Unlocking Culinary Secrets: What SSP Chefs Reveal for 2026’s Game-Changing Annual Meeting
Roy Kaufman
While it is no doubt contrary to the original intent, many of us correctly assumed that gold and green OA mandates would drive consolidation in scholarly publishing, as existing business models for smaller and society publishers were uprooted.
What I hadn’t realized before SSP is the degree to which the growth of Chinese research and publishing would further the consolidation trend. Working as closely as we do with the American Chemical Society, I knew that it was extremely successful with Chinese authors/partnerships. What I did not understand was the scale of ACS’s efforts to achieve this result. Teo Pulvirenti’s presentation Friday morning was eye-opening as he detailed the many, many trips, programs, and meetings ACS runs in China. I cannot imagine more than a handful of publishers — whether commercial or society — who could, if they wanted, sustain such an intense focus. As Chinese researchers become ever more important contributors to journals, publishers will need reach and scale and above all else, long-term commitment. However, as we also learned during the session, there is a major push to encourage Chinese authors to publish in Chinese journals, rendering any investment risky. Risk will cause flight to safety, which means consolidation and gains for the largest publishers.
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