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Research Consulting Services and Fees

I provide research consulting services for academics, healthcare professionals, nonprofit organizations, and independent researchers

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Standard Research Consultation — $50.00/hour

Services may include:

  • Developing or refining research ideas

  • Clarifying research questions and objectives

  • Selecting an appropriate research design

  • Identifying suitable qualitative, quantitative, or mixed-methods approaches

  • Reviewing study protocols

  • Developing conceptual or theoretical frameworks

  • Consulting on recruitment and data-collection strategies

  • Reviewing interview guides, surveys, and questionnaires

  • Providing feedback on research plans

  • Discussing publication strategies

  • Identifying appropriate journals

  • Responding to general research-methodology questions

  • Preparing for thesis, dissertation, or manuscript meetings

  • Reviewing reviewer or editor feedback

  • Developing revision plans

  • Providing guidance on research presentations, posters, and abstracts\

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Manuscript Editing and Revision — $50.00/hour

Services may include:

  • Proofreading for grammar, spelling, and punctuation

  • Improving sentence structure and readability

  • Strengthening organization and flow

  • Editing academic tone and language

  • Reducing repetition and unnecessary wording

  • Clarifying arguments and interpretations

  • Improving transitions between sections

  • Reviewing titles, abstracts, and keywords

  • Editing introductions and literature reviews

  • Reviewing methods sections for clarity

  • Improving the presentation of results

  • Strengthening discussion and conclusion sections

  • Checking consistency across the manuscript

  • Addressing reviewer comments

  • Preparing point-by-point response letters

  • Shortening manuscripts to meet journal word limits

  • Formatting manuscripts according to journal guidelines

  • Reviewing tables, figures, and supplementary materials

  • Conducting a final pre-submission manuscript review

Editing services are intended to improve work developed by the client and do not include completing academic assignments or misrepresenting authorship.

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Journal Submission Support — $50.00/hour

Services may include:

  • Identifying potential journals

  • Reviewing journal scope and submission requirements

  • Formatting manuscripts for submission

  • Preparing cover letters

  • Formatting title pages

  • Reviewing reporting-guideline checklists

  • Organizing supplementary files

  • Reviewing authorship and contributor statements

  • Preparing conflict-of-interest and funding statements

  • Assisting with resubmissions

  • Organizing reviewer-response documents

  • Conducting final submission checks

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Literature Review and Evidence Synthesis — $50.00/hour

Services may include:

  • Developing literature-search questions

  • Identifying databases and search terms

  • Refining search strategies

  • Conducting preliminary or targeted literature searches

  • Screening titles and abstracts

  • Reviewing full-text articles

  • Organizing research literature

  • Developing evidence tables

  • Summarizing individual studies

  • Comparing findings across studies

  • Identifying gaps in the literature

  • Writing or editing narrative literature summaries

  • Assisting with scoping reviews

  • Assisting with systematic reviews

  • Assisting with rapid reviews

  • Assisting with narrative reviews

  • Supporting evidence-mapping projects

  • Developing inclusion and exclusion criteria

  • Assisting with data-extraction forms

  • Reviewing PRISMA flow diagrams and checklists

  • Organizing findings by themes, populations, methods, or outcomes

The final fee may vary for large reviews requiring extensive screening, extraction, or specialized subject-matter knowledge.

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Standard Reference Formatting — $40.00/hour

Services may include:

  • Formatting reference lists

  • Correcting in-text citations

  • Matching in-text citations with reference-list entries

  • Converting references between citation styles

  • Organizing references in alphabetical or numerical order

  • Checking capitalization, punctuation, and journal-title formatting

  • Formatting references in APA, AMA, Vancouver, or other required styles

  • Removing duplicate references

  • Importing and organizing references in EndNote or similar software

  • Formatting references according to journal requirements

 

 Reference Verification — $40.00/hour

Services may include:

  • Verifying authors, article titles, journals, years, volumes, issues, and page numbers

  • Checking DOI accuracy

  • Identifying missing or incomplete citations

  • Locating original sources

  • Confirming that citations support the associated statements

  • Identifying retracted, corrected, or outdated sources

  • Reviewing references for consistency and accuracy

  • Correcting citation-management software errors

  • Conducting a full citation audit before submission 

 

Qualitative Research Support — $60.00/hour

Services may include:

  • Developing qualitative research questions

  • Selecting an appropriate qualitative methodology

  • Developing interview or focus-group guides

  • Reviewing recruitment materials

  • Developing codebooks

  • Providing coding guidance

  • Reviewing qualitative themes

  • Assisting with thematic analysis

  • Assisting with interpretative phenomenological analysis

  • Reviewing quotations and theme organization

  • Strengthening reflexivity and positionality statements

  • Reviewing trustworthiness and rigor procedures

  • Preparing qualitative methods and findings for publication

  • Reviewing COREQ reporting requirements

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Survey and Quantitative Research Support — $60.00/hour

Services may include:

  • Developing survey questions

  • Reviewing questionnaires

  • Selecting validated measures

  • Improving response options and question wording

  • Reviewing survey logic and organization

  • Developing variable codebooks

  • Planning descriptive analyses

  • Reviewing basic statistical-analysis plans

  • Interpreting statistical output

  • Reviewing tables and figures

  • Assisting with SPSS or Stata data organization

  • Providing guidance on exploratory analyses

  • Reviewing quantitative methods and results section

Advanced statistical modeling may require referral to a specialized biostatistician.

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Research Materials and Professional Documents — $50.00/hour

Services may include:

  • Conference abstracts

  • Research posters

  • Slide presentations

  • Research summaries

  • Executive summaries

  • Policy briefs

  • Public-facing research materials

  • Recruitment flyers

  • Participant information sheets

  • Interview guides

  • Survey materials

  • Research protocols

  • Data-collection documents

  • Tables and figures

  • Research biographies

  • Professional research statements

  • Grant or award application materials

  • Plain-language summaries

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Student or Colleague Rate — $25.00/hour

A reduced rate may be available for:

  • Current students

  • Recent graduates

  • Former classmates

  • Early-career researchers

  • Unfunded academic projects

  • Selected nonprofit or community projects

  • Established colleagues and collaborators

The reduced rate is offered at my discretion and may be limited to a set number of hours, clearly defined tasks, or projects that align with my interests and availability. This service is not intended for completing assignments or doing someone else’s work on their behalf.

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Additional Fee Policies

  • One-hour minimum for new projects

  • Time is billed in 30-minute increments after the first hour

  • A deposit may be required for larger projects

  • Rush requests may include an additional fee

  • Projects with unclear or changing scopes may require a revised estimate

  • Clients must provide all materials and deadlines before work begins

  • Rates may vary based on complexity, length, urgency, and level of specialization

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