11 · Research supervision, academic coaching & publication support
Academic editing, formatting and referencing no content authorship
Editing for language, structure, style, formatting and referencing, within the limits your institution permits.
Tell us what you needWe never add to or change your ideas, arguments or findings.
- Led by
- Prof. Wisdom Gagakuma and Michael Gagakuma
- Delivery
- Remote, and on site from Accra
- Fees
- Fixed fee, quoted to your scope
- Free tool
- Reference-list consistency checker
- Contracting
- GKM Legacy Holdings, Maryland
Led byProf. Wisdom Gagakuma and Michael Gagakuma
- Contracting
- GKM Legacy Holdings, Maryland
- Consultation
- from USD 150
What you receive.
Documents you can use, each with its method and sources attached.
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See a demonstration of the output: Specimen · Academic editing, formatting & referencing (no content authorship)
Language edit
Grammar, clarity and consistency, tracked.
Formatting
Layout to the required template.
Referencing check
Citations and reference list aligned to the style.
Edit note
What was done, for your declaration.
Scope and fees.
Fees are agreed in writing before work begins. Estimates are shown as estimates.
Fees
Fixed fee, quoted to your scope
Send a brief or book a short call. We reply with a written scope, dates and a fixed fee before any work begins.
What we need from you
- Your final draft
- The style guide or template
- Your institution’s rules on editing
Not included unless agreed
- Writing or rewriting content
- Paraphrasing to avoid similarity checks
- Changing arguments or data
Who commissions this, and when.
Buyers and moments where this work pays for itself, and where it does not.
Who it is for
- Postgraduate researchers
- Academics preparing manuscripts
- Researchers writing in a second language
When to call us
- Your draft is complete and needs language and consistency checks
- Your referencing is inconsistent
- Formatting must meet your institution’s or journal’s rules
When it is not the answer
Edits arrive as tracked changes and comments for you to accept or reject. We do not write new content.
How the work runs.
Each stage ends in something you review before the next begins.
Stage 1 of 5
Question
Confirm what editing your institution permits.
Review pointThe research question is the researcher’s own, stated in writing.
Stage 2 of 5
Design
Agree the level of edit and the style guide.
Review pointDesign choices explained, and decided by the researcher.
Stage 3 of 5
Researcher-led work
You finalise the content.
Review pointAll writing and analysis done by the researcher.
Stage 4 of 5
Feedback
We edit with tracked changes; you decide.
Review pointFeedback given as comments and questions, never replacement text.
Stage 5 of 5
Declared assistance
We issue the edit note for your declaration.
Review pointAssistance declared in line with the institution’s rules.
Questions buyers ask.
Anything else: ask in a brief.
Will you rewrite unclear paragraphs?
We flag them with comments and suggestions, and you rewrite them.
Which referencing styles?
APA, Harvard, Chicago, IEEE and others, as your institution or journal requires.
Is there a free tool?
Yes: the reference-list consistency checker.
Related work
What needs to move forward?
Tell us the decision, the challenge or the opportunity. We reply with a scoped approach, a named principal and a fee before any work begins.
No charge to submit an enquiry.