Do the Health Affairs editors offer assistance to authors whose native language is not English or who just need extra help with their writing?
The Health Affairs copyeditors work with every accepted paper to apply consistent style, correct grammar, and appropriate length. Also, Health Affairs editors routinely give detailed suggestions for improving a manuscript during the peer-review process. However, they cannot offer direct assistance to authors before a paper is accepted, other than answering routine questions and providing access to the style guide on request. If authors require more assistance with their writing, especially before the submission process begins, editorial services are available to provide this assistance for a fee. One such service is ScienceDocs (details are available at http://www.sciencedocs.com). Health Affairs is not affiliated with ScienceDocs or any other company offering editorial services. Authors may use these services at their own discretion and risk; use of such services does not directly affect a paper’s chances of acceptance, and all accepted papers are still subject to copyediting as descr
