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A living library of global guidance, statements, and tools to help shape ethical, human-centric AI in research publishing.
Rights Reservation
Recommendations on current mechanisms to reserve rights: Robots.txt, TDMRep, ISCC — and resources to help get you moving.
Copyright & Licensing
Protecting publisher rights in the AI era: STM’s position on copyright, licensing, and responsible content use.
Researcher Perspectives
What researchers think about the use of AI in research: an ongoing curation of articles that capture researchers’ views on AI’s role in the research process.
AI in Science
How AI strengthens discovery, supports researchers, and reinforces the integrity of the scholarly record.
Where Are We Headed?
AI presents opportunities, threats and no shortage of questions. Explore STM Trends — our annual futurecast — and share any questions you may have with us.
Recommendations for a Classification of AI Use in Academic Manuscript Preparation
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Helpful follows & newsletters
Pascal’s Substack | Pascal Hetzscholdt | Substack
Content Licensing Brief (Creative Licensing International)
Rights Tech Extra (Paul Sweeting)
Outside Context (George Walkley)
Charting AI (Graham Lovelace)
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— to help shape ethical, human-centric AI in research publishing —organised by country and region.
What’s on at STM?
Task & Finish Groups
- Classifying AI Use in Manuscript Preparation | Best Practices Report
- Responsible Use of Research Content in Large Language Models (LLMs)
Events
- STM Innovation & Integrity Days | Dec 2025
- STM’s Ethical & Practical Guidelines for the Use of Generative AI in the Publication Process |Recorded March 2024
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STM publishes inclusive meetings guidelines for event chairs and session organisers
STM has published its Event Chair and Session Organiser Guidelines, a practical framework to help those planning and chairing STM events build more inclusive, accessible, and representative programmes from the outset. Developed by STM’s D&I Task & Finish Group, the guidelines cover the full arc of event planning — from assembling diverse planning committees and…
STM thanks Ralph Youngen on his retirement
Ralph Youngen, who spent 27 years at the American Chemical Society, retired last month. STM would like to take this opportunity to thank Ralph for his exceptional contributions to the scholarly publishing community—and to STeC in particular. Ralph has been a steady, vital force in scholarly infrastructure. As co-founder and chair of GetFTR, and as STeC chair, he brought the same qualities to…
China–Australia Academic Publishing Exchange Seminar 19-23 Apr 2026
Last month, the Australian Publishers Association co-hosted the Australia–China Scholarly & Journals Publishing Roundtable in Melbourne, in partnership with the Society of China University Journals (CUJS) and supported by STM. The roundtable brought together colleagues from across Australia and China’s scholarly publishing sectors for a productive morning of discussion on research integrity, translation, the implications…
STM/NISTEP Lecture Series: “Behind the Scenes in Research Integrity” — 19 May, 16:00 JST
The latest in the STM/NISTEP Lecture Series brings together three senior publishing professionals to discuss how publishing workflows safeguard research integrity — covering peer review management, editorial decision-making, plagiarism and data checks, author identification, and compliance with ethical and funder requirements. Speakers: Mike Streeter (Wiley), Angela Hunter (ACS), and Mike Nobel (Wolters Kluwer Health). Moderated…