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First off, Texpad is only compatible with Apple and is not particularly inexpensive: the Mac version is $25 and the iOS version is $15. Currently, the one that works best for me is Texpad. I’ve tried out quite a few editors to varying degrees of (personal) success.

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My article management system, Papers3, has an easy-to-use BibTeX record export for any papers I might need to cite for a particular manuscript or proposal.Īlthough LaTeX itself is a free and open source software, there are several pay-to-use editors with varying degrees of utility depending on the purpose and user.

BibTeX makes the insertion of citations and formatting of references effortless.

This makes reformatting into another journal’s format a breeze.

Academic journals usually share LaTeX templates formatted according to their specifications.

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This can be particularly boosted with the use of text expanding software ( such as aText) or Apple Scripts.

The structure of formatting equations, symbols (such as δ¹⁸O for example), tables, and figures is intuitive and simple.

It provides a distraction-free environment for academic writing: when I open up my LaTeX editor, I know it’s go-time!.

Regardless of average productivity, there are some reasons why I prefer writing academic text in LaTeX and why it works for me: It's easy to get started with LaTeX ( this is a great resource) and there are plenty of editors available that can show you real-time previews of your document.

Although (importantly, I feel), the study also found that LaTeX users reported enjoying their respective software editors a lot more than their counterpart WYSIWYG (or What you see is what you get editors) users.Įssentially, LaTeX is a plain text writing interface which formats a document you are preparing in as simple or as complex a structure as you’d want, using relatively simple syntax. If you’re not familiar with LaTeX or haven’t used it yet: don’t panic chances are, you might be more productive and efficient without it! According to empirical research by Knauf & Nejasmic in 2014, LaTeX users were especially susceptible to grammatical and orthographical errors.