AI & Trusted Research 

How AI shapes — and is shaped by — the academic record

As AI becomes more embedded in research and publishing, ensuring the integrity of the academic record is essential — not just to protect scholarly trust, but to help build responsible, trustworthy AI.

Understanding AI’s impact on science and the academic record — the bedrock of progress and innovation.

From drug development to green technologies, scientific progress relies on a trustworthy academic record.

Today, that record faces new and fast-moving challenges — from AI-generated misinformation to large-scale manipulation. At the same time, AI offers powerful tools to enhance discovery, streamline publishing workflows, and accelerate innovation.

This moment demands thoughtful collaboration across sectors to harness AI’s benefits while advancing trusted research. 

AI and trusted research: tools, insights, and guidance

Scholarly publishers and partners are already taking action—developing safeguards, exploring frameworks, and sharing best practices.

This portal offers curated briefings, expert commentary, researcher perspectives, and policy resources to help you navigate the evolving intersection of AI and academic publishing.

Check back often—this dynamic resource is regularly updated to help us advance trusted research, together.

Resources and Statements

A living library of global guidance, statements, and tools to help shape ethical, human-centric AI in research publishing.

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Rights Reservation

Recommendations on current mechanisms to reserve rights: Robots.txt, TDMRep, ISCC — and resources to help get you moving.

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Copyright & Licensing

Protecting publisher rights in the AI era: STM’s position on copyright, licensing, and responsible content use.

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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.

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AI in Science

How AI strengthens discovery, supports researchers, and reinforces the integrity of the scholarly record.

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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.

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FEATURE

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)

Explore our Resources & Statements

A curated, living library of

  • global guidance
  • statements
  • tools

— to help shape ethical, human-centric AI in research publishing —organised by country and region.

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Two calls open for STM’s Innovation & Integrity Days 2026

STM has opened two calls for contributions to Innovation & Integrity Days 2026, taking place on 8–9 December at BMA House, London. The two-day event explores the breakthroughs transforming scholarly communication, and looks closely at the latest trends, approaches and innovations in research integrity. It brings together publishers, innovators, researchers, sleuths, funders and allied organisations….

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STM joins News/Media Alliance and AAP in Amicus Brief on Mosaic AI Training

STM has joined the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and News/Media Alliance in filing an Amicus Brief in In Re Mosaic LLM Litigation, concerning the alleged unauthorised use of copyrighted books in AI training. The brief was filed on 27 August 2026 in opposition to the defendants’ motion for summary judgment. The brief argues that using…

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STM prepares comments for AI and copyright consultations in the Asia-Pacific region

Following other governments, the National Copyright Administration in China and the Intellectual Copyright Office in Malaysia have opened consultations on the topics of AI and copyright. China’s draft regulations avoid proposing any new exception, and STM’s response supports this choice. The Malaysian government is more open to the idea, although a concrete proposal hasn’t been…

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