Publishing needs to keep up with research writingModern research is written collaboratively, online, and with more accompanying data and media than ever before. The number of collaborators is going up \cite{Adams_2012} and in many cases the time to publish is going up as well \cite{Powell_2016} -- it's truly a time of great change in the research world. At the same time, researchers have more publication options than ever before \cite{Larsen_2010}. The proliferation of publication options means that researchers have endless options for their work. How do researchers choose the best venue for their work? What happens when the first venue declines to publish a piece -- how do the authors find an alternative? How can publishers evolve to these changing demands? Most of the time submission is grueling for authorsAs most seasoned authors know, the submission process is neither easy nor enjoyable. Often there is a long road ahead of submit-reject-reformat-submit-revise-resubmit-proof. It's not fun. One of the most vexing issue for authors is the intense amount of formatting that goes into conforming to a particular journal style. Submission requirements are vastly different from publication to publication and the result is that authors must spend enormous amounts of time preparing manuscripts.Enter AuthoreaAuthorea is an online document editor that is collaborative and format-neutral. Authorea helps researchers write a manuscript in a vanilla style and then output to thousands of styles (see fig \ref{391184}). Authorea users, which number close to 100,000 and are growing daily, may also submit directly to hundreds of journals. 

This is a story of _semantics-by-convention_ gone wrong that hit us at Authorea last week.

This following document is the HTML version of https://dx.doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/V6M2TBrian Nosek, Melanie Benjamin, Sara Bowman, Michael Haselton, David Litherland, Natalie Meyers, Nicole Pfeiffer, Andrew Sallans, Rusty Speidel, Jeffrey Spies, Matthew Spitzer

Abstract (250 Words Maximum)Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Duis vestibulum diam a eleifend tincidunt. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos himenaeos. Morbi libero risus, pretium ac urna vel, iaculis sagittis nisl. Duis non sapien justo. Quisque elementum, mauris a ullamcorper pharetra, mauris enim ullamcorper urna, sit amet fermentum sem nulla vel nibh. Etiam id urna non leo condimentum egestas pulvinar sit amet ex. Aenean faucibus eget dui at gravida. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vestibulum sodales neque dolor, et mollis turpis viverra non. Sed quam libero, ornare vitae rutrum eu, venenatis et massa. Morbi rutrum vulputate tellus, sit amet placerat arcu fringilla et. Vestibulum condimentum blandit libero eget luctus. Sed suscipit accumsan nibh vel lobortis. Maecenas tellus mi, commodo id odio nec, ullamcorper rutrum neque. Duis tincidunt ut tellus ut sodales. Aenean in massa ac ligula scelerisque viverra.Significant Statement (120 Words Maximum)retra mauris enim ullamcorper urna sit amet fermentum sem nulla vel nibh. Etiam id urna non leo condimentum egestas pulvinar sit amet ex. Aenean faucibus eget dui at gravida. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit. VestiIntroduction (750 Words Maximum)The Introduction should briefly indicate the objectives of the study and provide enough background information to clarify why the study was undertaken and what hypotheses were tested.Materials and MethodsThe materials and methods section should be brief but sufficient to allow other investigators to repeat the research (see also Policy Concerning Availability of Materials). Reference should be made to published procedures wherever possible; this applies to the original description and pertinent published modifications. The sex of subjects should be stated. If the sex of subjects is unknown, this should be stated. All companies from which materials were obtained should be listed. If materials were obtained from an individual, an affiliation for that individual should be listed. A manuscript that presents only a theory may omit the Materials and Methods section.Experimental DesignDescription of experimental design retra mauris enim ullamcorper urna sit amet fermentum sem nulla vel nibh. Etiam id urna non leo condimentum egestas pulvinar sit amet ex. Aenean faucibus eget dui at gravida. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit. VestiStatistical AnalysisDescription of statistical analysis retra mauris enim ullamcorper urna sit amet fermentum sem nulla vel nibh. Etiam id urna non leo condimentum egestas pulvinar sit amet ex. Aenean faucibus eget dui at gravida. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit. VestiResultsLorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit. Duis vestibulum diam a eleifend tincidunt. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra per inceptos himenaeos. Morbi libero risus pretium ac urna vel iaculis sagittis nisl. Duis non sapien justo. Quisque elementum mauris a ullamcorper pharetra mauris enim ullamcorper urna sit amet fermentum sem nulla vel nibh. Etiam id urna non leo (Figure \ref{333327}) condimentum egestas pulvinar sit amet ex. Aenean faucibus eget dui at gravida. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit. Vestibulum sodales neque dolor et mollis turpis viverra non. Sed quam libero ornare vitae rutrum eu venenatis et massa. Morbi rutrum vulputate tellus sit amet placerat arcu fringilla et. Vestibulum condimentum blandit libero eget luctus. Sed suscipit accumsan nibh vel lobortis. Maecenas tellus mi commodo id odio nec ullamcorper rutrum neque. Duis tincidunt ut tellus ut sodales. Aenean in massa ac ligula scelerisque viverra.

