following:

  • The proofreader corrects and ensures consistency of spelling (British or American English, depending on the choice specified above in the Format section), grammar, and punctuation.
  • The proofreader also reviews and ensures consistency in the format of sub-headings, bibliographical references, tables, figures, and other structural elements of your document.

Style and formatting:

  • If no style guide is provided, we correct references according to the style that is most prevalent in the document to maintain continuity.
  • We do not reduce documents to fit within a specific word limit.
  • We do not change the referencing format (for example, from in-text citations to footnotes or numbered references).

Proofreading method:

Your document is proofread using the ‘Track Changes’ function in Microsoft Word. This standard feature allows you to:

  • Review every modification easily and move between changes.
  • Accept or reject individual edits made by the proofreader.
  • View comments, suggestions, and corrections clearly displayed in the right-hand margin.

Files you will receive:

When proofreading is complete, we will return two files to you:

  • Tracked version: includes all corrections, comments, and changes (yourfilename_tracked_version.docx).
  • Clean version: a fully proofread document with all changes accepted (yourfilename_clean_version.docx).

Example files:

Andre_Carpenter_02072024_tracked_version  and  Andre_Carpenter_02072024_clean_version

Pay via Bank Transfer

Manual Submission Guidelines — Pay via Bank Transfer

To ensure a smooth and efficient process, please follow the instructions below when submitting your document manually and paying by bank transfer.

1. File Naming

Please rename your document as follows:
First-name_Last-name_Today’s-date

For example, if your name is Andre Carpenter and today’s date is 2 July 2024, the file name should be:
Andre_Carpenter_02072024

If you send more than one file on the same day, please name them sequentially:
Andre_Carpenter_02072024_2, Andre_Carpenter_02072024_3, and so on.

2. Language and Style

Your document should be written in either British or American English.
If applicable, please indicate your preferred style guide (e.g. Harvard, Chicago, APA, or provide a link to a journal’s author guidelines).
If no style guide is provided, our editors will follow the referencing style most consistent with your document to maintain continuity.

3. Deadline

Please set the deadline as the time and date you need the proofread document returned to your email inbox.
We recommend allowing sufficient time before your final submission date to review our comments and incorporate any suggested revisions, which may include completing references or other minor additions.

4. Submission

To submit your document, please use the chat function on our website to get in touch with us. Our team will review your request and provide all the necessary information and instructions for sending your file securely.

When sending your file(s), please include the following details:

  • Your full name
  • University or institution
  • Address details
  • Academic field
  • Your deadline
  • Preferred format (British or American English)
  • Style guide (if applicable)
  • Any specific comments or instructions

Once we have received your information, we will guide you through the next steps for uploading your document and processing your request efficiently.

5. Quotation and Payment

Once we receive your document, we will review it and perform a word count to calculate your individual quotation.
You will then receive a confirmation email detailing the price, deadline, format, and style guide.
Even if additional editing time is required, the confirmed price will remain fixed.

6. Proofreading Process

Your document will be proofread using Microsoft Word’s ‘Track Changes’ function. This allows you to easily view, accept, or reject each correction. Comments and suggestions appear clearly in the right-hand margin.

When your proofreading is complete, you will receive two files:

  • Tracked version: yourfilename_tracked_version.docx
  • Clean version: yourfilename_clean_version.docx

For example:
Andre_Carpenter_02072024_tracked_version ↗ and Andre_Carpenter_02072024_clean_version ↗

The tracked version lets you review every change, while the clean version is ready for immediate use or submission.

Our team is available 24 hours a day and typically responds within two hours of receiving your file.

Reviews

Customer Reviews

Based on 34 reviews
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Anonymous
Very good job

Very good job, quick and to the point.

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Anonymous
Rápido

Rápido,buenas traducciones y relación calidad precio

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Stefano
Excellent service

Excellent service. I am really satisfied

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Anonymous
good review

good review, its very recomeded.

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Ruihua Zhang

good

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Sena COSGUN KANDAL

The proofreading was very professional. Thank you.

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Carsten Tjell
Poly-symptomatology of chronic multi-canalicular benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: a deducti

Exellent! Thank you very much!

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Robin Schick
excellent

excellent service!
Thank you.

J
Jellie Zuidema-Cazemier
Excellent

Thank you for the quick and professional proofreading. I hope to make use of your services more often in the future.

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Alexandre Wahrhaftig

Ok

Customer Reviews

Based on 34 reviews
91%
(31)
9%
(3)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
A
Anonymous
Very good job

Very good job, quick and to the point.

A
Anonymous
Rápido

Rápido,buenas traducciones y relación calidad precio

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Stefano
Excellent service

Excellent service. I am really satisfied

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Anonymous
good review

good review, its very recomeded.

R
Ruihua Zhang

good

S
Sena COSGUN KANDAL

The proofreading was very professional. Thank you.

C
Carsten Tjell
Poly-symptomatology of chronic multi-canalicular benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: a deducti

Exellent! Thank you very much!

R
Robin Schick
excellent

excellent service!
Thank you.

J
Jellie Zuidema-Cazemier
Excellent

Thank you for the quick and professional proofreading. I hope to make use of your services more often in the future.

A
Alexandre Wahrhaftig

Ok