About Us
Scholarly Publishing Solutions was founded by Jennifer Deyton and Tony Alves, two senior leaders whose combined experience spans editorial operations, society publishing, product innovation, standards development, and global publishing strategy. Together, they bring complementary strengths — society-centered operational leadership and infrastructure-focused product innovation — to help publishers navigate complexity, scale sustainably, and modernize with confidence.
Jennifer Deyton
Jennifer Deyton
Jennifer Deyton is a transformational publishing leader with more than 25 years of experience helping scholarly societies and publishers grow, professionalize, and thrive in times of disruption in the industry.
She began her career at Duke University as Managing Editor of Arthritis & Rheumatism (1999–2005), developing a deep expertise in peer review management and journal operations. As her first editorship switched in 2005, she co-founded J&J Editorial as a two-woman operation, recognizing a need for independent peer review services and a need for the professionalization of journal operations roles as online peer review management systems changed the way editorial offices operated. In this time of disruption, J&J Editorial committed to assist societies and publishers in these transitions.
Under her leadership, the company grew into a multimillion-dollar publishing services firm supporting a wide portfolio of scholarly societies and journals. As industry needs grew, she helped develop services beyond peer review management offerings into broader services, including production, copyediting, system support and consulting services. Jennifer built and led high-performing teams, expanded global client relationships, strengthened governance partnerships, and scaled operational infrastructure — all while maintaining a strong commitment to editorial quality and society mission alignment.
From 2021 to 2025, Jennifer served as Group Vice President at Wiley within Wiley Partner Solutions, leading strategic partnerships and service delivery for society clients. She briefly served as Senior Director at KGL before launching Scholarly Publishing Solutions as Senior Partner with Tony Alves.
Jennifer is deeply engaged in the scholarly publishing community. She is a Founding Board Member of the International Society of Managing and Technical Editors (ISMTE), past President of the Council of Science Editors (CSE), and an active leader, speaker, and moderator within ISMTE, CSE, and the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP). She has served on Boards, as well as faculty, developing new criteria for many courses, as well as new committees. She has also participated in interviewing and hiring a new AMC. All of these experiences have contributed to a well-rounded approach to, and relationships with, societies, commercial publishers and other scholarly publishing organizations.
Jennifer brings a rare blend of entrepreneurial growth experience, operational rigor, and society-focused leadership.
Tony Alves
Tony Alves is a scholarly publishing professional with thirty-five years of experience spanning product development, software design, content acquisition, international client management, organizational leadership, and business development.
He brings an in-depth understanding of every stage of the publishing lifecycle — from editorial workflows and professional textbooks to bibliographic database design, workflow systems, educational programming, and digital innovation.
Tony most recently served as Senior Vice President at HighWire Press (2021–2025), where he was a member of the Executive Leadership Team responsible for advancing the company’s product portfolio, directing innovation strategy, and identifying new market opportunities.
Prior to that, he spent nearly two decades at Aries Systems (2001–2020), where he led product management for Editorial Manager and ProduXion Manager. He built and led a team of systems analysts, helped define Aries’ strategic direction, and played a central role in business development, RFPs, and market expansion.
Earlier in his career, Tony served as Publisher at HealthStream and SilverPlatter Education, where he launched early online CME initiatives, built interdisciplinary editorial teams, and led accreditation efforts with the ACCME. He began his publishing career at the American Heart Association’s Circulation Research and at Mosby Year Book.
Tony has a strong record of product development success, building high-performing teams, cultivating international client relationships, and creating alliances across commercial publishers, societies, and university presses. He is widely recognized for advancing cross-industry standards and interoperability efforts.
He has held leadership roles across numerous professional organizations, including NISO (Chair, MECA Standing Committee), CSE (Chair, Industry Advisory Board; Treasurer; Editorial Board Member), STM (Chair, Integrity Hub User Group; Chair, Simultaneous & Duplicate Submission Working Group), SSP, ORCID, Crossref, ISMTE, FORCE11, OA Switchboard, ALPSP, and others.
Tony brings a systems-level perspective focused on infrastructure, standards, research integrity, and innovation for the greater good of scholarly communications.