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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.

  • Hilde van Zeeland
    Hilde van Zeeland
2 min read
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.

  • Hilde van Zeeland
    Hilde van Zeeland
2 min read
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.

  • Hilde van Zeeland
    Hilde van Zeeland
2 min read
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.

  • Hilde van Zeeland
    Hilde van Zeeland
2 min read
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.

  • Hilde van Zeeland
    Hilde van Zeeland
2 min read
Publishers

True or False: Publishers’ policies around ChatGPT and other AI tools

As ChatGPT gains popularity, academic publishers are having to define their stance on the use of AI tools. Here’s the low-down on their official policies.

  • Mélodie Garnier
    Mélodie Garnier
2 min read
TexGPT

How to use ChatGPT and other AI tools in papers and essays

The rise of generative AI such as ChatGPT has opened up huge possibilities for writing papers and essays. But how to use it wisely and effectively?

  • Mélodie Garnier
    Mélodie Garnier
2 min read
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.

  • Hilde van Zeeland
    Hilde van Zeeland
3 min read
Academic writing

Why Writefull’s Academizer is a game changer

Writefull’s Academizer helps by automatically rewriting your informal sentences into academic ones. Through training our language models on real academic output, we help you turn colloquial text into eloquent language that is appropriate for science.

  • Mélodie Garnier
    Mélodie Garnier
1 min read
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!

  • Hilde van Zeeland
    Hilde van Zeeland
1 min read
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?

  • Hilde van Zeeland
    Hilde van Zeeland
1 min read
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.

  • Hilde van Zeeland
    Hilde van Zeeland
1 min read
Academic writing

Why is academic writing so hard… and how can Writefull help

Writing a scientific paper is undoubtedly challenging. In this blog post, we highlight the most common problems people face, and how Writefull can help overcome them.

  • Mélodie Garnier
    Mélodie Garnier
3 min read
Academic publishing

How to increase your chances of getting published

Getting your work out there is hard. And while research and writing are the hardest parts, they’re not the end of the story. In this blog post, we take you through 10 tips to maximize your chances of getting your paper published.

  • Mélodie Garnier
    Mélodie Garnier
3 min read
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.

  • Hilde van Zeeland
    Hilde van Zeeland
1 min read
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.

  • Hilde van Zeeland
    Hilde van Zeeland
1 min read
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.

  • Hilde van Zeeland
    Hilde van Zeeland
1 min read
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.

  • Hilde van Zeeland
    Hilde van Zeeland
1 min read
Phrasal verbs

Phrasal verbs or one-word verbs: Which one to choose?

‘Performed an experiment’ or ‘carried out an experiment’? ‘The authors point out’ or ‘the authors highlight’? Choosing between a phrasal verb and a one-word equivalent can be tricky. In this post, we give you some tips to help.

  • Mélodie Garnier
    Mélodie Garnier
2 min read
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.

  • Hilde van Zeeland
    Hilde van Zeeland
1 min read
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.

  • Hilde van Zeeland
    Hilde van Zeeland
2 min read
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.

  • Hilde van Zeeland
    Hilde van Zeeland
1 min read
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.

  • Hilde van Zeeland
    Hilde van Zeeland
6 min read
Corpus analysis

How to use phrasal verbs in academic writing

Avoiding phrasal verbs in academic writing is a mistake. But it’s best to know how to use them, in particular which words they combine with. In this analysis, we look at the most commonly used noun-phrasal verb-noun combinations in scientific texts.

  • Mélodie Garnier
    Mélodie Garnier
1 min read
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.

  • Hilde van Zeeland
    Hilde van Zeeland
1 min read

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