The Peer-to-Processor Review

Silverchair has launched two major upgrades to ScholarOne Manuscripts, the industry's dominant manuscript management platform: new Editor dashboards via ScholarOne Gateway and a dedicated ScholarOne Editor AI Console.

University of Virginia has signed on to deploy Elsevier's LeapSpace AI research workspace for its research community, expanding the platform's institutional footprint.

Springer Nature's large-scale survey (10,400+ researchers globally) on AI adoption in research workflows finds significant career-stage divergence — early-career researchers are integrating AI far more deeply than established academics.

Digital Science's Dimensions platform now offers AI-powered research strategy analysis on demand — a significant shift from a bibliometric database to an AI reasoning engine for institutional research leadership.

Official press release accompanying the LeapSpace expansion (see also June 25 KnowledgeSpeak item).

Knowledgespeak editorial examines how rising submission volumes and thinning reviewer pools are forcing journals

Retraction Watch weekend reads features the story of 'hidden prompts at a conference snaring AI peer reviews'—a

Integra and Silverchair partner to integrate AI-powered manuscript screening into ScholarOne.

Elsevier expands LeapSpace with agentic AI capabilities including Writing Coach, Claim Radar, and Compare

A call to action for the scholarly publishing community to formally recognize AI's growing role in peer review and develop clear, consistent policy frameworks.

A Knowledgespeak editorial argues that scholarly content is migrating beyond traditional access models — reading, reference, citation, course adoption — into AI-powered practice environments where content is embedded directly into professional workflows.

MDPI has fully deployed its proprietary AI ethics screening system, 'Ethicality,' across all manuscript submissions — a significant operational milestone.