Abstract (250 Words Maximum)Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Duis vestibulum diam a eleifend tincidunt. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos himenaeos. Morbi libero risus, pretium ac urna vel, iaculis sagittis nisl. Duis non sapien justo. Quisque elementum, mauris a ullamcorper pharetra, mauris enim ullamcorper urna, sit amet fermentum sem nulla vel nibh. Etiam id urna non leo condimentum egestas pulvinar sit amet ex. Aenean faucibus eget dui at gravida. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vestibulum sodales neque dolor, et mollis turpis viverra non. Sed quam libero, ornare vitae rutrum eu, venenatis et massa. Morbi rutrum vulputate tellus, sit amet placerat arcu fringilla et. Vestibulum condimentum blandit libero eget luctus. Sed suscipit accumsan nibh vel lobortis. Maecenas tellus mi, commodo id odio nec, ullamcorper rutrum neque. Duis tincidunt ut tellus ut sodales. Aenean in massa ac ligula scelerisque viverra.Significant Statement (120 Words Maximum)retra mauris enim ullamcorper urna sit amet fermentum sem nulla vel nibh. Etiam id urna non leo condimentum egestas pulvinar sit amet ex. Aenean faucibus eget dui at gravida. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit. VestiIntroduction (750 Words Maximum)The Introduction should briefly indicate the objectives of the study and provide enough background information to clarify why the study was undertaken and what hypotheses were tested.Materials and MethodsThe materials and methods section should be brief but sufficient to allow other investigators to repeat the research (see also Policy Concerning Availability of Materials). Reference should be made to published procedures wherever possible; this applies to the original description and pertinent published modifications. The sex of subjects should be stated. If the sex of subjects is unknown, this should be stated. All companies from which materials were obtained should be listed. If materials were obtained from an individual, an affiliation for that individual should be listed. A manuscript that presents only a theory may omit the Materials and Methods section.Experimental DesignDescription of experimental design retra mauris enim ullamcorper urna sit amet fermentum sem nulla vel nibh. Etiam id urna non leo condimentum egestas pulvinar sit amet ex. Aenean faucibus eget dui at gravida. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit. VestiStatistical AnalysisDescription of statistical analysis retra mauris enim ullamcorper urna sit amet fermentum sem nulla vel nibh. Etiam id urna non leo condimentum egestas pulvinar sit amet ex. Aenean faucibus eget dui at gravida. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit. VestiResultsLorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit. Duis vestibulum diam a eleifend tincidunt. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra per inceptos himenaeos. Morbi libero risus pretium ac urna vel iaculis sagittis nisl. Duis non sapien justo. Quisque elementum mauris a ullamcorper pharetra mauris enim ullamcorper urna sit amet fermentum sem nulla vel nibh. Etiam id urna non leo (Figure \ref{333327}) condimentum egestas pulvinar sit amet ex. Aenean faucibus eget dui at gravida. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit. Vestibulum sodales neque dolor et mollis turpis viverra non. Sed quam libero ornare vitae rutrum eu venenatis et massa. Morbi rutrum vulputate tellus sit amet placerat arcu fringilla et. Vestibulum condimentum blandit libero eget luctus. Sed suscipit accumsan nibh vel lobortis. Maecenas tellus mi commodo id odio nec ullamcorper rutrum neque. Duis tincidunt ut tellus ut sodales. Aenean in massa ac ligula scelerisque viverra.

