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Can I, as a reviewer, tell authors to get a native English speaker to proofread their paper?
I am reviewing a paper for possible publication in a respected journal. The English in the paper is very poor. The authors are clearly not native English speakers. I want to write something to the ...
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How to find ways to proofread English in papers
As a non-native speaker of English, it can often be hard to spot some of the errors that a native speaker would find. For a long time, I've been thinking about getting a native speaker to help me with ...
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How can I provide proof that my paper has been proofread by a native speaker?
I have submitted my manuscript to a journal. After several weeks the editor sent me the comments of two reviewers. The editor said that "the authors should provide proof that the paper has been ...
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Is hiring a proofreader beneficial in the long term?
I am an Early Stage Researcher in a bigger project. I am non-native speaker of English and I find my level of English in my articles not satisfactory, especially when I consider that it is not just my ...
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Cost efficient methods to lower language barrier for researchers without enough funding for publishing in peer-reviewed English journals?
The situation: we have many subjectively understandable articles in English. But they will never be published publicly in any peer-reviewed scientific journals. Why?
Some reviewers seem to be very ...
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