AI-Powered Copy-Editor for DOA Journal Workflows
Abstract
We present a Python-based AI copy-editor that automates rule-based checks on \LaTeX manuscripts for Diamond Open Access (OA) journals. Built with LangChain and optional RAG integration, it corrects typos, inspects equations, figures, tables, and references, while preserving the author’s style. By cutting copy-editing costs to a few euro-cents per article (or to electricity alone if run locally) it enables sustainable editorial workflows. Already deployed in the Journal of Theoretical, Computational and Applied Mechanics, the tool automates over 90 % of routine tasks. Released under the Diamond OA Software License (DOASL), it is freely shareable and designed for broad adoption across the Diamond OA community.
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AI-Powered Copy-Editor for DOA Journal Workflows JTCAM @ episciences.org preprint.tex ref.bib + extra files split preamble main text figures algorithms tables DOA Journal's copy-editor rules equations figures latin references ... copy editing input CE preamble CE main text CE figures CE algorithms CE tables assembly & check LaTeX compilation LaTeXdiff Agent for compiling Agent for compiling PDF analysis article.pdf diff.pdf article.tex references.bib human check bibliography tool output Diamond Open Access journals urgently need cost-effective, scalable editorial workflows to replace traditional, time-consuming, and expensive copy-editing. Objective To provide DOA journals with an easy to use AI copy-editor that automates rule-based checks on manuscripts, reducing editorial costs while ensuring high quality and consistency. Motivation Diamond Open Access OVERLAY web-site: jtcam.episciences.org contacts: vladislav.yastrebo[email protected], jtcam-technical-boar[email protected] Journal specific rules: references, citations, English usage, tables and figures Instructions Specific packages, affiliation norms, units, inline and displayed equations. Metadata, authors contributions, funding and acknowledgment sections. Functionality Corrects: LaTeX syntaxis, English (spelling and grammar), references and bibliography Enforces: usage of specific packages, tables' format, nomenclature style Checks: figures' content Full stack Perspectives Ambition to help the Diamond Open Access journals by providing a tool (or a platform) for high-quality copy-editing with minimal cost. Preserves: the original text Weaknesses Need a human in the loop for the final verification or compilation issues. Figures cannot be improved automatically, only checked. 5 Years! Low cost Article 52 pages, 16 figures - 465 Ktokens - 0.07 € LLM modelIntegration frameworkcore code Back endFront end web-applicationterminal (under construction) Bibliography Search for pre-/post-prints or other open-access versions Verifications of DOI, authors, title... Outputs: clean document (LaTeX + PDF) and highlighted changes (PDF) Enforcing style and proper upper-case usage