PRISMA Systematic Review Editor Needed: Manuscript, Tables, Figures, References

Posted 6 days ago

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Summary

I am looking for an experienced academic writer/editor or systematic review specialist to help finalize a PRISMA-based systematic review manuscript. Topic: AI speech and language biomarkers for cognitive decline: A systematic review of validation, reproducibility, and fairness Important: This is not a request to fabricate a paper or invent data. The screening, extraction, synthesis, and counts have already been completed. I need a skilled expert to professionally revise, organize, format, and finalize the manuscript using the files I provide. Current status: I already have: - Draft manuscript - Included-study extraction files - PRISMA counts - Search appendix - Risk-of-bias appraisal - Reference list draft - Supplementary tables - Figures draft / figure plan The current final locked counts are: - Records after deduplication: 2,661 - Reports sought for retrieval: 113 - Reports not retrieved: 8 - Full texts assessed: 105 - Full-text exclusions: 24 - Studies included in synthesis: 81 - High risk of bias: 70/81 - External validation: 19/81 - Dataset leakage/overlap concerns: 72/81 - Meta-analysis: not performed because of heterogeneity Main tasks: 1. Revise the manuscript into a professional journal-ready systematic review. 2. Ensure PRISMA 2020 and PRISMA-S reporting compliance. 3. Check consistency of all counts across abstract, methods, results, tables, figures, and supplementary files. 4. Create or improve manuscript-ready tables. 5. Create or improve figures, including: - PRISMA flow diagram - Analytical taxonomy figure - Dataset/corpus reuse figure - Validation rigor figure - Risk-of-bias figure - Clinical readiness framework 6. Clean and format the main tables and supplementary tables. 7. Verify references and remove unresolved or incorrect reference entries. 8. Ensure in-text citations match the reference list. 9. Prepare a search appendix with database queries, dates, filters, and record counts. 10. Prepare final supplementary materials. 11. Improve academic writing, structure, flow, and discussion depth. 12. Keep clinical language cautious and avoid overclaiming diagnostic readiness. 13. Prepare the manuscript for journal submission formatting. Required deliverables: - Final revised manuscript in Word format - Clean main tables in Word - Supplementary tables in Word and/or Excel - PRISMA flow diagram in PNG/PDF - Final figures in PNG/PDF - Figure captions file - Verified reference list - Search appendix - PRISMA checklist - Final consistency-check report - List of unresolved items, if any Strict requirements: - Do not invent studies, data, references, DOIs, authors, journals, or results. - Do not change the locked counts unless clearly justified and approved. - Do not claim Scopus or ACM were searched unless documented. - Do not perform meta-analysis unless a formal feasibility check confirms that pooling is appropriate. - Do not overclaim clinical diagnostic deployment readiness. - All revisions must be transparent and trackable. Preferred freelancer qualifications: - Experience with systematic reviews and PRISMA 2020. - Experience with biomedical, health AI, machine learning, NLP, dementia, or digital biomarkers. - Strong academic writing skills. - Experience preparing tables and figures for journal submission. - Experience with Zotero, EndNote, Mendeley, RIS/BibTeX, or reference verification. - Ability to work with Word, Excel, and figure files. - Familiarity with risk-of-bias tools such as QUADAS-2 and PROBAST is preferred. Please include in your proposal: 1. Examples of systematic reviews or academic manuscripts you have edited or prepared. 2. Your experience with PRISMA. 3. Your experience with reference verification. 4. Your estimated timeline. 5. Whether you can create publication-quality figures and tables. 6. Any questions you need answered before starting. Expected outcome: A polished, professional, PRISMA-compliant systematic review manuscript ready for journal-specific formatting and submission. All work must be based only on the files and data I provide. The freelancer will support editing, formatting, verification, and manuscript production; authorship and acknowledgements will follow journal and academic integrity guidelines. Please note that I require this project to be completed without the use of generative AI tools. Do not use ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Copilot, or similar tools.

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