Hiring an editor
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Damis, Angela AE

Daniel, Laura

de Silva, Kumi

Diligence Consulting

Doig, Fiona

Douglas Science Editing Services

Doyle, Deb

Driver, Emma

Douglas Science Editing Services

David B. Douglas
1-7-29 Kusunoki-dai, Tokorozawa-shi
Saitama-ken 359-0037, Japan
Tel/Fax: +81 4 2994 1063
Email: douglas@gol.com

Experience: Six years as in-house science editor at International Medical Information Center (IMIC), Tokyo, 1983–89. Language editor for Pathology International (formerly Acta Pathologica Japonica) 1987–94. Language editor for Journal of Oral Science (formerly Journal of Nihon University School of Dentistry) 1986–present. Currently language editor handling English abstracts for several Japanese domestic life science journals. Director and chief editor of Douglas Science Editing Services 1985–present. Client base in universities and research institutions throughout Japan.

Qualifications: BSc, PhD

Computer capability: PC: MS Word versions up to 2000. E-mail skills (Eudora v.5 Japanese edition). Some graphics.

Services offered: English language editing of scientific manuscripts and presentations. Mostly biomedical sciences. Wide range of material means that extent of editing ranges from simple proofreading to substantial structural editing or rewriting.

Type of material: Almost exclusively scientific manuscripts, but also occasionally letters and oral presentations.

Subject specialities: Life sciences. Mostly various fields of medicine and dentistry, but also botany, zoology, agriculture and environmental science/ecology.

Special skills/interests: Reasonably fluent Japanese (use Japanese computer OS). Art (practical and academic), photography and the cinema. Cross-cultural issues. Hiking and keeping fit – without it becoming a chore! Kyudo (Japanese traditional archery). Visiting Australia/NZ.