The SSP EPIC Awards (Excellence in Publishing, Information Technology, & Communications) honor outstanding achievements across five categories spanning tools and products, publications, marketing, media, and initiatives.
Gold: Hosting Platform Features — Oxford Law Pro
Oxford Law Pro, developed in collaboration with Oxford University Press and hosted on Oxford Academic via the Silverchair Platform, earned gold in the Hosting Platform Features category. Launched in 2025, Oxford Law Pro is a purpose-built knowledge resource for legal professionals and researchers that brings together more than 9,000 journal articles and 600 award-winning, peer-reviewed books in a single, intuitive platform. At its core is a conversational AI research assistant grounded in OUP's peer-reviewed legal expertise and editorial standards, covering key areas including arbitration, international law, commercial law, technology regulation, and intellectual property law.Gold: Submission System Feature — ScholarOne Gateway
Developed in response to years of user feedback and research, ScholarOne Gateway is a fundamentally redesigned submission and peer review experience for authors and reviewers — one that connects them to a publisher's entire portfolio through a single, unified interface. For researchers, Gateway consolidates previously fragmented submission experiences across a publisher's journals into one intuitive dashboard, where they can track manuscripts, manage reviews, and monitor the status of all their scholarly activities in one place. For publishers, it provides a customizable home for their author and reviewer communities, with tools to tailor messaging, deliver resources, and build deeper engagement across the full submission lifecycle.Silver: Publishing Education — ScholarOne Community Engagement
The silver award in the Publishing Education category recognizes Silverchair's investment in the ScholarOne client community following its acquisition of ScholarOne in late 2024. Silverchair rapidly and thoughtfully extended its high-touch engagement model to ScholarOne's community of more than 9,000 journals and conferences, building a robust program of education and collaboration for publishers navigating a period of significant change. This program includes regular client webinars covering product roadmaps and industry topics, advisory groups that give publishers a direct voice in product development, and topical working groups focused on the biggest challenges facing scholarly publishing today. Silverchair also brought back in-person client events in both London and Washington, DC, bringing together teams for a full day of learning, brainstorming, and connection."These awards mean a great deal to us because they come from our own community," said Will Schweitzer, CEO of Silverchair. "Each of these wins reflects work we've done in genuine partnership with our clients, and we're very proud of what we've built together."
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