For Students & Early Career
Pubrica supports students and early-career researchers with thesis and dissertation editing, proofreading, statistics explained for the viva, and support with a first journal submission. Thesis editing is limited to copyediting and proofreading: structural problems are described for you to fix, not rewritten. We work within that limit, ask for your supervisor’s approval in writing, and supply the acknowledgement wording your institution expects.
- Bounded by the IPEd guidelines — copyediting and proofreading, with structural problems described and left rather than repaired
- Supervisor approval asked for in writing, and the acknowledgement wording supplied, because most institutions require both
- Statistics explained, not just run, so you can defend the analysis in your viva
- Your first submission handled — journal choice, formatting, portal, declarations and the reviewer responses that follow
- The least expensive suitable option: from $0.025 a word for proofreading, and we will tell you when that is all you need
Copyediting and proofreadingIncluded
Structural problems describedIncluded
Statistics explained for your vivaIncluded
Supervisor approval and acknowledgementIncluded
Writing your thesis for youNot offered
Draft → proofed → flagged → yours to fix → submitted
- Inside the IPEd boundary
- Structure flagged, never rewritten
- Supervisor approval in writing
- Acknowledgement wording supplied
- Statistics you can defend
Our Services
Thesis Editing, Statistics and Submission Services
Each service is designed so that the work remains yours, which is essential when you defend it in a viva.
The IPEd guidelinesThe current IPEd guidelines are the July 2025 version, which replaced the 2019 document. A supplier citing the 2019 version is citing a superseded standard.
Preparing for the vivaAn analysis you cannot explain is weaker than a simpler one you can. We will tell you when the simpler test is the correct choice.
Choosing the right journalA first submission to a journal that is unlikely to accept the paper can cost four months, and checking scope fit avoids this.
Choosing the right levelWe recommend the less expensive service when it meets your needs, and the free sample lets you check this yourself.
Samples are illustrative and anonymised. Hover any one of them to play it again.
Compliance and Standards
Thesis Editing and Authorship Standards
Thesis editing limits are set out in a published standard, which has statutory force in some countries.
Editing research theses (July 2025 version)
Editing "should be restricted to copyediting and proofreading"; editors "should not make corrections to the content, substance or structure", though they "may note issues for the student’s attention". In Australia this has statutory teeth through the TEQSA Amendment Act 2020.
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 Thesis Editing Project Works
Each project starts with a free sample of your own writing, marked two ways so you can see which service you need.
Free sample
1,000 words of your thesis are marked as a proofread and as a copyedit, so you can choose based on evidence.
Approval and scope
Supervisor approval is requested in writing where your institution requires it, and the editing level is agreed at the published price.
The edit
Editing stays within the IPEd limits. Structural issues are flagged in comments for you to decide on and are never changed silently.
Acknowledgement
We supply wording for your acknowledgements and a certificate naming the editing level and the standard applied.
FAQs
Questions from Students and Early-Career Researchers
If your question is not answered here, ask an expert — no quote is required.
At almost every institution, yes, within limits. Those limits usually follow the IPEd guidelines: copyediting and proofreading, not changes to content or structure.
Check your institution’s policy and inform your supervisor. We ask for written approval because undisclosed editing is what causes problems.
No. We will tell you that the argument is weak, where it is weak and what a reader will ask, and then leave the revision to you.
An examiner is entitled to assume the argument is yours, and a thesis in which it is not creates a far more serious problem than a weak chapter.
Proofreading at $0.025 a word on the chapters that matter most, or a statistics consultation on the analysis you are least confident about.
Send the free sample first. We will tell you if a proofread is sufficient rather than recommend a substantive edit you do not need.
Yes, and these are different tasks. A thesis chapter differs from a paper in length, structure and argument.
Converting a chapter into a paper is a separate service, and it often costs less than expected because the analysis already exists.
Related services
Related Audiences and Services
Services for graduates moving into research or clinical publishing.
1IF YOU ARE PAST THE THESISpublishing
Academic researchersManuscripts, statistics, submission. Manuscript editingA copyedit plus journal formatting.2IF YOU ARE CLINICALclinical publications
Physicians and cliniciansCase reports and reviews. Case reportOften the first publication.3STUDENT SERVICESavailable individually
Thesis editingWithin the IPEd guidelines. ProofreadingFrom $0.025 a word.Request a Free Sample Edit of Your Thesis
Send 1,000 words of your thesis and we will mark them as a proofread and as a copyedit, so you can see the difference and choose the less expensive option.