Affan A.

Are you working on a PhD thesis, Master’s dissertation, research paper, systematic literature review, or journal manuscript and need an experienced academic editor to strengthen it? I am a PhD-qualified Academic Editor, Assistant Professor, and Research Consultant with 8+ years of experience supporting postgraduate researchers and academic authors. I have supervised Master’s and PhD researchers and understand the standards expected by supervisors, reviewers, universities, and academic journals. My work goes beyond proofreading. I provide substantive academic editing and research support to improve the logic, structure, argumentation, methodology, clarity, coherence, and scholarly presentation of your work—while preserving your ideas, terminology, and academic voice. THESIS & DISSERTATION EDITING • PhD and Master’s thesis/dissertation editing • Substantive and structural editing • Literature review and research gap development • Research questions, objectives, and hypotheses • Theoretical and conceptual frameworks • Research methodology and research design • Results, discussion, and conclusion chapters • Supervisor comments and dissertation revisions SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEWS (SLR) • Systematic Literature Reviews and PRISMA • Search strategies and eligibility criteria • Literature synthesis and critical analysis • Research gap identification • Thematic and narrative reviews • Evidence tables and presentation of findings RESEARCH METHODS & DATA ANALYSIS • Quantitative and qualitative research support • IBM SPSS statistical analysis • Descriptive statistics, reliability, correlation, and regression • t-tests, ANOVA, and hypothesis testing • Interpretation and presentation of results • Qualitative coding and thematic analysis JOURNAL & RESEARCH PAPER EDITING • Academic and scientific editing • Journal manuscript editing and revision • Reviewer-comment responses • Manuscript structure and argumentation • Journal formatting and submission preparation • Tables, figures, citations, and reference checking REFERENCING & FORMATTING APA 7 | Harvard | Chicago | MLA | EndNote | Zotero | Mendeley | Microsoft Word | Track Changes Why clients work with me: • PhD-qualified academic researcher • University Assistant Professor • 8+ years of academic editing and research experience • Experience supervising Master’s and PhD researchers • Substantive editing—not simply grammar correction • Strong qualitative and quantitative research background • Careful preservation of your scholarly voice • Confidential, detailed, and deadline-focused support I provide ethical academic editing, research guidance, data analysis, formatting, and research consultation based on the researcher’s own intellectual contribution. Send me your degree level, research topic, word count, required service, supervisor/reviewer comments, and deadline, and I can recommend the most appropriate approach for your project.