Forums at the Research Cooperative are organised into several categories, as described below. To learn how to use these forums and our website in general, see: 'How this site works'.

EDITING - articles, books, editorial committees. OFFERS - Individual volunteers, learners, and experienced or professional editors can use this forum to offer services, with corresponding fees. Editing companies can also make offers. See the member profile for details about each offer. REQUESTS - Writers, publishers, and editing companies can use this forum to request the help of editors. See the member profile for further details about each request.

PROOFREADING - final reads, copy-editing. OFFERS - Individual volunteers, learners, and experienced or professional proofreaders can use this forum to offer services, with corresponding fees. Editing and proofreading companies can also make offers. See the member profile for further details about each offer. REQUESTS. - Writers, publishers, and editing companies can use this forum to request the help of proofreaders. See the member profile for further details about each request.

TRANSLATION - all language pairs, topics, media. OFFERS - Translators can use this forum to offer help with academic, scientific and research translation (all language pairs). Volunteers, learners, experienced translators, and professional translators are all welcome. REQUESTS - Writers, publishers, and translation companies may use this forum to request translator services for translating academic and scientific research texts.

TRANSCRIPTION - voice-text, text-text, othe. OFFERS - Transcription specialists can use this forum to offer help with transcription of academic, scientific and research materials - all media, hand-written texts, interview recordings, conference recordings, etc. REQUESTS. Writers, publishers, and translation companies may use this forum to request transcription services for transcribing hand-written texts, interview recordings, and recorded conference proceedings, etc.

ILLUSTRATION - drawings, maps, photos, other. OFFERS - Scientific illustrators or artists can use this forum to offer specialist drawing skills, graphics, cartography etc. for any research field - natural history, botanical illustration, zoological, geography, etc. REQUESTS - Writers and publishers can use this forum to request help from scientific illustrators or artists can use this forum to offer specialist drawing skills, graphics, cartography etc. for any research field - natural history, botanical illustration, zoological, geography, etc.

COMMUNICATION - original journal articles, conference papers, books, reviews, science writing, technical writing, audio, film. OFFERS - Researchers, science writers, technical writers, narrators, film makers and other communicators can use this forum to offer help and written contributions for academic, educational, technical and other publishers. CALLS - Educational, academic, technical, news and other publishers can use this forum to call for contributions from researchers, science writers, narrators, film makers and other communicators.

INDEXING - books, journals, sites, collections. OFFERS - Indexers can use this forum to offer help for planning and preparing indexes for academic books, journals, digital archives, library collections, university calendars, websites, video, film, and other forms of published information. REQUESTS - Researchers, science writers, and publishers can use this forum to request help from indexers for planning and preparing indexes for academic books, journals, digital archives, library collections, university calendars, websites, video, film, and other forms of published information

REVIEWERS and REFEREES - peer, expert. OFFERS - Qualified researchers (or others with suitable experience) can offer to review or referee books and papers for book and journal editors or publishers (this is usually a volunteer service, though an honorarium might be offered, depending on the policies and financial circumstances of each publisher). REQUESTS - Book and journal editors or publishers can request qualified researchers (or others with suitable experience) to review or referee books and papers (this is usually a volunteer service, though an honorarium might be offered, depending on the policies and financial circumstances of each publisher).

IT support - publishing, open access, websites. OFFERS - IT support for online publishing, open access journals, academic websites, and other forms of research dissemination can be offered here. REQUESTS - Researchers and science writers, publishers, book or journal editors, research groups, and research organisations can use this forum to request IT support for IT support for online publishing, open access journals, academic websites, and other forms of research dissemination.

SPECIAL help - fact-checking, typography, book design, page layout, production, distribution, marketing, other. OFFERS - Special help related to research, research writing, science writing, and publishing can be offered here: interpreting, technical or logistical help, literature research, indexing, cataloguing, correspondence. REQUESTS - Researchers, science writers, publishers and others can use this forum to request special help: interpreting, technical or logistical help, literature research, indexing, cataloguing, correspondence.

AGENTS - helping people make connections. OFFERS - Agents can use this forum to offer help to writers and publishers. REQUESTS - Writers and publishers can use this forum to request help from agents.

Agents can help find editors, translators, publishers articles, books or films, and can be talent scouts for publishers. They can also help writers develop proposals, and manage contracts, payments, and copyright issues.

PROJECTS. An open forum for discussion of project ideas, proposals, plans, and research-based activities.