This document represents an agreement between the individual identified on the Manuscript Submission Form [hereafter referred to as the Client] and Med-Edit [hereafter referred to as the Editor] for the Editor to carry out a substantive edit of the document submitted by the Client.

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Cost and Duration of Project

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Cost: The cost of this service varies with the depth of editing:

Content Review: a checklist of the types of revisions the original document needed. ILS 0.15/word (Additional revisions will be made at the Proofreading rate).
Proofreading: Correction of grammar, spelling, punctuation, spacing, abbreviations, and reference formatting per publisher's author guidelines or the AMA Manual of Style. Also includes updates to the Content Review or any document previously edited by the author. Round 1:  ILS 0.18/word. Round 2+:  ILS 0.09/word.

Substantive editing: Proofreading plus revising syntax (word choice, word order, etc.) to improve readability and ensuring references and graphic elements appear in order throughout; the format of references and graphic elements is consistent with the AMA Manual of Style or publisher's author guidelines; questionable data or statements of fact are verified by reviewng them against available references and/or querying subject matter experts designated by the author; measurements, technical terms, study/laboratory/scientific procedures are described accurately and used in a consistent manner throughout; the title and headings are formatted per publisher guidelines and reflect the content following each; the title accurately reflects the purpose of the content; and the abstract accurately summarizes the author's hypothesis, methods, outcomes, and recommendation(s) for further study. Round 1:  ILS 0.20 per word. This includes incidental changes requested by the author that result in a change in word count of no more than 250 words or 5 references. Round 2: ILS 0.10/word.

 

Time:
Editing is carried out Monday - Thursday, except on government or religious holidays.

4,000 words or less: Allow at least one business week for a substantive edit.

More than 4,000 words: Add one business day (Sunday - Thursday) for every 1000 words.

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​The Editing Strategy

The Editor will carry out a substantive edit of the Client’s document based on the author guidelines in the targeted publication. If a publication has not been selected, the document will be edited per the AMA Manual of Style and standard rules of English grammar (e.g., Words Into Type).

The document will be edited in American English only.

​AI will not be used in the editing process. If AI was used to generate any part of the submitted document, that portion will be edited as though it were original text​.

​​The Client shall submit the document to the Editor via the Document Submission page on this website or in a Microsoft Word file attached to an email addressed to eliana@med-edit.online. In either case, if any portion of the submitted document is not to be edited, the Client shall indicate which portion of the document is not be edited, e.g., by providing the section to be omitted separately (e.g., in a separate Word document) or highlighting or crossing out the text.

 

​Other Conditions Under This Agreement

​Status of the Editor

The Editor is an independent contractor. The Editor has not entered into a partnership or any form of joint venture or employment relationship with the Client. The Client may, however, with the permission of the Editor, acknowledge the Editor’s contribution to the development of the Client’s document.

​​Accuracy

The role of the Editor is to offer advice and suggestions to the Client. Changes in the factual content of the document will be made per author direction. The final fact checking to assure the accuracy of the content will be carried out by the Client. The Editor cannot guarantee the edited material will be error-free.

Confidentiality

The Editor assumes that any information disclosed to the Editor by the Client is confidential and will treat it accordingly. To this end, the Editor will not disclose information about the document to any third party without the Client’s written consent or as required by law.

Liability

The Editor is not liable for any and all claims or demands, including legal fees, associated with an allegation of plagiarism, copyright infringement, libel, or other contractual or legal issues created by the Client in the course of writing, revising, publishing, or other uses of this work, including those occurring as a result of any breach of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

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Payment

Payment in full is due on receipt of invoice. A late fee of ILS 500 will be imposed for every week past the Balance Due date that the payment has not been made in full.

The invoice shall be paid by credit card or PayPal through the med-edit.online website.

​If the Client stops or cancels an editing job once it has started, the Client will pay a Cancellation Fee of 50% of the cost of editing the entire document.