Academic Writing in Markdown with Pandoc

A skill for writing academic papers in plain-text Markdown and converting them to PDF, Word, LaTeX, and HTML using Pandoc. Covers YAML metadata, citation management, cross-references, templates, and workflows for collaborative academic writing.

Why Markdown for Academic Writing?

Advantages

1. Plain text: Version-controllable with Git (diff-friendly)
2. Portable: Works on any OS, any editor
3. Pandoc: Convert to PDF, DOCX, LaTeX, HTML, EPUB
4. Focus: Content-first writing without formatting distractions
5. Citations: Pandoc-citeproc handles bibliography automatically
6. Collaboration: Easy to review diffs in pull requests

When to Use Markdown vs. LaTeX