Six years at ResearchGate.

Hundreds of meetings with library directors.

Same problem. Every time.

Researcher submits a paper.

Wrong format. Rejected.

Tries again. Wrong journal. Rejected.

Tries again. Finally accepted.

Invoice arrives. €4,000. Nobody approved it.

Libraries pay millions.

They can't track what they're paying for.

Researchers waste months.

Nobody builds tools for institutions.

Because publishers control the infrastructure.

August 2025.

I stopped waiting for publishers to fix it.

I built it myself.

Publishing Gateway.

Pre-submission checks.

Journal matching.

APC approval workflows.

One platform. Your control.

Philipp Hess

Founder & CEO

Former Head of Publisher Relations, ResearchGate