Title PageAbbreviated title (50 character max): SfN Mock ArticleAuthor Names and Affiliations:  Pete D. Nicholson\(^1\), Alberto Pepe\(^1\)\(^1\): Authorea, Brooklyn, NY 11249Number of pages: 6Number of figures: 2Number of WordsAbstract: 147Introduction: 27Discussion: 504Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no competing financial interests.Acknowledgements: None

Abstract (250 Words Maximum)Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Duis vestibulum diam a eleifend tincidunt. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos himenaeos. Morbi libero risus, pretium ac urna vel, iaculis sagittis nisl. Duis non sapien justo. Quisque elementum, mauris a ullamcorper pharetra, mauris enim ullamcorper urna, sit amet fermentum sem nulla vel nibh. Etiam id urna non leo condimentum egestas pulvinar sit amet ex. Aenean faucibus eget dui at gravida. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vestibulum sodales neque dolor, et mollis turpis viverra non. Sed quam libero, ornare vitae rutrum eu, venenatis et massa. Morbi rutrum vulputate tellus, sit amet placerat arcu fringilla et. Vestibulum condimentum blandit libero eget luctus. Sed suscipit accumsan nibh vel lobortis. Maecenas tellus mi, commodo id odio nec, ullamcorper rutrum neque. Duis tincidunt ut tellus ut sodales. Aenean in massa ac ligula scelerisque viverra.Significant Statement (120 Words Maximum)retra mauris enim ullamcorper urna sit amet fermentum sem nulla vel nibh. Etiam id urna non leo condimentum egestas pulvinar sit amet ex. Aenean faucibus eget dui at gravida. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit. VestiIntroduction (750 Words Maximum)The Introduction should briefly indicate the objectives of the study and provide enough background information to clarify why the study was undertaken and what hypotheses were tested.Materials and MethodsThe materials and methods section should be brief but sufficient to allow other investigators to repeat the research (see also Policy Concerning Availability of Materials). Reference should be made to published procedures wherever possible; this applies to the original description and pertinent published modifications. The sex of subjects should be stated. If the sex of subjects is unknown, this should be stated. All companies from which materials were obtained should be listed. If materials were obtained from an individual, an affiliation for that individual should be listed. A manuscript that presents only a theory may omit the Materials and Methods section.Experimental DesignDescription of experimental design retra mauris enim ullamcorper urna sit amet fermentum sem nulla vel nibh. Etiam id urna non leo condimentum egestas pulvinar sit amet ex. Aenean faucibus eget dui at gravida. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit. VestiStatistical AnalysisDescription of statistical analysis retra mauris enim ullamcorper urna sit amet fermentum sem nulla vel nibh. Etiam id urna non leo condimentum egestas pulvinar sit amet ex. Aenean faucibus eget dui at gravida. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit. VestiResultsLorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit. Duis vestibulum diam a eleifend tincidunt. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra per inceptos himenaeos. Morbi libero risus pretium ac urna vel iaculis sagittis nisl. Duis non sapien justo. Quisque elementum mauris a ullamcorper pharetra mauris enim ullamcorper urna sit amet fermentum sem nulla vel nibh. Etiam id urna non leo (Figure \ref{333327}) condimentum egestas pulvinar sit amet ex. Aenean faucibus eget dui at gravida. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit. Vestibulum sodales neque dolor et mollis turpis viverra non. Sed quam libero ornare vitae rutrum eu venenatis et massa. Morbi rutrum vulputate tellus sit amet placerat arcu fringilla et. Vestibulum condimentum blandit libero eget luctus. Sed suscipit accumsan nibh vel lobortis. Maecenas tellus mi commodo id odio nec ullamcorper rutrum neque. Duis tincidunt ut tellus ut sodales. Aenean in massa ac ligula scelerisque viverra.

