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Silverchair 101

Silverchair is an independent technology company that partners with scholarly and professional publishers to help them deliver research to the world. We provide the platforms and services that publishers rely on across the research lifecycle — from manuscript submission and peer review through content hosting and discovery.

We’ve been doing this since 1993. We’re not owned by a publisher, an aggregator, or a data company with competing interests, which means our business succeeds when our clients succeed. Today we serve 700+ publishers, societies, and university presses — from small independent organizations to some of the largest scholarly publishers in the world.

What We Offer

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The Silverchair Platform

Our flagship hosting and content delivery platform, delivering journals, books, and more to researchers across the world. It’s flexible by design: publishers can configure the content architecture, user experience, and third-party integrations to fit their needs, not the other way around.

ScholarOne

The proven peer review and manuscript management systems. ScholarOne Manuscripts supports submission and editorial workflows for 10k+ journals, with sophisticated integrity tools; ScholarOne Conferences streamlines abstract and session management for events.

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The AI Lab

Our dedicated innovation space for developing and deploying AI-powered tools and products, from editorial assistance to intelligent search and MCPs. The AI Lab reflects our commitment to bringing AI to scholarly publishing responsibly and in close collaboration with our clients.

Who We Are

About Us — Learn about the mission, vision, values, and leadership that drive our success

Company History — Read our story from 1993 to today, including our connection to rock bands and Narnia

Central to who we are is our approach to community, partnership, and strategic services

Our Client Community — Learn about the 700+ publishers and societies we work with

The Silverchair Universe — Open by design: explore our technology partner ecosystem

Learn more & Connect

Why Silverchair

A few things publishers consistently tell us set us apart:

  • We’re independent and publisher-aligned — no parent company with competing publishing interests, no conflicting commercial incentives
  • We build for flexibility, not lock-in — open, interoperable systems designed to work with the broader publishing technology ecosystem, not against it
  • We bring genuine publishing expertise — our team includes people who have worked in journals management, editorial operations, and society publishing
  • We operate as a real partner — our clients shape our roadmap through advisory groups, our annual Platform Strategies conference, and ongoing collaboration.

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What Our Clients Say

  • “In uncertain times, when publishers face many challenges, Silverchair provides security and adaptability, while embracing technological innovation.” —Kirsty McCormack, The Company of Biologists
  • “It’s always been a great pleasure to work with all of the Silverchair teams. I love working with Silverchair! You are on top of or ahead of trends in the industry, you are committed to building out great solutions for the market, you are wonderful collaborators, and I get a great deal of satisfaction working with your teams. Working with Silverchair, and the products that we create together, are a highlight of my career.” —Dwyer Scullion, OUP
  • “We love the transparency and openness—about your mission, focus, roadmap. Our relationship with Silverchair feels like a real partnership. We work together closely, can be open and transparent about what our focus is and what we are trying to achieve. We feel that we benefit from being part of the community and also hope that Silverchair and other clients benefit from us.” —Natalie Jacobs, Emerald Publishing
  • “Working with Silverchair, and the communication back and forth has been very intuitive, very innovative, and just a sheer pleasure. What excites me about the ScholarOne and Silverchair partnership is now I’ve got a view into the whole publishing ecosystem, from submission all the way up to the metrics from the readers, the citations and the platform itself, giving me a full picture of the impact of that content. Amazing and innovative.” —Warren Adams, ASTM Digital Library
  • “Our partnership with Silverchair represents a significant leap forward in how we deliver critical technical information to our global readership of engineers, researchers, and industry professionals. We’re not just implementing a technology solution; we’re joining a collaborative community that ensures our digital strategy remains flexible, innovative, and aligned with our organizational goals.” —Stuart Radcliffe, ASTM
  • “As a leader and innovator in the world of scientific publishing, we sought a true technology partner to support our mission-critical product infrastructure. Within the landscape of scholarly publishing technology, we found Silverchair to be uniquely capable of offering the scale to support our vast content library and heavy user traffic, as well as the flexibility and partnership as we grow and evolve in the years ahead.” —Atul Pawar, ACS Publications
  • “In looking for a platform, I just felt like these are the kind of people I want to work with. I think there’s a lot of trust, there’s a lot of respect, there’s a lot of the ability to be really direct and candid, and that’s so much more productive. One of the most unique things about Silverchair is, it’s one of the few companies where I really observe a concerted clear effort at maintaining a culture. And the culture that I observe here is just one of transparency, of openness, honestness, and true partnership—that word gets thrown around so much. But I feel like it really happens here.” —Mark Jacobson, AIP Publishing
  • “What makes Silverchair special is the people. Not only the people at the organization—I think the culture is a great match for our culture. They are attentive to our needs, and they relate to me as a publisher and as a human being. It’s people and the people I meet through Silverchair that make it special.” —Michael Muscat, AACN
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