Your manuscript will be edited by a professional copyeditor, who will check for basic typographical, mechanical, and grammatical errors along with some spot-checking of data, bibliography, and notes.

After editing is completed, you will receive a hardcopy of the copyedited text for final review before typesetting. Your final review will involve rereading the manuscript, considering any proposed changes, and making all necessary revisions and corrections before typesetting. You may be asked to answer queries, to supply missing information, to clarify material when necessary, and to correct inconsistencies. This is the time to resolve all possible problems and to update the manuscript, as very few changes will be permitted after the type has been set. Rewriting and making stylistic changes after typesetting are not permitted. Since you will not receive the edited manuscript back when you get proofs, you may wish to photocopy or output it for later reference.