For Academic Researchers
Pubrica supports academic researchers with subject-specialist editing, biostatistics, evidence synthesis, journal selection and submission, and reviewer responses. Most desk rejections are caused by an unmet reporting guideline, a statistical claim the data does not support, or a poor fit with the journal’s scope, rather than by the English. Our editors hold doctorates or clinical posts in the field they edit, so they review these points before a reviewer does.
- Edited by someone who knows your field — assigned by subject rather than availability, and able to identify an implausible effect size
- The reporting-guideline check is free, against whichever guideline your design requires, before you commit to anything
- Statistics prepared for peer review: analysis plans, reproducible code, and the reporting that goes with them
- Support continues past submission — reviewer responses, major revisions and resubmission to a second journal are part of the engagement
- Published prices, per word and per package, for every service level
Subject-specialist editingIncluded
Statistics and reproducible codeIncluded
Submission and reviewer responsesIncluded
Certificate of editingIncluded
Guaranteeing acceptanceNot possible
Draft → edited → checked → submitted → published
- Assigned by subject, not availability
- Guideline check free, before you commit
- Certificate of editing on delivery
- Free re-editing for a year for journal submissions
- Support through to acceptance
Our Services
Editing, Statistics and Submission Services for Researchers
Services are listed in the order they are usually needed, and each is available on its own.
Subject-specialist editingA language edit corrects grammar. A subject editor also checks whether the conclusion follows from the analysis, which is where most desk rejections arise.
Statistical reviewMost serious journals now use a statistical reviewer. Their questions are predictable and can be addressed before submission.
Journal formattingJournals often deviate from the style they state. In one journal we sampled, we found twenty-three deviations.
Responding to a major revisionA major revision is a positive outcome, and the response letter largely determines whether it leads to acceptance.
Samples are illustrative and anonymised. Hover any one of them to play it again.
Compliance and Standards
Reporting, Authorship and Ethics Standards
These are the standards we apply to your manuscript and to our own editing work.
PRISMA 2020 (and the reporting guidelines)
The reporting standard your study design requires — CONSORT 2025 for trials, PRISMA 2020 for reviews, STROBE for observational studies, ARRIVE 2.0 for animal work.
ICMJE Recommendations (authorship and disclosure)
Four authorship criteria, the declarations journals require, and the rule that editing and writing support is acknowledged rather than credited as authorship.
COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics)
What may be claimed about a paper, and how journals handle authorship, disclosure and correction when something is wrong.
Quality management (cert. H3CR9TCU20251212INDQM10N)
Our certified quality system governs how work is run, recorded and released.
How It Works
How a Manuscript Project Works
Every service starts with a free first step on your own document, so you can review the work before paying.
Free first step
A sample edit, guideline check or length audit carried out on your own manuscript.
Scope and quote
We recommend the editing level you need, with the price per word and the turnaround stated.
Editing and analysis
Your manuscript is assigned to an editor or statistician in your subject, and you can ask that person unlimited questions.
Through to acceptance
We support submission, reviewer responses, revisions and, if needed, resubmission to a second journal.
FAQs
Questions from Researchers and Authors
If your question is not answered here, ask an expert — no quote is required.
No. Under ICMJE and COPE guidance, professional editing and writing support is acknowledged rather than credited as authorship, and scientific judgement stays with the named authors.
We provide the acknowledgement wording and a certificate of editing naming the level and the standard applied.
Often a lighter level than expected. Send 1,000 words and we will mark them twice, as a proofread and as a copyedit, so you can compare the two on your own text before choosing.
In one comparison of the same passage, two editors working independently made fourteen and thirty-nine marks, a difference of $62 across a whole manuscript.
Reformatting and resubmission to a second journal is part of the engagement, not a new one, and re-editing is free for a year from delivery wherever the destination is a journal.
If the rejection is scientific rather than presentational, we will tell you, rather than send the same paper to another journal.
Yes, routinely, under signed confidentiality with access limited to the assigned team. Your material is not used to train any system and is not shared with third-party tools.
Patient-level datasets and pre-submission manuscripts are handled the same way.
Related services
Related Audiences and Services
Services for students, clinicians and departments with related needs.
1IF YOU ARE A STUDENTthesis and first paper
Students and early careerThesis, dissertation and first submission. Thesis editingBounded by the IPEd guidelines.2IF YOU ARE CLINICALclinical publications
Physicians and cliniciansCase reports and clinical reviews. Case reportTo CARE, with consent handled.3IF YOU ARE A DEPARTMENTinstitutional support
Universities and institutionsProgrammes, training and capacity. Grant writingProposals and data management plans.Request a Free Sample Edit and Reporting Guideline Check
Send 1,000 words and you will see the editing on your own manuscript before you decide.