Web of Science Research Intelligence transforms AI from a search tool into a trusted decision-making layer for research workflows, marking a shift from bibliometrics to institutional intelligence and raising the stakes for Elsevier, Digital Science, and the broader analytics market.

Read more on the Outsell Platform: Clarivate: Owning the AI Layer of Institutional Research

Author: Kate Worlock

Date: June 01, 2026

AI in the standards publishing market emerges as a change in operating model rather than a feature contest: on that measure, the market is neither mature nor stalled but uneven and transitional.

Read more on the Outsell Platform: The Fight for Value in Standards: Publishers’ AI Transition

Author: Tatiana Khayrullina

Date: May 28, 2026

Higher education is moving beyond the first wave of GenAI experimentation and into an operational phase focused on outcomes, governance, and workflow integration. McGraw Hill’s recent product launches and commentary reveal how education companies are repositioning themselves for that shift.

Read more on the Outsell Platform: McGraw Hill’s AI Strategy Signals the Next Phase of Higher Education

Author: Kate Worlock

Date: May 27, 2026

Peer review is under strain from rising submissions, use of AI, reviewer shortages and integrity issues. Publishers are responding with automation, screening and new models. This report examines the pressures shaping peer review, and the changes needed to keep it scalable, credible and sustainable.

Read more on the Outsell Platform: The Future of Peer Review: Current Best Practice and Future Scenarios

Author: Kate Worlock

Date: May 20, 2026

Foundation model providers will not stay horizontal. Anthropic’s launch of Claude for Legal on confirms it: twelve practice-area plugins, more than twenty MCP connectors into the incumbent legal stack, and direct deployment into the daily workflow of every law firm and in-house team.

Read more on the Outsell Platform: Anthropic Goes Vertical with Claude for Legal

Author: Hugh Logue

Date: May 19, 2026

Apollo’s acquisition and merger of Emerald Holding and Questex struck a nerve at the center of the B2B events market and changes the North American power structure. The deal also raises questions about the long-term viability of event models as the business driver for the B2B sector.

Read more on the Outsell Platform: Apollo Wins a Lap; It Takes More to Win the Race

Author: Rob Keenan

Date: May 18, 2026

Requirements management and BOM-to-procurement are seeing their biggest shake-up in decades as AI-native, often agentic, startups compress or remove workflow stages that incumbent engineering software has barely modernized since the 1990s.

Read more on the Outsell Platform: AI Native Value Creation in Requirements and BOM Management

Author: Tatiana Khayrullina

Date: May 07, 2026

How did your performance compare against your peers ? The Outsell and M3 Learning’s quarterly Sales Benchmark provides the data and insights to measure and improve sales performance.

Read more on the Outsell Platform: Outsell & M3 Learning’s Q1-Q2 2026 Sales Benchmark Results

Author: Michael Dziekan

Date: May 05, 2026

2025 Engineering & Design Solutions spend reached about $93B globally, up 9% year over year. We expect 10–11% growth to continue, fuelled by rising demand for workflow platforms, greater workflow automation, and more value from integrated engineering tools.

Read more on the Outsell Platform: Engineering & Design: 2026 Ecosystem View

Author: Tatiana Khayrullina

Date: April 30, 2026

The global Legal & Regulatory Solutions market reached $36.2B in 2025, up 10%, and accelerating. Workflow Software now exceeds half of total revenue. Clio’s $1B acquisition of vLex set the M&A benchmark. Proprietary data is the enduring moat as the Verification Tax constrains enterprise AI adoption.

Read more on the Outsell Platform: Legal & Regulatory: 2026 Ecosystem View

Author: Hugh Logue

Date: April 28, 2026

Gen Zers and millennials have entered today’s modern workforce and they are poised to disrupt the B2B events model. Outsell’s survey examines Gen Z and millennial views about events and how B2B event operators must shift format, technology, and engagement strategies to meet their needs.

Read more on the Outsell Platform: Inside the Gen Z/Millennial Mind: How Events Must Adapt

Author: Rob Keenan

Date: April 22, 2026

UpCodes’ Specifications launch marks an important turn in AEC: building codes are shifting from static reference on the periphery of projects to an AI‑mediated layer inside the specifications and project management tools.

Read more on the Outsell Platform: UpCodes Specifications: Testing the Boundaries of Public-View Codes

Author: Tatiana Khayrullina

Date: April 13, 2026

The scholarly research market hit $27.5B in 2025, growing 3%. Growth is driven by AI, rising research output, and efficiency needs, with strong gains in OA, analytics, and authoring tools. Budget constraints limit growth, pushing vendors toward integrated, AI-driven, trust-focused solutions.

Read more on the Outsell Platform: Scholarly Research: 2026 Ecosystem View

Author: Kate Worlock

Date: April 08, 2026

The GenAI revolution is not only disrupting media companies; it is also impacting their customers’ ability to maintain brand visibility. To help, Informa TechTarget launched two AI solutions that help suppliers navigate GenAI while showing B2B media how to use AI to generate custom content revenue.

Read more on the Outsell Platform: Informa TechTarget AI Tools Lay the Foundation for Custom Content Evolution in B2B Media

Author: Rob Keenan

Date: April 01, 2026

The shift from human-facing products to agent-facing infrastructure represents the most significant distribution change in the information industry since the move from print to digital, and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) sits at its foundation.

Read more on the Outsell Platform: Operating Practice: Model Context Protocols

Author: Hugh Logue

Date: March 25, 2026

New infrastructure is emerging that enables AI companies to automatically identify, license, and pay for content before use. Three competing standards are battling for dominance, but the window to shape the new automated content licensing standards is closing.

Read more on the Outsell Platform: New Infrastructure For AI Content Licensing

Author: Hugh Logue

Date: March 12, 2026

In 2026 alone, governments worldwide are enforcing new mandates on e-invoicing, AI governance, online safety, sustainability, and cybersecurity. When governments rewrite the rules at this pace, information companies have the opportunity to create solutions that everyone will need.

Read more on the Outsell Platform: E-Invoicing Shows How Regulation Is Creating New Revenue Opportunities

Author: Hugh Logue

Date: March 11, 2026

The partnership between Wiley & OpenEvidence signals a competitive inflection point not only in healthcare, but across the information services industry. It goes beyond a licensing agreement and demonstrates that controlling trusted content now defines the competitive moat in AI-driven workflows.

Read more on the Outsell Platform: Wiley–OpenEvidence: A Turning Point for AI-Driven Information Markets

Author: Nick Scheponik

Date: March 09, 2026

Clarivate’s decision to divest its Life Sciences & Healthcare (LS&H) business signals more than a portfolio trim; it highlights how information services providers are recalibrating for an AI-first, capital-disciplined market.

Read more on the Outsell Platform: Portfolio Shake-Up: What Clarivate’s Divestiture Means for Data-Driven Businesses

Author: Nick Scheponik

Date: March 05, 2026

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Read more on the Outsell Platform: Reflections on 60 FutureScape Interviews and the Amazing Career of David Worlock

Author: Outsell Analysis

Date: March 04, 2026