Finding a better alternative to the LaTex editor. Authorea vs SciFlow vs MosterWriter

For Academic and Research Writing

I like LATEX. Except I don't want to write in every time.

I just wanted some easy solution. I am a huge fan of markdown I was searching for something like that — easy and simple.

However, academic research writing is not just about adding footnotes and formatting.

Thousands of citation styles, thousands of journal and conference styles, and a plethora of rules to follow for each thing (like image, chart, and table).

So my quest for a simple editor with collaboration capabilities to replace my right not second go-to editor Overleaf. Overleaf is a full-fledged browser-based LaTex editor. Obviously most of the academic community loves it as much as hates it. The thing with Overleaf is you need to know LaTex. Do you want to write, then you need to know LaTex.

For me, LaTex is complex (except for forming a few equations). I wanted a simple solution where the writer didn’t have to learn anything new to write what they knew.

Authorea

I was using Manuscripts.io when I was doing my PhD. Authorea now acquired it. I didn’t like the way they put in a closed system of their service.

After Authorea integrated the editor to their site, I started using it and using it to date. Authorea is a preprint publisher, but I am…