Hilde van Zeeland - Writefull

The start of a new chapter: Digital Science acquires Writefull

Writefull has been acquired by Digital Science, an AI-focused technology company providing innovative solutions for the research ecosystem. With this acquisition, Writefull has joined Digital Science’s portfolio of companies, including Altmetric, Dimensions, Overleaf, Figshare, and others.

Overleaf

New version of Writefull for Overleaf: dictionary and more

Thanks to a newly added feature to block edits, faster text processing, and improved performance around LaTeX syntax, Writefull for Overleaf is now even better than before.

Writefull for Institutions

New: Monitor your students' academic language development with Writefull's dashboard

The Writefull dashboard, developed in collaboration with VU Amsterdam, shows how many language suggestions Writefull offers, and of what type. These metrics give insights into students’ written academic language quality.

Writefull for Institutions

How to get Writefull Premium through your institution

We often get emails from Writefull lovers asking if their university has a license, so that they can get Premium access through their institution. If you have the same wish, do read on. Getting your institution on board can be quick and simple.

Writefull

Try the new Writefull for Overleaf!

Today, we launched a new version of Writefull for Overleaf. This new version makes it even easier to use Writefull’s AI language check and writing widgets within the Overleaf editor.

Writefull

TexGPT: Harness the power of ChatGPT in Overleaf

TexGPT, a new feature in Writefull for Overleaf, speeds up your LaTeX writing. It harnesses GPT-3 and Writefull's AI to help you with... well, anything.

Academic writing

Do I plagiarize when I use Writefull, ChatGPT, or other AI language tools?

The discussion about using AI in education is more alive than ever. Many students wonder if using tools like ChatGPT or Writefull constitutes plagiarism. This posts tells you more!

Academic writing

How to use Writefull and ChatGPT for your academic writing

ChatGPT can output sentences, rewrites, or entire texts. How can ChatGPT benefit your academic writing? And how does it differ from Writefull?

Product update

Writefull's Academizer makes your informal language academic!

Writefull's Academizer rewrites your informal sentences into academic ones. This is Writefull’s fourth AI-based widget, following the Paraphraser, Title Generator, and Abstract Generator.

API

Writefull Language API integrated by Charlesworth

Charlesworth Group has integrated Writefull’s Language API into their author services workflow. Writefull’s AI-based language check is used to advise authors on whether their manuscript needs language editing.

Product update

The Abstract Generator is now available in Writefull for Overleaf!

Writefull's popular widget, the Abstract Generator, has been shipped to Writefull for Overleaf. It parses your LaTeX source code and generates an abstract for your manuscript in seconds.

Publishers

British Ecological Society integrates Writefull into submission system

By integrating Writefull for authors, the British Ecological Society joins other publishers, such as Hindawi, Cambridge University Press, and Karger, in an effort to reduce the language barrier for authors.

Writefull

New! Writefull's automated Abstract Generator

Time for a new Writefull widget! Today, we release the Abstract Generator. This clever widget uses AI to automatically generate an abstract for your paper.

Product update

Writefull's Paraphraser and Title Generator accessible from LaTeX source code in Overleaf

It is now even easier to use the Paraphraser and Title Generator in Writefull for Overleaf. As of today, the two widgets can be used within your LaTeX source code directly.

Publishers

Writefull launches new services to further automatize publishers’ workflow

Writefull has expanded its set of services for publishers, now offering APIs for automatic manuscript categorization and metadata extraction. Early adopters are Hindawi and ACS. The Writefull APIs allow for significant savings throughout the publishing workflow.

Publishers

Writefull’s API used by ACS for language evaluation quality control after editing

ACS (American Chemical Society) has integrated Writefull’s Manuscript Categorization API to automatically evaluate the language in manuscripts after copyediting. This is one of two uses of this API by ACS; the other use case is for language quality assessment before copyediting.

Corpus analysis

These are the 100 most frequent LaTeX commands

Many Writefull users write in LaTeX - using Writefull for Overleaf to revise their work. For this analysis, we parsed 300K papers from arXiv to explore what LaTeX commands are used most often in research writing.

Corpus analysis

How to present data and statistics in your paper

In most academic fields, presenting stats and data is key. Words like 'values', 'equations', 'numbers', and 'tests' are common in theses and papers. But how do you use these words? In this analysis, we explore what phrases authors use most often when they present data and statistics.

Publishers

Writefull delivers metadata service to ACS

As of this month, American Chemical Society (ACS) is using Writefull’s Metadata API to automate aspects of manuscript review. Writefull’s Metadata API leverages state-of-the-art NLP to facilitate the (automated) review of manuscripts, offering a scalable, time-saving solution to publishers.

Writefull

How to integrate Writefull into a self-hosted instance of Overleaf

As more and more researchers discover Writefull for Overleaf, we're often asked how to use Writefull on a self-hosted Overleaf instance. It's certainly possible! In this post, we tell you how to set it up.

Writefull

Writefull for Overleaf just got 10x better

We are thrilled to announce that we've launched a new version of Writefull for Overleaf! It gives you the advanced Full Edit mode, a US-UK spelling toggle, compatibility with Firefox, and an improved UI.

Publishers

ACS integrates Writefull’s Manuscript Categorization API for post-acceptance classification

ACS (American Chemical Society) has integrated Writefull's Manuscript Categorization service into their publishing workflow. ACS uses it to automatically classify all of their accepted manuscripts by language quality.

Publishers

Hindawi uses Writefull’s Metadata API for structural checks

We are happy to announce that Writefull has extended its pre-submission services for open access publisher Hindawi. In addition to the Writefull Revise language check that was already in place, Hindawi now offers authors structural checks on their manuscripts.

Corpus analysis

How to present tables and figures in your paper: an analysis

Referring to tables and figures is something you do in every paper. But what phrases can you use? And what common errors should you avoid? In this post, we show you the most frequent word combinations with the subjects 'table' and 'figure' across a data set of published papers.

Corpus analysis

How to present your results: an analysis

Whether you’re writing a paper, thesis, or report: you’re likely to present the results of your work. In this analysis, we look at the phrases authors use when referring to their results.