Editorial roles

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EDITORIAL ROLES

Scientific editing — checking the scientific and technical facts.

Copy-editing — making sure that an author's raw text, or copy, is correct in terms of spelling and grammar and it is easy grasp his or her ideas. Copy-editors also check

  • suitability of the text for the intended audience
  • content and structure
  • sentence and paragraph length
  • consistency
  • illustrations and tables