Transforming ScholarOne: The Evolution of Publishing Workflows

Although every year in the scholarly publishing ecosystem is a balancing act of innovation, optimization, and value creation, 2025 is shaping up to be particularly challenging as the pace and scale of change is accelerating more than we’ve ever seen before. There is increasing pressure to provide value to and to meet the incredibly diverse needs of the global research community while maintaining financial health for our own organizations, living our values, and continuing to protect the scholarly record. With AI, open access, integrity, and mistrust frequently dominating the conversation, we are in the midst of an unprecedented shift in both our industry and society as a whole. As always, the SSP community continues to focus on bringing together academics, funders, librarians, publishers, service providers, technologists, researchers and countless others with a communal interest and stake in disseminating scholarly information. We look to the 47th Annual Meeting as an opportunity to continue this tradition and welcome all colleagues and community stakeholders.

Emilie Delquié serves on the Executive Team at Silverchair as Senior Vice President, Product and Customer Success. Prior to that, she was the Director, Rightsholder Relations and Global Alliances for Copyright Clearance Center, where she was involved with hundreds of publishers and societies worldwide. In total, Emilie has 20+ years of experience in the publishing industry, serving in a variety of account management, business development and marketing positions in scholarly communication including PCG/Ingenta and the UMass Boston Library. She is pursuing an Executive MBA and serving her 3rd term on the SSP Board, where she is currently Treasurer.

Josh is a seasoned product leader with over 20 years of experience driving innovation, strategy, and execution in the scholarly publishing and academic research sectors. As Senior Vice President and General Manager for ScholarOne at Silverchair, Josh oversees the development of transformative publishing platforms that enhance scholarly communication and research workflows. Previously, he served as Senior Director of Product Management at Clarivate, where he led product strategy and operations for global publishing solutions. Josh’s expertise spans product leadership, strategic planning, and execution, with a focus on delivering next-generation tools for publishers, editors, and researchers. Josh is deeply committed to advancing the impact of scholarship through cutting-edge technology and strategic vision.

Josh Dahl leads product strategy at Clarivate with a focus on scholarly publishing and conference-related solutions. Josh works closely with publishers, societies, and the broader research community to improve how research is submitted, reviewed, and disseminated.