HEART WRITE Editing and translation from Japanese to English for Cardiovascular Medicine

Editor/Translator Mari A. Watanabe, MD, PhD Research assistant professor in cardiology, St. Louis University Graduate of Nippon Medical School Residency Nippon Medical School 1st Dept. of Internal Medicine Ph.D. Cornell University in Physiology, Applied Mathematics Native English speaker Research area: Cardiac electrophysiology, mathematical modeling View Publication List Contact by email 2013.3.5 US Patent 8,391,962B2 granted�@ Cardiac function circadian variation analysis system and method.

Publishing experience

Edited Book

This book is about application of heart rate variability to medical fields other than cardiology. Publication Date: October 17, 2012 | ISBN-10: 1439849803 | ISBN-13: 978-1439849804

Reasons for starting this service

Focus and content of Editing

• Enhancing prose to increase impact and likelihood of acceptance
• English grammar and usage
• Logical construction of arguments
• Correspondence between tables, graphs and figures and their description in the text
• Statistical analysis and description
• Spellcheck of references

Editing does not include checking of

• correspondence between reference numbers and reference within text
• whether referenced articles are appropriate
• appropriateness of journal relative to the science being presented
• whether manuscript follows formatting and limits (e.g., word count, figure and table number) required by journal

2014 Fee List for editing (includes tax)

First time submissions

*All words in the manuscript including title page, main text, figure legends, table, references
Cover letter editing is free of charge.
**Subsequent versions will be returned approx. a week after receipt of revised versions.
Unlimited back and forths until the manuscript is ready for submission. The bill is sent out once I deem the manuscript ready for submission.

Revisions + Response to reviewer*

* fee applies only if I had edited the original submission
Please inquire about rates if I am seeing the manuscript for the first time.
** word count of response includes referee comments
Please notify me when you learn whether the manuscript has been accepted or not. Bill is sent out after notification.

Conference abstracts

Case reports

*All words in the manuscript including title page, main text, figure legends, table, references
**Subsequent versions will be returned within a week.

Science by women supported!

Corresponding authors who are women doctors or scientists get 20% off for first two submissions.

Payment Information

• Payment is requested after service.
• Payment is by bank transfer to a Japanese bank account, or for those who have American bank accounts, by mailing of personal check (100 yen = $1 exchange rate).
• Deadline:Please make payment within 2 weeks of receipt of manuscript deemed by editor to be ready for submission.
• Penalty for late payment: I will send two reminders. If payment is not received after the second reminder, the corresponding author's name, department, and institution will be displayed on this website. This information will be withdrawn after payment is confirmed.
• There will be no late fee.

Miscellaneous

1. Manuscripts involving mathematics are encouraged.
2. Contact, communication will fundamentally be by e-mail because of the time difference between the US and Japan. However, if you prefer telephone contact, please be aware that the hours will be limited to 9 AM - noon, Japanese time.
3. I check my e-mail frequently, and will always respond to queries promptly. If you do not receive a response, there is a possibility that your e-mail may have been spam filtered. Please send a confirmation request e-mail.
4. Please send manuscripts as Microsoft Word or Open Office formatted files.
5. Holidays There is a tendency for job requests to concentrate near the Christmas and summer holidays. For job requests received at such times, I may request an extra week or two over the times listed above. I will notify clients in such cases.