Silverchair is shuttering our organizational accounts on X & Facebook, focusing on engaging our communities via channels that better align with our community and our values. Learn more about the path to this decision in a new blog from our VP of Marketing.

At its heart, the EAA aims to guarantee equal access to high-quality content on our publishers' websites, expanding the reach & audience of that content. Make sure your content is ready for the EAA & accessible to your users by following our tips:

The Silverchair team is looking forward to connecting at APE next week! If you're attending, drop us a note to set up a meeting, and be sure to catch CEO Will Schweitzer in the session, "Scholarly Infrastructure at a Crossroads."

As we look to the future of OA, what are the emerging trends & innovations that may redefine the assessment of its value? These include new models of OA funding, collaborative platforms, & policies that could influence and improve the ROI of OA publishing.

NEWS: Silverchair and Emerald Publishing today announced a new partnership to host Emerald’s extensive publishing program on the Silverchair Platform, launching in Summer 2025. Read more:

In 2025, we look forward to bringing our transparent and customer focused product development strategies to ScholarOne’s growth, which will in turn bring even more voices and collaboration opportunities to the Silverchair client community.

Happy New Year! As we evaluate the channels through which we engage with our community, we want to know: what is your main source of updates from Silverchair? (add other sources in the comments!)

Our second most popular content item this year was the 2024 Publishing Tech Trends developed and released in collaboration with @hum_works. (Oh and psst...the new one is in production now so watch this space for the 2025 edition!)

The stakeholder ecosystem in OA publishing is complex. So how do different players assess the value of OA, & how do we align the interests of readers & tax-paying public, in addition to authors, institutions, funders, & publishers in the valuation process?

NEWS: Silverchair has announced a partnership with CSIRO Publishing to host their rich repository of 120k+ articles and extensive book collection. CSIRO Publishing is Australia's leading science publisher, with 30 peer-reviewed journals & 700 ebooks.

A containerless content strategy allows publishers to marry format with function, to improve accessibility, to diversify revenue, and to develop a content strategy that supports organizational goals to expand reach. Learn more on our blog:

By creating efficiencies in our processes, we empower our teams to navigate this Zone of Dramatic Complexity with confidence, ensuring that the Silverchair Platform remains resilient & adaptive in an ever-evolving landscape. Read more:

With Silverchair's acquisition of ScholarOne, we now serve more than 600 publishers and associations. We’re excited to grow our community and learn from many more collaborations within our industry. Find FAQs and more on our website:

New data added to the Sensus Impact dashboards! We've partnered with DataSeer to highlight open science metrics for funded research. Explore the dashboards, and read more:

For our final Platform Strategies panel—"The Trough of AI Disillusionment: What have we learned?"—we were joined by experts from various sectors of scholarly publishing to share their experiences, challenges, & insights in implementing AI technologies.

⏳ TWO DAYS until the deadline for adding your voice to the 2025 Publishing Technology Report from Silverchair & @hum_works. Join other industry thought leaders in sharing your predictions of the trends and technologies that will shape the year ahead.

"Who Invests in Innovation?" asked Will Schweitzer, Sarah Tegen, Sven Fund, & Sourav Dutta. Their conversation shed light on the industry's challenges & opportunities & the criteria they use to evaluate potential investments. Read the recap on our blog:

With the acquisition of ScholarOne, Silverchair will harness the potential of these complementary technologies and workflows to accelerate innovation in scholarly publishing, particularly with AI and in research integrity. Learn more:

'What's your strategy if there is no platform?' This provocative question anchored a panel discussion that challenges traditional publishing infrastructure assumptions. Read the recap of this session on our blog:

Since containerless content is stored independently of its presentation, it can be used on different platforms without restructuring. This allows for seamless integration across platforms, improves reusability, & enables omni-format publishing. READ MORE: