Lindsay Edmunds is a freelance editor based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania specializing in ecology, pharmacy, and managed care. She has over 30 years of experience editing journals and publications. Her background includes a PhD in English and certification as an Editor in the Life Sciences. She provides editing services for various academic publishers and medical organizations, ensuring manuscripts are grammatically correct, consistent, and help authors effectively tell their research stories.

1. Lindsay
Edmunds,
PhD,
ELS
Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania,
USA
lindsayedmunds@icloud.com
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724.941.6077
Professional
Profile
Editor.
Full-­‐time
freelance
editor
since
1988.
Specialties
are
ecology,
pharmacy,
and
managed
care.
Ethos
Respect
for
story.
The
researcher
who
writes
about
the
favorable
safety
profile
of
a
new
blood
pressure
medicine
is
telling
a
story;
so
is
the
researcher
describing
how
the
lionfish
invasion
of
the
Western
Atlantic
Ocean
has
caused
ecological
harm.
My
job
is
to
help
clients
tell
their
story
with
as
much
precision,
flair,
and
grace
as
possible.
Flexible
intelligence.
My
PhD
is
in
English
(dissertation
was
on
how
Emily
Dickinson
uses
fantasy
in
her
poetry).
A
science
editor
trained
in
language
and
literature
is
doubly
qualified.
Both
disciplines
inform
her
work.
Tact.
A
good
editor
knows
that
corrections
can
be
jolting
if
they
are
given
without
explanation.
I
work
gently.
Reliability.
I
keep
my
promises.
My
intention
is
to
do
my
job
in
a
way
that
makes
my
client’s
job
easier.
Editorial
Skills
• Ensuring
grammatical
correctness
and
correct
word
usage.
• Editing
(and
sometimes
writing)
abstracts.
• Ensuring
consistency
with
respect
to
formatting,
headings,
reference
style,
lists,
punctuation,
and
naming.
• Editing
references
for
consistency
and
accuracy.
Researching
DOIs.
• Editing
tables
for
consistency
and
clarity.
• Ensuring
that
figures
clearly
convey
their
meaning.
• Taking
care
that
the
writer’s
voice
is
preserved.
• Querying
and
suggesting
changes
to
bring
out
the
best
in
a
manuscript.
• Working
with
authors
for
whom
English
is
a
second
language.
• Corresponding
with
authors
and
incorporating
their
noted
changes.
• Applying
in-­‐house
or
other
style
guidelines
(e.g.,
American
Medical
Association,
Council
of
Science
Editors,
Chicago,
Associated
Press).
• Coding
manuscripts
for
website
publication
using
HTML
markup.

2. Edmunds
2
Journals
• Copy
editor
for
two
international
journals:
Ecology
and
Society
and
Avian
Conservation
&
Ecology,
published
by
Resilience
Alliance
of
Nova
Scotia,
Canada.
• Copy
editor
for
the
Journal
of
Managed
Care
&
Specialty
Pharmacy,
published
by
the
Academy
of
Managed
Care
Pharmacy.
• Contributing
editor
at
The
American
Journal
of
Pharmacy
Benefits
and
The
American
Journal
of
Managed
Care.
Clients
• Freelance
editor
for
the
Academy
of
Managed
Care
Pharmacy,
American
College
of
Obstetricians
and
Gynecologists,
American
Medical
Publishing,
American
Pharmacists
Association,
American
Psychiatric
Press,
American
Public
Health
Association,
American
Society
of
Health-­‐System
Pharmacists,
Arlington
Hospital,
Ascend
Media,
BioReview,
Howard
Hughes
Medical
Institute,
Millner-­‐Fenwick
Inc.,
National
Cancer
Institute,
National
Pharmaceutical
Council,
Oncology
Nursing
Society,
Pharmacy
Times,
Princeton
Healthcare
Media,
Resilience
Alliance,
Sciences
International,
The
TSW
Group,
Williams
&
Wilkins
Company,
and
Wolf
Publications.
• Freelance
writer
and
editor
for
the
Joint
Commission.
Past
Employment
• Copy
editor
at
the
American
Society
for
Microbiology
• Writer,
editor,
and
researcher
at
Scientific
Consulting
Group,
Gaithersburg,
Maryland,
USA.
Rewrote
and
did
substantive
editing
of
reports
on
topics
such
as
nursing
research,
cancer
statistics,
and
mental
health.
Wrote
general
guidelines
for
preparing
a
scientific
manuscript.
Education
AB
in
English,
Mount
Holyoke
College;
MA,
PhD
in
English,
Penn
State
University;
certification
as
an
Editor
in
the
Life
Sciences
(ELS)
by
the
Board
of
Editors
in
the
Life
Sciences.