By Rhonda Daniels AE, Standing Committee on Academic Editing
IPEd’s Standing Committee on Academic Editing (SCAE) has updated its guidance, first released in June 2021, on the indicative costs of academic editing for potential clients. The updated range of costs and explanatory notes are available on the IPEd website.
The indicative costs recognise that academic work can vary greatly in length and the editing required and that many factors affect the time and cost. Editors set their own prices based on the work required.
The costs complement existing IPEd resources for clients and members:
- IPEd’s guidance on fair hourly pay rates for self-employed editors
- IPEd’s Guidelines for editing research theses, which summarises factors affecting the cost of thesis editing.
Other resources on academic editing for members only on the IPEd member portal include:
- a two-page sample agreement for thesis editing with notes on how to use it
- resources on quoting and agreements, verb tense, plagiarism and editing referencing lists
- an article on the federal government’s legislation to deter academic cheating services.
Questions about the indicative cost of academic editing or any of the academic editing resources? Contact the committee via scae.chair@iped-editors.org.