<s>
Overleaf	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
collaborative	O
cloud-based	O
LaTeX	B-Application
editor	O
used	O
for	O
writing	O
,	O
editing	O
and	O
publishing	O
scientific	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
partners	O
with	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
scientific	O
publishers	O
to	O
provide	O
official	O
journal	O
LaTeX	B-Application
templates	O
,	O
and	O
direct	O
submission	O
links	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Overleaf	B-General_Concept
was	O
conceived	O
by	O
John	O
Hammersley	O
and	O
John	O
Lees-Miller	O
,	O
who	O
started	O
developing	O
it	O
in	O
2011	O
as	O
WriteLaTeX	O
,	O
through	O
their	O
company	O
WriteLaTeX	O
Limited	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
launched	O
a	O
beta	O
version	O
of	O
Overleaf	B-General_Concept
on	O
16	O
January	O
2014	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
first	O
#FuturePub	O
event	O
,	O
held	O
at	O
the	O
British	O
Library	O
in	O
London	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
merging	O
with	O
ShareLaTeX	O
in	O
2017	O
,	O
they	O
released	O
Overleaf	B-General_Concept
v2	O
,	O
combining	O
original	O
features	O
from	O
both	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
cloud-based	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Overleaf	B-General_Concept
was	O
selected	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
ten	O
teams	O
who	O
participated	O
to	O
the	O
2013	O
Summer	O
's	O
Bethnal	O
Green	O
Ventures	O
(	O
BGV	O
)	O
accelerator	O
programme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Overleaf	B-General_Concept
won	O
Innovative	O
Internet	O
Business	O
at	O
the	O
2014	O
Nominet	O
Internet	O
Awards	O
,	O
and	O
featured	O
99th	O
in	O
SyndicateRoom	O
's	O
2018	O
list	O
of	O
Britain	O
's	O
top	O
100	O
fastest-growing	O
business	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Overleaf	B-General_Concept
has	O
been	O
discussed	O
as	O
a	O
tool	O
for	O
writing	O
scientific	O
publications	O
in	O
Nature	O
,	O
Science	O
,	O
Red	O
Hat	O
's	O
opensource.com	O
and	O
the	O
German	O
IT	O
magazine	O
Heise	O
Online	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
In	O
2017	O
,	O
CERN	O
,	O
Europe	O
’s	O
particle-physics	O
laboratory	O
near	O
Geneva	O
,	O
Switzerland	O
,	O
adopted	O
Overleaf	B-General_Concept
as	O
its	O
preferred	O
collaborative	O
authoring	O
platform.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Overleaf	B-General_Concept
provides	O
templates	O
for	O
submission	O
to	O
scientific	O
journals	O
and	O
conferences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nature	O
)	O
mention	O
the	O
possibility	O
for	O
submission	O
using	O
Overleaf	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
20	O
July	O
2017	O
,	O
Overleaf	B-General_Concept
acquired	O
ShareLaTeX	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
combined	O
community	O
of	O
over	O
two	O
million	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
Overleaf	B-General_Concept
v2	O
,	O
combining	O
original	O
features	O
from	O
both	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
cloud-based	O
platform	O
hosted	O
at	O
overleaf.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2021	O
,	O
Lees-Miller	O
(	O
Overleaf	B-General_Concept
)	O
,	O
Paulo	O
Reis	O
(	O
Overleaf	B-General_Concept
)	O
,	O
and	O
Sven	O
Laqua	O
(	O
Digital	O
Science	O
)	O
were	O
awarded	O
the	O
SIGCHI	O
Best	O
Case	O
Study	O
Award	O
at	O
the	O
ACM	O
CHI2021	O
Conference	O
for	O
their	O
case	O
study	O
"	O
Merging	O
SaaS	O
Products	O
In	O
A	O
User-Centered	O
Way	O
:	O
A	O
Case	O
Study	O
of	O
Overleaf	B-General_Concept
and	O
ShareLaTeX	O
”	O
.	O
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