A helping hand

摘要

Mirko Petrovic was in a jam. A paper on which he was lead author - a clinical study on the prevalence of sleeping aids among elderly patients - had been rejected for publication. Reviewers said that the articles methodology was improperly structured, its data were scant and not in the right format, and its language needed polishing. Resolving the flaws would require at least two weeks of work, and he wanted to publish quickly. Petrovic had heard about a company that offered copy-editing, formatting and in-depth scientific editing of manuscripts. Although he had never used such a service before, he decided to give it a try.