Charlotte Rowbottom

Charlotte Rowbottom – Editor

Medical editor specialised in manuscript editing. Looking to work with authors to fine-tune their work. One job at a time.

Overview

Friendly and detail oriented, I’m interested in working on medical/bio content to utilise my 6+ years of professional editing experience as a copy editor & peer review editor to elevate and polish text to improve clarity, readability, and accuracy. Extensive experience working on scientific articles, opinion pieces, reviews, and Commissions at renowned journals. Particularly skilled at editing scientific manuscripts, but am open to all content. Adept at sticking to strict deadlines and at working to briefs. Available from Feb 2024.


I have edited >35 manuscripts per year across the 20+ journals of The Lancet Group (2017-2022) and >80 manuscripts per year at eClinicalMedicine, The Lancet Discovery Science (2022 - present) so the gallery represents a small (and random) selection of my work. If examples of work on specific topics are preferred, you need only ask.

Services
Non-Fiction
Life Sciences Medicine, Nursing, & Dentistry
Languages
English (UK) English (UK) English (US) English (US)

Work experience

eClinicalMedicine, The Lancet Group

Sep, 2022 — Present

Peer review and commissioning editor handling high-quality manuscripts from submission to final decision (accept, reject, transfer).

The Lancet Group

May, 2017 — Sep, 2022 (over 5 years)

This role involved copy editing & proofreading around 35-45 manuscripts per year across the 20+ journals of The Lancet Group. Editing was focused on clarity, readability, accuracy, and adherence to Lancet style and reporting guidelines.

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