Digital tools for researchers

Write

Writing tools are adapting to the needs of researchers. Tools to store and manage references are grouped under Reference managers. And with research being more and more dependent on collaborations across labs and continents, collaborative writing tools, help researchers write their manuscript while keeping close track of the modifications done by others to the text.

Reference managers

• ACS ChemWorx – Collaborative reference manager coupled with tools and services for authors.
• CitationStyles – Find and edit CSL citation styles.
• CiteUlike – Search, organize, and share scholarly papers.
• Colwiz – Create citations and bibliography and set up your research groups on the cloud to share files and references.
• EndNote - Software tool for publishing and managing bibliographies, citations and references
• Mendeley – A unique platform comprising a social network, reference manager, article visualization tools.
• Paperpile – No-fuss reference management for the web (Google docs plugin). (blog post)
• Papers – Helps you collect and curate the research material that you’re passionate about.
• Zotero – Helps you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources

Collaborative writing tools

• ASCII doctor - Text processor & publishing tool chain for converting AsciiDoc to HTML5, DocBook & more.
• Atlas – Write, collaborate, design and publish on a single platform.
• Authorea – Platform to write scientific, academic, and technical documents in collaboration. (blog post)
• Draft – Version control and collaboration to improve your writing.
• Fidus Writer – Online collaborative editor especially made for academics who need to use citations and/or formulas.
• Penflip – Collaborative writing and version control. (blog post)
• SciGit – Change tracking solution for effortless collaborative writing. (blog post)
• ShareLaTex – Collaborative on-line editor for for Maths or Sciences.
• WriteLaTex – Online collaborative LaTeX editor.
• Stackedit – Markdown editor based on PageDown, the Markdown library used by Stack Overflow.
• Typewrite – A simple, real-time collaborative writing environment.
• Poetica – Get clear feedback, wherever you’re writing.
• Quip – Combines chat, documents, spreadsheets, checklist, and more to collaborate on any device.

Manuscript Services and writing assistant tools (to come)

• Writefull – Provides feedback on your writing using data from the Google Books database. (blog post)