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Muhammad T.

PhD Academic Editing Expert | Dissertation, Thesis & Research Papers

Academic Editing specialist for dissertations, theses, research papers, literature reviews, research proposals, and journal manuscripts. I work with PhD candidates, Master’s students, researchers, and professionals who need substantive academic revision, proofreading, manuscript development, or submission preparation. With nearly 9 years of experience and 500+ completed projects, my Academic Editing focuses on structure, argument, critical analysis, methodology, academic tone, literature synthesis, citations, references, and clarity while preserving your original meaning and voice. WHAT I CAN HELP YOU WITH ✔ Dissertation & Thesis Editing — chapter revision, structural editing, methodology, results, discussion, supervisor/committee feedback, proofreading, formatting, and word-count reduction ✔ Research Paper Editing — structure, argument, critical analysis, academic language, evidence integration, citations, references, and research paper revision ✔ Literature Reviews — critical synthesis, systematic reviews, PRISMA, evidence integration, research gaps, Scientific Literature Reviews, and literature review restructuring ✔ Research Proposals & Methodology — research questions, objectives, methodology, qualitative and quantitative research, proposal revision, and committee feedback ✔ Journal Manuscript Editing — manuscript development, scientific editing, reviewer comments, journal alignment, submission/resubmission preparation, copyediting, and line editing ✔ Citation & Reference Editing — APA 7, Harvard, Chicago, MLA and IEEE, citation/reference alignment, DOI verification, source verification, and AI Fact-Checking ✔ AI Content Editing & Humanization — manual revision of generic, repetitive, robotic, formulaic, or AI-sounding academic writing while preserving arguments, evidence, citations, technical meaning, and author voice HOW I WORK My Academic Editing goes beyond grammar correction. I review logic, organization, argumentation, evidence, literature synthesis, methodology, results, discussion, academic language, citations, references, and field-specific requirements. I can work directly from supervisor comments, committee feedback, reviewer reports, university guidelines, journal requirements, and Microsoft Word Track Changes. For substantial revisions, I can reorganize sections, strengthen transitions, remove repetition, improve weak arguments, tighten literature synthesis, resolve citation inconsistencies, and improve the overall coherence of the document. TURNITIN & AI REVIEW I manually edit and humanize AI-assisted or AI-sounding drafts. I also review questionable AI-generated claims, references, repetitive patterns, and factual inconsistencies. Eligible projects receive a FREE Turnitin AI and plagiarism/similarity report with final delivery. LET’S TALK If you need Academic Editing for a dissertation, thesis, research paper, literature review, research proposal, or journal manuscript, send me your document, feedback, requirements, and timeline. I’ll review the scope and explain clearly what needs to be improved.

🇵🇰Islamabad, Pakistan$18/hr100% JSS4.95 (166)Since Jun 2019

Earnings and projects

MRR
$7.3k

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#2,613 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#223 / 52.9k
Revenue, last 30 days
$15k

Last 6 months: $44k

World#677 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#55 / 52.9k
Total earnings
$135k

Billed in all: $138k

World#27,046 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#2,039 / 52.9k
Per project
$481

$1.1k in the last 6 months

World#186,282 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#19,857 / 52.9k
Projects, last 6 months
39

Across 40 contracts

98% fixed2% hourly
World#1,635 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#401 / 52.9k
Projects in all
281

Across 291 contracts

98% fixed2% hourly
World#5,507 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#790 / 52.9k

Earnings, last 30 days

$138k+$14.8k earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$120k$130k$140kOct 9Oct 24Nov 8

Dotted: longer than usual between two readings.

Skill rankings: #1 in 7 skills of 16

Rarest: top 0.09% in Academic Writing, of 3,347. Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

  1. 1Research Paper Writing1,019 freelancers · 🇵🇰 #1Top 0.10%
  2. 1Scientific Literature Review736 freelancers · 🇵🇰 #1Top 0.14%
  3. 1Research Proposals705 freelancers · 🇵🇰 #1Top 0.14%
  4. 1Literature Review486 freelancers · 🇵🇰 #1Top 0.21%
  5. 1APA Formatting348 freelancers · 🇵🇰 #1Top 0.29%
  6. 1Thesis143 freelancers · 🇵🇰 #1Top 0.70%
  7. 1Dissertation95 freelancers · 🇵🇰 #1Top 1%
  8. 2Fact-Checking1,156 freelancers · 🇵🇰 #1Top 0.17%