Authorea

Spec sheet

Purpose

Authorea is an online writing tool and preprint hosting platform designed for creating and rapidly disseminating open research.Read 3 Oct 2026 · authorservices.wiley.com

Free plan

YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · headwayapp.co

Support

The help page instructs users with failed DOI registration to contact [email protected].Read 3 Oct 2026 · authorea.crisp.help

Citation integrations

Authorea’s help page explains how to import a Mendeley, EndNote, or Zotero bibliography by exporting it as a BibTeX file and uploading it to a document’s bibliography folder.Read 3 Oct 2026 · authorea.crisp.help

Data and figures

Authorea documents include a file layer for figures and data, and virtually any kind of file may be uploaded.Read 3 Oct 2026 · authorea.crisp.help

Export formats

The help page says documents may be exported to PDF, Word, LaTeX when applicable, or ZIP.Read 3 Oct 2026 · authorea.crisp.help

GitHub integration

Authorea’s help page describes linking an article to a GitHub repository so online changes are reflected in the repository and pushed offline changes update the online article.Read 3 Oct 2026 · authorea.crisp.help

Import and collaboration

Researchers can upload Word, PDF, or LaTeX files, add data, code, Jupyter Notebooks, videos, and figures, or start a document from scratch, with real-time author collaboration.Read 3 Oct 2026 · authorservices.wiley.com

Journal submission

The page says users can seamlessly submit preprints to a number of refereed journals and participate in Wiley’s Under Review program at participating journals.Read 3 Oct 2026 · authorservices.wiley.com

Journal templates

The Wiley page says Authorea provides over 8,000 journal templates.Read 3 Oct 2026 · authorservices.wiley.com

Preprint DOI

Posting work as a preprint assigns it a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), making it citable, shareable, and discoverable immediately.Read 3 Oct 2026 · authorservices.wiley.com

Upload limits

The help page states a current limit of 25 MB per file and 1 GB per document.Read 3 Oct 2026 · authorea.crisp.help

Writing formats

Authorea supports LaTeX and Markdown writing.Read 3 Oct 2026 · authorservices.wiley.com

Plans and prices

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