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\title{Online Text Editor}



\author[1]{Josh Nicholson}%
\author[1]{Alberto Pepe}%
\affil[1]{Authorea}%


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  \date{April 25, 2026}


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Research collaboration has not advanced much in the last few decades.
Researchers, as a whole, still write their manuscripts in Microsoft Word
\cite{Pepe_2016}, emailing different versions back and forth amongst
each other. This workflow predates online text editors. As a result,
collaboration is slower and more tedious than what is technically
possible today in 2017. ~This is why we built Authorea. It's a modern,
collaborative online text editor for researchers that makes the process
seamless. ~Below we highlight the pro's of preparing research with an
online text editor like Authorea.

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\section*{Why should researchers write their papers with an online text
editor?}

{\label{767842}}\par\null

\subsection*{1. Save your inbox from a deluge of unnecessary
emails.}

{\label{156999}}

On average people receive
\href{http://www.radicati.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Email-Statistics-Report-2014-2018-Executive-Summary.pdf}{121
emails per day}. Collaboration across labs, continents, and markup
languages can lead to a messy inbox like below. In contrast, researchers
who write online save time and their inbox.

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\includegraphics[width=0.70\columnwidth]{figures/emailbackandforth/emailbackandforth}
\caption{{Typical correspondence between researchers when writing their papers.
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\subsection*{2. Save time by working on the same
document}

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Online collaboration affects all parts of our life, including research
writing. ~Authorea is built on Git, the world's most
\href{https://www.authorea.com/users/8850/articles/152212-a-new-version-control-system-for-research-writing}{powerful
version control system}. This makes collaboration easy. The entire
history of the document is saved and can be reverted at any time. Think
``tracked changes'' on steroids.~

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\includegraphics[width=0.70\columnwidth]{figures/versioncontrol/versioncontrol}
\caption{{See who did what in real time and revert to any stage of the document at
anytime.
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\subsection*{3. Online text editors can easily integrate with other
online
tools.}

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Many research tools are now designed to be used online. An online editor
seamlessly links all of them. For example, researchers can automatically
search reference databases on Authorea because they are integrated
online.

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\caption{{Search and cite from over 80,000,000 references online on Authorea.
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Writing with Authorea goes beyond integration with citation databases.
Researchers submit their manuscripts directly~to a growing list of
publishers and journals for peer review.

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\caption{{Directly submit your manuscript to the world's leading publishers.
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\subsection*{4. With an online text editor, writing is publishing
(preprinting)}

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Another great benefit is that by writing online with Authorea, you are
effectively publishing - if you wish. Authorea is the only place where
researchers
can~\href{https://www.authorea.com/users/8850/articles/155312-introducing-the-21st-century-preprint-html-versioned-citable-data-rich}{write
and preprint their work in full HTML5} to ensure they are discovered and
cited by the community.

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\caption{{Another benefit of using an online text editor: preprint automatically
and easy in HTML5.
{\label{241795}}
See~\href{https://www.authorea.com/browse-open-science-articles}{all
preprints here}.
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\subsection*{5. Collect reviews easily from anyone on the
internet}

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Disagree with any of this? Please, leave a comment! Another benefit of
writing online is that you can find collaborators across disciplines and
geography. You can easily share your writing with the world via social
media. Similarly, you can receive feedback to improve your final
product.

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\includegraphics[width=0.70\columnwidth]{figures/Comments/Comments}
\caption{{Commenting in Authorea is easy and allows feedback from readers.
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}}
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\end{figure}



Commenting and receiving feedback in Authorea is easy! Start using an
online editor to write your next research document and save time.

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