Quarto for reproducible research workflows and academic publishing: A step-by-step tutorial

Quarto is a modern open-source publishing system that turns plain text and code into publication-ready papers, slides, websites, books, and teaching materials. It unifies writing and computation, supports seamless reproducible workflows, and bridges the gap between conducting, writing, and communicating research. This step-by-step introduction to Quarto for academic research and publication covers: - the concept of literate programming - why reproducibility matters - how to use Quarto in RStudio - how to write research reports, theses, and academic papers in Quarto - how to insert tables, images, plots, and bibliographic references in Quarto documents - how to export and share Quarto documents in different formats including HTML, PDF, LibreOffice Writer, and Microsoft Word.