Three gates before submission, cleared in one file
De-AI the prose, standardize the references, cut to the word limit. Most people shuttle between three tools and risk breaking the formatting each time. HumanPen does all three - in the original file.
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1,000 words costs 100 credits — you are only charged for the words actually rewritten
Job files are kept for 7 days and then removed; the job record stays.
These three jobs have a correct order, and doing them backwards means redoing work
De-AI first. Rewriting changes sentence lengths and therefore total word count, so it has to come before any word-limit work. Do it the other way and you are over the limit again.
Then condense to the limit. Journal word limits usually count body text only, excluding abstract and references. Condensing works to a word budget by cutting redundancy and merging sentences, not by dropping content. It costs 20 credits per 1,000 words - cheaper than humanizing.
Standardize citations last. It goes last because neither earlier step touches the reference list, and once the citation style is correct, no rewriting tool should touch it again. At 5 credits per 1,000 words it is the cheapest step, because it only processes the citations while the body stays frozen. Plenty of people do this backwards: spend hours perfecting the APA formatting, then run the paper through a humanizer, and watch a general-purpose rewriter scramble the citations.
One thing worth saying plainly about disclosure: the rules on AI use in submissions are set by your target journal. Most publishers require disclosure of AI-assisted writing at submission. A tool can process your text; whether and how you disclose is between you and the journal, and that is not a decision we can or should make for you. Read your target journal’s author guidelines before submitting.
Frequently asked questions
Which citation styles are supported?
APA 7, MLA 9, Harvard, IEEE, Chicago (author-date and notes), GB/T 7714 (numbered and author-year), Vancouver, AMA, ACS, and OSCOLA. Note that GB/T 7714 appearing here refers to citation formatting only, which is language-agnostic: the humanize step is tuned for English text and does not yet support Chinese-language manuscripts.
Does citation correction touch my body text?
No. The body is frozen; only in-text citations and the reference list are reformatted. That is precisely why it is a separate tool from humanizing.
Will condensing delete my results or conclusions?
Condensing prioritizes cutting redundant phrasing and merging sentences over dropping information. The risk rises with how hard you compress - set a target close to what you actually need, and read the result through.
What does the full three-step run cost?
The rates differ: humanize 100 credits per 1,000 words, condense 20, citation correction 5. An 8,000-word manuscript through all three lands around 1,000 credits (about $10).
My journal wants LaTeX.
We only process DOCX today. A LaTeX manuscript would have to be exported to Word and migrated back, which is enough friction that you should judge whether it is worth it.
Do I need to disclose this to the journal?
Follow your target journal’s AI policy - most publishers require disclosure of AI assistance. Read the author guidelines and make your own call; we do not advise on this.