Strategic Partnerships

Advancing trusted research requires a united, interdisciplinary effort across the scholarly communications ecosystem. By working collaboratively, we can seize upstream opportunities to promote and sustain research integrity. At STM, we partner with organizations to creatively share knowledge, ideas and resources for meaningful impact. Meet a few of our partners below.

SNSI

The Scholarly Networks Security Initiative (SNSI) exists to combat the threat of cybercrime in scholarly communications. By convening publishers, institutions and technologists, SNSI works to solve cyber-challenges that threaten the integrity of the scientific record, scholarly systems and the safety of personal data.

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Research4Life

Research4Life provides institutions in lower income countries with online access to academic and professional peer-reviewed content. We aim to improve teaching, research and policy-making in health, agriculture, the environment and other life, physical and social sciences.

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Do you share our mission?

We’re always interested in hearing from like-minded organisations looking to advance trusted research in creative, impactful ways.

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