It depends on the journal, but usually there will be subtle edits. In my experience, the edits usually make the article less readable, but they are common for m

It depends on the journal, but usually there will be subtle edits. In my experience, the edits usually make the article less readable, but they are common for major journals, at least in my field. One of the major journals in my field has a ban on sentences that start with adverbs. I'll admit my writing often uses adverbs it shouldn't but the journal will silently turn sentences like: > Typically, data are ... into > It is typical for data to be ... instead of rewriting the sentence to avoid starting with "typically" in a more readable way. At any rate, edits are pretty common, but they're usually to match internal style guidelines, as opposed to editing for readability/content/etc. As a counter-example, though, I have had one case where a typesetter noticed that I had an incorrect paper in the reference list purely from the actual scientific context in which I was referencing it. It was a really nice catch, and interestingly, it implies that the person doing the typesetting has a _very_ deep background in the field and a very broad knowledge of the relevant literature. It's not something that could have been guessed from the titles of the articles I was referencing without knowing the subject matter intimately.