Manuscript Title Page InstructionsPlease list the following information on your separate title page in Word .DOCX format in the order listed below and upload as a Title Page file at submission1. Manuscript Title (50 word maximum): Title of my submission to eNeuro2. Abbreviated Title (50 character maximum): eNeuro Submission3. List all Author Names and Affiliations in order as they would appear in the published article:Pete D. NicholsonAlbert Pepe4. Author Contributions: Each author must be identified with at least one of the following: Designed research,Performed research, Contributed unpublished reagents/ analytic tools, Analyzed data, Wrote the paper.Example: CS and JS Designed Research; MG and GT Performed Research; JS Wrote the paper5. Correspondence should be addressed to (include email address):6. Number of Figures:      7. Number of Tables:    8. Number of Multimedia:9. Number of words for Abstract:          10. Number of words for Significance Statement:11. Number of words for Introduction:12. Number of words for Discussion:     13. Acknowledgements:14. Conflict of Interest:  A. No (State ‘Authors report no conflict of interest’):B. Yes (Please explain):15. Funding sources

Are you looking for an alternative to Hackpad?On July 19, 2017, Hackpad will be shut down. Dropbox acquired Hackpad in 2014 to make Dropbox Paper. If you are a technical writer, it is possible that you'll miss some of the technical features of Hackpad. In this post, we highlight a few key comparison points that show how Authorea can replace some of the features and functions of Hackpad.

Use Authorea for technical writingAuthorea is an online collaborative document editor used by scientists. It can also be used for writing technical documents. In fact, the feature set is built for research. This makes Authorea perfect for writing lengthy and complex technical documents of any kind. Some of the most important tools for technical writing are as follows:Mathematical equations, chemical formulae, full LaTeX support

Writing math on the web can be difficult -- not on Authorea!Writing equations online can be very painful. While there are many options out there for writing simple math equations, none of them provides as many options as Authorea.How Authorea helps you write mathIn Authorea, you have a few different choices for writing math. You can use the built-in Equation Editor (\ref{940296}), or the built-in LaTeX Editor (\ref{896173}). The Equation Editor has two ways to write equations: using the Live Editor and using the TeX source.These options are covered in detail below.Equation Editor

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BROOKLYN, NY, May 22, 2017 -- Authorea, the online home for researchers to write and disseminate documents, has partnered with Society for Neuroscience (SfN), the world's leading neuroscience organization. With the partnership researchers interested in submitting to SfN may use Authorea to submit manuscripts directly to eNeuro and The Journal of Neuroscience with one click. The integration greatly reduces formatting and data entry overhead for Authorea users by ensuring documents conform to SfN submission requirements automatically.With the recent launch of its flagship document editor, Authorea has become the go-to place for researchers to write scholarly articles. Researchers have the freedom to write in multiple markup languages, store data alongside in-progress documents, establish collaborative workflows, insert and format citations, and much more. Submitting directly to the world's leading publishers allows any researcher writing on Authorea to have many options for publication.Josh Nicholson, Chief Research Officer at Authorea, says: “We're happy to be working with Society for Neuroscience to make collaboration and publication easier for neuroscientists. We're excited to work with such an important and engaged community.”Society for Neuroscience is the world's largest and most prestigious neuroscience organization with over 40,000 international physicians and scientists. Founded in 1969 it publishes some of the world's leading research in the field of neuroscience.Templates for submission to SfN can be found beloweNeuroeNeuro title pageThe Journal of NeurosciencePress ContactAdyam Ghebre, Outreach, Authorea+1 (646) 598-9285About AuthoreaAuthorea is an online document editor for research and the place where scientific collaboration happens. Authorea is trusted worldwide by leading researchers writing and publishing content in every discipline, from astrophysics to zoology. The online document editor supports a wide range of markup languages and scientific integrations, including the most popular citation management, graphing, and visualization plugins. Authorea is on a mission to accelerate science through a superior web-based research-writing platform that delivers powerful tools and capabilities to researchers.

