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\title{Online Document Editor}



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


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  \date{April 25, 2026}


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Writing research documents has not advanced much in the last few
decades. Researchers, as a whole, still write their documents in
Microsoft Word \cite{Pepe}, emailing different versions back and
forth amongst each other. This workflow predates online document
editors, making research collaboration and dissemination slower and more
tedious than what is technically possible today in 2017. ~This is why we
built Authorea, a modern collaborative online document editor for
researchers, to make research collaboration and dissemination seamless.
~Below we highlight the benefits of writing research with an online
document editor, like Authorea.

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\section*{What are the benefits of writing with an online document
editor?}

{\label{767842}}\par\null

\subsection*{1. Less emails in your
inbox!}

{\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}. Ouch! ? ~Collaboration across labs continents and
markup languages can lead to a messy inbox like below. By writing online
researchers can save time and their inbox.

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\begin{figure}[h!]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=0.70\columnwidth]{figures/emailbackandforth/emailbackandforth}
\caption{{Typical correspondence between researchers when writing their papers.
{\label{223133}}%
}}
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\subsection*{2. Edit online the same document: always work on the last
version and track
changes}

{\label{481752}}

Online collaboration has affected nearly 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} to allow researchers to easily collaborate with
one another on their documents. The entire history of the document is
saved and can be reverted at any time. Think ``track changes'' on
steroids.~\selectlanguage{english}
\begin{figure}[h!]
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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.
{\label{911883}}%
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\subsection*{3. Online document editors can easily integrate with other
online
tools.}

{\label{881590}}

Many resources and tools are designed to be used online. Using an online
editor to write research articles is ~good way to seamlessly link with
them. For example, researchers can automatically search a variety of
bibliographic 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,
while editing your document.
{\label{373703}}%
}}
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\subsection*{4. With an online document editor, writing is publishing
(preprinting)}

{\label{919357}}

The advantages of writing with an online document editor, like Authorea,
also affords other possible integrations beyond connecting with citation
databases online. Researchers on Authorea can also directly submit their
manuscripts to a growing list of publishers and journals for peer
review. When you're writing online at Authorea you are effectively also
publishing. There is no need to convert your Word or LaTeX documents to
HTML, because we've already done it for you! Authorea is the only place
for researchers to write and preprint their work in full HTML5 to ensure
the best discoverability and reuse by the community.

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\caption{{With Authorea you can submit your online document to a journal straight
from the editor, or preprint (publish) your work, in one click.
{\label{534471}}%
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{\label{423035}}

\subsection*{5. Collect reviews easily from anyone on the
internet}

{\label{555874}}

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

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\caption{{\textsubscript{}
Commenting in Authorea is easy and allows feedback from readers.
{\label{319143}}%
}}
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