The destination hasn't changed, and over the next few months we’re building the tools we need to move decisively towards it. From better analytics to AI tools built with publishers, to modernized workflows that respect the complexity of the peer review process, we’re delivering value across the research lifecycle.
Over the next few months, our product roadmaps will prioritize improving the tools publishers use every day, transforming interfaces that need to work harder for your authors and editors, and running the discovery work that shapes ongoing investments.
Here’s what lies ahead:
Silverchair Platform
Some of the most significant platform work is about the future: we’re deep in the weeds of the discovery work that shapes what we build for the rest of the year. We're running deep research into end-user behavior and AI analytics to generate the intelligence that informs our ongoing roadmap decisions. We're asking the right questions now, so we build the right things later.That research sits alongside work already underway to transform how content gets found in an AI world. Dynamic Discovery brings semantic search on-platform. The Discovery Bridge creates authenticated pathways into publisher content via MCP integration, so that as AI tools become a primary way researchers navigate knowledge, Silverchair-hosted content remains visible and properly attributed. The discovery space is transformative, and we’re bringing the flexible foundations our publishers need to prepare for uncertain futures.
On the delivery side, we're making it easier for publisher teams to search within tools, find what they need quickly, and trust that what they configure appears accurately in production. This functionality sits alongside our proactive accessibility work. The DOJ recently extended its ADA Title II deadline, but a later deadline isn't a reason to slow down. Publishers who get ahead of this now will be better positioned in procurement conversations and reader experience regardless of where the regulatory timeline lands.
ScholarOne Manuscripts
The long arc of ScholarOne Manuscripts development is a modernized experience for every stakeholder in the workflow. The next few months move that forward on several fronts simultaneously.The first dashboard of Editor Gateway is in beta, with publishers testing the initial functionality to help us determine what gets built next, and how. This is the more open, configurable editorial interface editors have been asking for, and early feedback will shape what comes next, including whether a reviewer recommender feature joins the testing cycle. Alongside it, the Editor AI Console is coming, bringing AI-assisted decision support directly into the editorial workflow.
The first cut of a redesigned page for finding reviewers goes into beta this summer. Finding the right reviewers is one of the most time-consuming parts of editorial work, and this new interface is a meaningful step toward making that faster. Author Gateway continues to expand in parallel, with more functionality and more submission workflows moved into the new interface, making the author experience more coherent with each release.
On the research integrity side, new workflows to pause standard workflows for flagged submissions are in progress to help editors manage the influx of new submissions.
ScholarOne Conferences
Two threads define the next few months for ScholarOne Conferences: new AI capabilities in active beta, and infrastructure work that sets the stage for a stronger second half of the year.An AI-assisted session creation tool is currently in beta testing, with naming and feature details being refined based on early feedback. A second AI capability is also in beta. We'll share more on both as they move toward release. On the infrastructure side, a significant update to the session center is in progress, targeting later this year and improving the core experience editors and organizers rely on.
Every step we take this quarter is a step toward the same destination: a publishing infrastructure that's faster, smarter, and built for where scholarly communication is headed.
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