Background and Experience


A strong background related to and experience in scientific journal editing

Background and Experience


A strong background related to and experience in scientific journal editing

Editing Experience

  • first started academic editing for foreign graduate students at Oxford University in 1994
  • currently over 12 years continuous professional experience editing research articles written by non-native English writers
  • edited approximately 400 scientific journal articles, including correspondence with review boards:

Editing for Publication in many Journals & Proceedings:

ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization, Advanced Energy Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Materials, Advanced Optical Materials, Advances in Nursing Hindawi Publishing Corporation, Ageing and Mental Health, AIChE Journal, Analyst (RSC), Angewandte Chemie, Applied Sciences (MDPI), Bank of Korea Economic Research Institute Research Paper Series, Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society, Chemical Engineering Journal, China-USA Business Review, CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation, Computer Physics Communications, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Computers & Security, Computers in Biology and Medicine, Dementia, Desalination, Digital Investigation, Displays, Economic Modelling, Economics Letters, Energy Storage Materials, Forests (MDPI), “Geology, The Geological Society of Africa”, Health Education & Behavior, Healthcare (MDPI), Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing, IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and Systems, Information Processing Letters, International Conference on Information Networking, International Journal of Cosmetic Science, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,International Journal of Mental Health Nursing,International Journal of Molecular Sciences, International Journal of Nursing Studies, International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing, International Journal of Production Economics, JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, Journal of IEICE, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Journal of Nanophotonics, Journal of East Asian Economic Integration, Journal of Economic Theory and Econometrics, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Journal of Internet Computing and Services (인터넷정보학회논문지), Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing, Journal of Membrane Science, Journal of Neuroscience, EMBO reports, Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine, Journal of Public Health, Journal of Sensors, Journal of Simulation, Journal of the Korean Physical Society, Journal of Wound Ostomy and Continence Nursing, KIPS Tr. Comp. and Comm. Sys., Lab on a Chip, Langmuir, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Mathematical Problems in Engineering PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation, Mechanism and Machine Theory, Methods in Molecular Biology, Molecular Neurobiology, Molecular Neurobiology, Nano Energy, Nanophotonics, Nature Photonics, Nature Scientific Reports, NeuroImage, New Forests, Nursing & Health Sciences, Optica, Optics Express, Optics Letters, Pain Management Nursing, Patient Education and Counseling, PCCP – Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Pharmacotherapy, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), “Proceedings of the 2nd ACM Workshop on Blockchains, Cryptocurrencies, and Contracts”, Process Biochemistry, Qualitative Health Research, Research in Gerontological Nursing, RSC Advances, Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, Sustainability (MDPI), Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, The Journal of Manufacturing Systems, The Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing, The Journal of Materials, The Journal of Nursing Research, The Journal of Supercomputing, The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, The Western Journal of Nursing Research, Thin Solid Films, Transportation Research

Background & Qualifications

Scientific background

  • BA Hons/MA Oxon Biochemistry, Oxford University, St Peter’s College, 1995

Linguistic background

  • Assistant Professor in Academic English (Korea), Korea University, 15 years, teaching English for academic purposes to science students
  • Language teacher, Sookmyung Women’s University, teaching academic English, 3 years
  • Teacher trainer, Seoul Education Training Institute, teaching school teachers of English, 2 years
  • JET English Teacher (Japan), Higashisonogi Middle School & Chiwata Middle School, 3 years
  • Certificate in TESOL, Foreign Language Teacher Education, University of Leicester

Communicative background

Facilitating simple clear communication in English in Asian context for over 20 years:

  • 10 years editing scientific research papers written by non-native speakers
  • 25 years daily experience of interpreting the written and spoken English of Asian non-native speakers, and identifying their intended meanings
  • 20 years communicating complicated concepts simply in English as a university professor and school language teacher

Further details

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