How to Improve Your Science Prose?
Researchers in the sciences who are looking to improve their writing have a new, bespoke editing service at their disposal. Catering to STEM researchers, clinician scientists, as well as those in STEM-adjacent disciplines, www.lexacademic.science is the latest brainchild of Oxbridge-educated Lex Academic co-founders Louise Rebecca Chapman and Constantine Sandis. Pledging publication success, this technical branch of Lex Academic provides a much-needed resource for international academics and scientists at various stages of their careers, but not least those working and writing in STEM subjects who do not have English as a first language.
To the lucky few, the limited use of jargon, avoidance of clichés, and use of short sentences comes naturally. Most researchers in STEM subjects, however, would benefit from using scientific proofreading, copy-editing, and substantive editing services to improve their articles, book chapters, and funding applications. Addressing such needs across all major scientific disciplines, Lex’s technical wing was launched with the specific aim of providing unrivalled editorial services, including indexing, translation, text & image permissions clearance, and PhD proofreading. Aimed at academic and popular science writers at all career stages, the company’s specialist editors ensure your technical papers and book manuscripts are not only fault-free but also significantly elevated in terms of style, tone, and diction.
The nature of scientific writing has become far more complex as ideas have grown more sophisticated. Our disciplines – as well as the world in general – have become more interconnected, and these days a scientist is more likely to address a variety of professional and lay audiences. If you’re a neurologist, what is clear, accurate, and legible to a fellow neurologist might be difficult to grasp for an engineer, and utter nonsense to a science journalist. It works the other way around, too. A well-argued journalistic piece about the pros and cons of AI-generated art might come across as basic and unexciting to your code savvy colleagues.
Scientific writing thus takes many forms, each addressing a different audience and performing a specific function.
As Lex state on their new website’s inaugural blog post on the benefits of polished scientific prose:
Great scientific prose involves deploying specialist writing in the right places, as well as communicating outside our immediate communities. It involves persuasive writing to get that competitive grant, or to convince a sceptic. Writing good prose is central to being an effective scientist, and identifying and addressing specific audiences is central to writing good prose.
In order to assist with this, lexacademic.science have built a sizeable team of expert editors with backgrounds in numerous subfields across science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Suitably, their motto is ‘scientific editing for researchers, by researchers’. Whether you are about to embark on a PhD in Dentistry or are a distinguished Professor of Climate Studies seeking to write a popular trade book, Lex have the skills and expertise to assist you on your writing journey. So, why not get in touch with Lex now to ensure you obtain a significant competitive advantage in scientific publishing with their tried and trusted editorial support?
