<s>
Authorea	B-Application
is	O
an	O
online	O
collaborative	O
writing	O
tool	O
that	O
allows	O
researchers	O
to	O
write	O
,	O
cite	O
,	O
collaborate	O
,	O
host	O
data	O
and	O
publish	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
for	O
Scientists	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Authorea	B-Application
allows	O
researchers	O
to	O
write	O
documents	O
together	O
and	O
attach	O
references	O
,	O
figures	O
,	O
data	O
,	O
and	O
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
used	O
as	O
an	O
editing	O
tool	O
for	O
scientific	O
papers	O
,	O
Authorea	B-Application
will	O
automatically	O
format	O
a	O
paper	O
in	O
the	O
preferred	O
style	O
and	O
provide	O
files	O
suitable	O
for	O
online	O
submission	O
to	O
peer-reviewed	O
journals	O
and	O
conferences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Authorea	B-Application
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
open	O
science	O
movement	O
and	O
supports	O
open	O
access	O
publishing	O
for	O
academic	O
research	O
and	O
free	O
access	O
to	O
research	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Authorea	B-Application
also	O
supports	O
private	O
writing	O
:	O
a	O
document	O
and	O
all	O
its	O
attachments	O
can	O
be	O
kept	O
private	O
,	O
visible	O
only	O
to	O
co-authors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Authorea	B-Application
also	O
supports	O
preprint	O
workflows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Authorea	B-Application
partnered	O
with	O
bioRxiv	O
to	O
enable	O
authors	O
to	O
submit	O
preprints	O
directly	O
to	O
bioRxiv	O
from	O
Authorea	B-Application
in	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
preprint	O
review	O
hosting	O
platform	O
was	O
built	O
using	O
Authorea	B-Application
technical	O
infrastructure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
site	O
currently	O
supports	O
an	O
online	O
LaTeX	B-Application
editor	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
Markdown	O
(	O
wiki	O
)	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
simple	O
MS	O
Word-like	O
(	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
)	O
interface	O
is	O
currently	O
in	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Authorea	B-Application
grew	O
from	O
over	O
10,000	O
active	O
users	O
in	O
2014	O
to	O
over	O
50,000	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Authorea	B-Application
was	O
launched	O
in	O
February	O
2013	O
by	O
co-founders	O
Alberto	O
Pepe	O
and	O
Nathan	O
Jenkins	O
and	O
scientific	O
adviser	O
Matteo	O
Cantiello	O
,	O
who	O
met	O
while	O
working	O
at	O
CERN	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
address	O
these	O
problems	O
,	O
Pepe	O
and	O
Jenkins	O
developed	O
an	O
online	O
,	O
web-based	B-Application
editor	O
to	O
support	O
real-time	O
collaborative	O
writing	O
,	O
and	O
sharing	O
and	O
execution	O
of	O
research	O
data	O
and	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bootstrapping	O
for	O
almost	O
two	O
years	O
,	O
Pepe	O
and	O
Jenkins	O
grew	O
Authorea	B-Application
by	O
reaching	O
out	O
to	O
friends	O
and	O
colleagues	O
,	O
speaking	O
at	O
events	O
and	O
conferences	O
,	O
and	O
partnering	O
with	O
early	O
adopter	O
institutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2014	O
,	O
Authorea	B-Application
announced	O
the	O
successful	O
closure	O
of	O
a	O
$610K	O
round	O
of	O
seed	O
funding	O
with	O
the	O
New	O
York	O
Angels	O
and	O
ff	O
Venture	O
Capital	O
groups	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2016	O
,	O
Authorea	B-Application
closed	O
a	O
$1.6	O
M	O
round	O
of	O
funding	O
led	O
by	O
Lux	O
Capital	O
and	O
including	O
the	O
Knight	O
Foundation	O
and	O
Bloomberg	O
Beta	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
Authorea	B-Application
was	O
acquired	O
for	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
amount	O
by	O
Atypon	O
(	O
part	O
of	O
Wiley	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Authorea	B-Application
platform	O
supports	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
features	O
relevant	O
to	O
academic	O
writing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Live	O
source	O
code	O
–	O
Authorea	B-Application
provides	O
a	O
live	O
iPython	B-Application
Notebook	O
server	O
for	O
opening	O
and	O
running	O
attached	O
iPython	B-Application
notebooks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GitHub	O
and	O
Offline	O
Editing	O
–	O
Documents	O
and	O
files	O
are	O
stored	O
in	O
Git	B-Application
repositories	O
on	O
Authorea	B-Application
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Authorea	B-Application
is	O
built	O
primarily	O
with	O
Ruby	B-Application
on	I-Application
Rails	I-Application
,	O
and	O
documents	O
and	O
files	O
are	O
stored	O
in	O
Git	B-Application
repositories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
site	O
supports	O
iPython	B-Application
notebooks	O
and	O
runs	O
a	O
live	O
iPython	B-Application
notebook	O
server	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
users	O
can	O
attach	O
,	O
re-run	O
and	O
reproduce	O
scientific	O
calculations	O
and	O
data	O
analysis	O
directly	O
in	O
an	O
Authorea	B-Application
document	O
.	O
</s>
