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“When we planned this study, our team decided to make our work as open and transparent as possible, and writing the paper on Authorea is part of that,” said co-lead author Daniel Park of the Broad Institute. “We felt a moral imperative to put everything out there, especially in this kind of emergency situation.”  Authorea was founded to make researchers' day-to-day tasks easier, easier and faster,  says Authorea co-founder and Harvard Research Associate Alberto Pepe. "We realized we were wasting time emailing around documents and data, and wrestling with "Track Changes" in Word. So we built a website where everyone from our team could write and edit in the same place. That was the beginning of Authorea." But Authorea also supports a bigger goal: making science more open. The platform is free to use for open research. "We encourage scientists to publish their entire research process: writing, data, and discussion," said Dr. Pepe. "The default stance is often to be closed; we want to encourage more openness and transparency." 

The Ebola genome research team found that open science carried other benefits too. “One of the most rewarding aspects of working in this outbreak response is the connections we have made with so many extraordinary individuals through open data sharing”, said senior author Pardis Sabeti. The paper's working draft on Authorea eventually grew to over 21 researchers from four continents.