[matteocantiello]

Thanks for the feedback. This is still work in progress, and we are planning to improve the export function to publication-ready format (as you suggest). This said, we want to bring the authoring process to the web principally for 2 reasons: 1) It makes collaboration easier 2) It expands dramatically the possibilities of sharing scientific content respect to a 'static' PDF format, ultimately impacting transparency and reproducibility of scientific results.

[ank286]

I just want templates for different journals/conferences for the same topic. All their formats are annoying, but at the end of the day, every PI/researchers wants to publish in something that is peer-reviewed. In a university setting, paying to read/download a publication is an after-thought. The entire transparency/reproducibility of scientific results is a good goal but is very long-term goal.

Some entities like ScholarOne/Cambridge Journals wants you to individually upload your images and your text separately. Since a user is just writing their paper on Authorea, maybe, you can keep track of what journals they are aiming for and reformat the publication for multiple journals in ONE SHOT. That'd be the biggest time saver ever.

At the end, doing research is fun but publishing is a painful process, and you are judged based on publications. Reduce the pain.

[matteocantiello]

I totally hear you. And this is part of what we want to accomplish. As for the transparency/reproducibility I do not think this is too much long-term: already now if you prepare a paper on Authorea and publish it on a refereed journal, you can include a link to the Authorea repository. Which means even if the Journal version is static, it links to a 'dynamic' repository which contains the sources of your scientific work. So I believe Authorea is already pretty close to achieving that goal.

[ank286]

What if the Journal asks for a transfer of copyright? Does that violate some kind of law/thing for all the previous (including the final) version of the manuscript stored on Authorea? Would the author have to take down their final-manuscript from Authorea so they can transfer the copyright to the publisher/Journal.

[apepe]

hi there- by and large, authors are allowed to publish the pre-print and post-print versions of their published manuscripts (pre-print being the version right before editor proof-reading, and post-print any version following publication). Authorea articles are essentially "enriched" pre-prints so they do not interfere with the passing of the copyright to publishers.