AbstractPreprints are widely acknowledged to be beneficial to the research community. However, the career implications of an author preprinting their work are unclear. Here we discuss the implications of researchers preprinting their work in terms of precedence, visibility and citation impact, and manuscript editing. In short, we show that researchers that preprint their work have a citation boost ranging from 83% to 269% and that preprints can in practice improve your manuscript and that can limit "scooping."What are preprints?Preprints are publication-ready research articles that have yet to undergo peer review and be formally published. They are free, openly accessible, and widely reusable under permissive copyright licenses.  They accelerate research communication by putting dissemination under researcher control. While preprints are widely viewed as beneficial for research and are the norm in certain disciplines like physics, math, computer science, and statistics, preprinting is relatively new in other disciplines, like the life sciences, psychology, sociology and others.  In these fields - that are new to preprints - questions and confusion can arise around preprinting, potentially hampering their uptake and utility.The benefits of preprintingBelow we highlight the benefits of preprinting your work at the individual level in an effort to encourage researchers to take control of their research. This article aims to show that preprinting is not just good for the community, but also good for the individual scientist, as outlined in "The selfish scientist’s guide to preprint posting" \cite{Kriegeskorte}.Preprints allow researchers to claim precedence on a discoveryWith funding rates at an all-time historic low (see figure \ref{849950}) researchers are hyper-competitive in many aspects of their careers. This competition, while good to an extent, can severely limit data sharing and open discussion, two practices necessary for the advancement of research.  One particular fear of researchers is that they might be "scooped," (ie their discovery is shared by someone else first).  

Online collaboration is a requirement for modern scientific research, but web-based tools are lagging other industriesTo John Sexton, the 15th president of New York University, Science is Now a Vast Global Enterprise -- one that requires substantial international cooperation and modern tools to accomplish this cooperation. The internet age has brought collaborative advancements to many technical fields -- but the tools to write research have been puzzlingly left behind.As we questioned in an essay in Scientific American last year:How come the internet age has yet to deliver a collaborative writing and publishing tool for research?With research papers gaining more coauthors each year, it's important to have tools that support collaborative technical writing in an environment that is native to the web.Is research becoming more collaborative?According to The Economist, the answer is a firm yes. 

What kind of apps are available for reading and writing research articles?Scientists, researchers, and scholars now have available apps that make reading and writing articles easier than its ever been before. Many such apps have made their way into other fields and industries and now the same are available to the scientific community.

There are plenty of equation writers out there -- which is best?Writing equations online can be very painful. Although there exist online communities working to define standards and best practices, for many researchers, scientists, and students it's not clear what is the best way to write math equations.Choosing an equation writer for mathIf you're writing in Authorea, you have access to an Equation Editor (\ref{940296}) and a LaTeX Editor (\ref{896173}) and can use either to write equations. The Equation Editor has two ways to write equations: using the Live Editor and using the TeX source.Equation Editor

What is the ArXiv?The arXiv, or actually, ar\(\chi\)iv (pronounced "archive", since \(\chi\) = "chi" 🤓 ) is the most popular preprint repository in the world. (Read: What is a preprint?) It was started in 1991 by physicist Paul Ginsparg (hi Paul! 👋 ) to become a way to quickly and freely give the scientific community access to the submission-ready research papers, as e-prints. While the arXiv initially covered only the fields of physics and astronomy, it grew over time to encompass other fields, such as computer science, quantitative biology, statistics, and quantitative finance. The rise of arXiv has been mostly limited to fields that use LaTeX, a typesetting system for math-heavy documents. This is because:  (1) the most efficient way to submit papers to arXiv is by uploading a LaTeX file which gets compiled to PDF, and (2) pre-printing has historically been a practice popular in the hard sciences --- at CERN, it was performed via inter-library exchange of scanned papers before the web even existed \cite{pepe2005cern}. However, in recent years, pre-prints are catching on as a free (and legal!) mechanism to openly and quickly share research also in the life sciences (see ASAPbio, and BiorXiv, for example).How do ArXiv and Authorea compare?At first glance, ArXiv and Authorea may not seem related to one another. ArXiv is a content repository, while Authorea is a content creation system. However, Authorea - with the launch of a number of publishing features - is quickly becoming an open repository, as well. We think that the open research repository of the future will have a lot of the features and traits that Authorea is developing. Here's why:1. A scholarly repository is more than a PDF dumpThere is growing consensus in scholarly communication circles that academic publishing needs to move "beyond the PDF" (see the manifesto of Force 11). PDFs are a great portable format for printing, but they are not the best format to share, discuss, and read on the web. Every article on arXiv is a PDF (built from LaTeX). As such, it is static, 2-dimensional and non-actionable. It is not a stretch to say that a paper in PDF is merely a digital photograph of a piece of paper. We can, and are doing, better than that. Authorea's repository is a collection of Open Access and Open Science (i.e. data driven) web native papers.