Help with publishing if English is not your first language

This information is for authors whose native language is not English. There are many resources to help with professional editing of research papers, reports, book chapters or PhD theses if English is not your first language. Many of the major journal websites include links to services. Most of the sites include a disclaimer that the expert assistance provided by these services does not guarantee acceptance for publication, and that any costs incurred are the responsibility of the author. Furthermore, these sites do not claim to endorse any of the service providers. Some of the resources are available from:

Elsevier's English Language Services

Sage's English Language Editing Services

Wiley Blackwell's Author Services for correcting English before submission of manuscripts

Taylor & Francis Author Services

Taylor & Francis provide a number of guides to getting published in various languages that can be downloaded as PDF:

• How to get published English | Japanese | Korean | Mandarin | Traditional Chinese
• How to get your research read English | Japanese | Korean | Mandarin | Traditional Chinese
• How to referee English | Japanese | Korean | Mandarin | Traditional Chinese
• How to submit your article English | Japanese | Korean | Mandarin | Traditional Chinese
• How to publish your Ph.D. English | Japanese | Korean | Mandarin | Traditional Chinese
• How to promote your article English | Japanese | Korean | Mandarin | Traditional Chinese
• How to optimise citations in your article English | Japanese | Korean | Mandarin | Traditional Chinese

Language input at UQ

Are you aware that you can have your choice of input language on UQ Library public computers?

Apart from the well-known European languages such as Italian, French, Greek and Danish, the public computers also have the following choice of language inputs - Tamil, Farsi, Arabic, Hebrew, Sanskrit, Chinese (PRC and Taiwanese), Japanese and Korean. This list has grown from a default list to a "provide on request" list (currently totals 18 language inputs) to meet the needs of UQ's growing and diverse international student population.