Silverchair to acquire ScholarOne from Clarivate

Silverchair has announced an agreement with Clarivate to acquire ScholarOne Manuscripts and ScholarOne Conferences. Silverchair says this combined offering will set it apart in the industry as an independent and client-led technology partner to scholarly publishers, enabling it to be “uniquely capable of helping publishers solve their greatest content and technology challenges”.

“For more than 30 years, Silverchair has served the needs of publishers as an independent and unconflicted technology partner,” said Silverchair CEO Will Schweitzer. “We believe that innovation and technology can help fulfill the promise of scholarship, and we will make substantial investments in ScholarOne to meet the needs of the research community. This acquisition was part of Founder Thane Kerner’s long-term vision for Silverchair, and I’m pleased to bring it to fruition with the strong support of Thompson Street Capital Partners.”

Emmanuel Thiveaud, Senior Vice President, Research & Analytics, Academia & Government, at Clarivate said: “We are confident that Silverchair is a great home for ScholarOne with a compelling strategic fit, and we are delighted that the team at Silverchair recognizes the significance of what we have built at ScholarOne. ScholarOne’s next chapter as part of Silverchair will bring together world-class talent and capabilities with a shared commitment to helping the scholarly publishing community thrive.”

Following significant investment by Thompson Street Capital Partners in 2022, Silverchair has grown by making substantial investments in the Silverchair Platform, adding new partners and products (like Sensus Impact), and launching the Silverchair AI Lab. The ScholarOne (Manuscripts & Conferences) submission systems are essential platforms used by more than 9,000 scholarly journals and conferences to review millions of manuscripts and conference abstracts each year.