4. With an online document editor, writing is publishing (preprinting)
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.