Author’s editor revisions to manuscripts published in international journals

Flowerdew, John; Wang, Simon Ho

doi:10.1016/j.jslw.2016.03.004

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“…Despite a somewhat simplified, stereotypical view inherent in the label "language professionals" that their work mainly centers on "cleaning up" grammatical errors and other formal errors, their work encompasses a wide range of areas. They may need to initiate changes at the level of discourse and arguments [8,9], and the revision may involve rephrasing, adding words or phrases, and rearranging details to improve textual cohesion and readability [10]. Also, substantive reworking may be necessary to make the text meet Anglo-American cultural expectations in writing.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This necessitates "negotiations with authors about particular linguistic formulations long after the translation has been ostensibly completed" [21] (p. 96). In reality, however, this type of negotiation is not always available in commercial editing services [10,22]. It can be problematic when there is insufficient consultation with the author [23].…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Korean Scholars’ Use of For-Pay Editors and Perceptions of Ethicality

Kim

2019

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Many Korean scholars rely on language professionals for preparing English manuscripts. So far, little has been reported on how Korean scholars utilize them and how they perceive various types of help received. This study examines how Korean scholars utilize for-pay editors and translators, and how they perceive various types of textual modifications incurred in the process, based on the data obtained through a survey completed by 88 Korean faculty from three universities. Half of the participants received proofreading help from for-pay editors, and fewer participants received help with translation. They held widely differing views on ethicality concerning scenarios that involved globaland content-level editing; none of the help described was perceived as clearly unethical. This paper argues that as the academic communities benefit from the knowledge and insights created through research conducted by scholars across the world, it is necessary to establish proper boundaries of writing help.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Korean Scholars’ Use of For-Pay Editors and Perceptions of Ethicality

Kim

2019

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“…Some of the findings of the current study are not consistent with those of previous ones. Flowerdew and Wang (2016) and Luo and Hyland (2016) mentioned that the proofreaders in their studies contact the writers in order to resolve some of the difficulties in their texts. The respondents in the current study, however, pointed out that they rarely communicate with their clients during and after the proofreading process.…”

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Changes Beyond Limits: Proofreading in an American University

Alhojailan

2019

IJL

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Students are usually asked to submit term papers, reports, research proposals, dissertations, theses, etc. for assessment purposes. Unfortunately, not all students are able to write at the level that their professors expect. Therefore, students are encouraged by their professors to have their papers carefully proofread before submission. This study investigates the beliefs, practices, and experiences of proofreaders who proofread students' writing, along with different issues related to proofreading. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with two proofreaders studying for their Ph.D. in the English Department in a university in the American Southwest. The results show that a misunderstanding of the role of a proofreader exists between proofreaders and student writers and among proofreaders themselves. My findings also show that proofreading is used only for academic survival. I highlight how the educational system and the proofreaders' qualifications have affected the description of proofreading. The results emphasize the need for implementing regulations for proofreading services to guarantee that they are standardized and administered consistently to avoid misrepresentation of students' true writing abilities, and to maintain a good reputation for universities with respect to their graduates' writing skills.

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“…Utilizing textual analysis and a double‐entry coding scheme, Flowerdew and Wang () identified 5,160 revisions made by an author's editor on 15 eventually published papers. The revisions were classified under five categories of ‘correction, addition, substitution, rearrangement, and deletion and four lexico‐grammatical levels, comprising word, morpheme, group and clause/clause complex’ (p. 39).…”

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Colleagues helping each other to publish in medical sciences: Iranian field specialists' convenience editing strategies

Zeinolabedini

Gholami

2016

Learned Publishing

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This article reports a study into 60 research articles (RAs) authored by Iranian medical researchers and published in high-quality international English journals. It investigated how academic professionals in medical sciences implement peer convenience editing (CE) to improve articles and make them suitable for publication. The research identified nine editing interventions that were categorized as micro-or macro-editing strategies.The findings indicated that the most frequently used strategies are microstrategies of substitution, addition, and mechanical alteration. The study also found that the abstract received the majority of editorial changes (mostly micro), followed by the introduction and then the discussion sections. The findings may help authors and institutions identify which sections and which types of editorial interventions are most likely to be required to ensure that RAs are optimized for publishing in international journals.

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Author’s editor revisions to manuscripts published in international journals

Cited by 47 publications

References 34 publications

Korean Scholars’ Use of For-Pay Editors and Perceptions of Ethicality

Korean Scholars’ Use of For-Pay Editors and Perceptions of Ethicality

Changes Beyond Limits: Proofreading in an American University

Colleagues helping each other to publish in medical sciences: Iranian field specialists' convenience editing strategies

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