Abstract

Senthil Kumar

Copy editing, which is an integral part of medical publishing, ensures a clear and concise copy free of errors and ambiguities. The role of an academic copy editor is different from that of a magazine copy editor. The copy editor is responsible for grammatical errors, spelling mistakes and inconsistency in the document, which distract the reader's attention.

Grammatical errors and spelling mistakes damage the reputation of the paper and the publisher. Moreover, long and ambiguous sentences do not directly convey the message to the reader and hence the reader may lose interest in that paper. Therefore, the copy editor plays a vital role in sending a clean copy to the typesetter. The presentation focuses on a) some common errors that creep into a scientific paper, and b) layout and formatting aspects of copy editing.