Indicative costs of academic editing — new guidance for potential clients
The Standing Committee on Academic Editing (SCAE) has developed a resource to provide guidance on the indicative costs of academic editing for potential clients. The range of costs and notes are now available on the IPEd website here.
The indicative costs recognise that academic work can vary greatly in the total length, and that the editing work required and many other factors affect the time and cost of editing academic work. 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 [PDF 156KB], summarises factors affecting the cost of thesis editing.
Other resources on academic editing for members on the IPEd website here 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 here.
Contact the committee via secretary@iped-editors.org.
Dr Rhonda Daniels AE, member, SCAE