Who this page is for
For researchers, postgraduate students, and multilingual authors preparing English-language manuscripts, dissertations, or conference papers who need clearer prose without changing scientific meaning or crossing institutional boundaries.
Revise the English, not the research
Begin with a passage whose argument you understand and whose sources you have checked. Specify its role: an abstract needs economical claims, a methods section needs reproducible detail, and a discussion needs carefully bounded interpretation. Ask for clearer English while retaining technical terms, citations, numerical values, and expressions of uncertainty.
Do not replace repeated terminology simply for variety. A construct such as “perceived stress” should not become “anxiety” unless the study actually measured anxiety. Likewise, “associated with” must not become “caused.” Prefer direct verbs where they preserve meaning: “we measured” is clearer than “measurement was undertaken,” provided first-person writing fits the journal. Passive voice remains useful when the procedure matters more than the actor.
Protect methods, results, and citation scope
Before accepting a rewrite, compare it with the original paragraph and the underlying table, protocol, or source. Check sample sizes, denominators, units, dates, confidence intervals, and signs on coefficients. Preserve distinctions between planned and exploratory analyses, adjusted and unadjusted estimates, and statistical significance and practical importance. A smoother sentence is not an improvement if it changes the result.
Keep each citation attached to the proposition it supports. Moving a reference to the end of a merged sentence can imply that it supports an additional claim. Never accept a newly supplied reference without verifying the publication and reading the relevant passage. In methods, preserve recruitment criteria, exclusions, instrument versions, and procedural order; apparently minor omissions can prevent replication.
Use a transparent, author-led revision workflow
Work section by section, then read the paper as a whole to check terminology and argument flow. Compare the revised abstract with the final results: abstracts often retain stronger claims after limitations have been added elsewhere. Check that figure captions, tables, and supplementary materials use the same labels and values as the text.
Keep your original draft, revision history, and a record of the assistance used. Follow your institution’s, supervisor’s, funder’s, and journal’s applicable policies, including disclosure requirements. If a policy prohibits AI-assisted editing, do not use it for that submission. Humanizely should support your original work, not supply undisclosed analysis or replace authorship. Do not upload confidential participant information or unpublished material unless the relevant permissions and data-handling requirements allow it.
