A meeting place for research editors, translators, and writers
See our introduction in Chinese, German, or Japanese
This is a not-for-profit (non-profit) site designed for academic and scientific research.
- editors
- translators
- writers
- proofreaders
- publishers
Offers or requests can be made for work involving any language or combination of languages - Arabic, English, Cantonese, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Maori, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Norwegian, Polish, Portugese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish...
An open invitation to all research editors, translators, writers, and proofreaders.
We invite editors, translators, writers, proofreaders, illustrators, active or retired researchers, advanced graduate students, and others to help with the writing and publication of research in all languages.
Participants can be learners, experienced, or professional. PLEASE REGISTER so that you can edit your own offers and requests in any forum (registration is optional).
To view the forums, see main menu at left, the search button above, or scan the full list of forums here.
Benefits
Post your own offer or request, at no cost.
Offers and requests can be specific or general, according your particular circumstances. Be as specific as you want.
Volunteer services (for free, or in exchange) can be offered or requested.
Low and affordable prices can be offered or requested.
Full-cost professional services can be offered or requested.
Being a volunteer is a good way to gain writing experience, to help others in your own field, and to expand your personal academic network, locally and internationally.
Self-help and services for academic editors, translators, writers...
Please use this site to help yourself, your organisation, and your research community, locally and internationally.
The more people making offers and requests, the more useful the Research Cooperative will become for individual academic editors, academic translators, academic writers, and scientific illustrators.
...and for groups or organisations involved with academic writing:
- editing, proofreading, and translation companies
- journal publishers, book publishers, editing committees
- online journals, online language services
- research institutes, technical colleges, universities.
Just for fun, here is a metaphorical poem for research writers. Please... Read it!

