We do use Git for scientific papers internally. Especially in the proof reading stage we find it is the only manageable way to have multiple people provide cons

We do use Git for scientific papers internally. Especially in the proof reading stage we find it is the only manageable way to have multiple people provide constructive feedback to a paper in a limited time frame. This has caught on with almost everyone (technically minded I should add) who has been exposed to the approach, so I wouldn't be surprised if this started to catch on in the wider field of Scientific publishing and Conference calls.