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Nominations for STM Board seats are now open!
Through 3 August, employees of STM member organisations can nominate themselves or another employee of an STM member organisation. We seek board candidates from member organisations of all sizes — individuals who will contribute diverse viewpoints and share our common goals of advancing trusted science and ushering in a more equitable, inclusive realm of research….
NASA releases revised public access plan, solicits comments
The second agency-wide public access plan for implementing the August 2022 OSTP memo on public access was released on 18 May by NASA, following the release in February of NIH’s plan. NASA has asked for public comment on their plan by 17 August. Questions in the NASA RFI are similar to the NIH RFI, with…
New Draft EU Council Conclusions ratified — STM responds
Today, the Council Conclusions on high-quality, transparent, open, trustworthy, and equitable scholarly publishing were adopted by EU Ministers at the COMPET Council. STM calls on the European Commission and EU Member States to consult with scholarly publishers of all sizes, disciplines and models and seek a constructive collaboration that will allow the publishing industry to…
Perspectives on Data sharing in the Humanities: Don Shelton
Don Shelton is an independent researcher in the humanities, based in New Zealand. While his research has been published in traditional formats including academic journals, his main focus is on publishing extensive blogposts, annotations, field notes and images on his research-focused website. His reasons for doing so align with the commonly cited benefits of research…
New STM Committee Chairs & Board Sponsors
As we transition to delivering on our new STM strategy, we are pleased to announce the following Committee Chairs and Board Sponsors: Open Research, Vicky Gardner, Taylor & Francis; with board sponsor Steven Inchcoombe, SpringerNature. Research Integrity, Chris Graf, SpringerNature; with board sponsor Liz Fergusen, Wiley. Social Responsibility, Rachel Martin, Elsevier; with board sponsor Vikram…
STM Solutions releases MVP of new paper mill detection tool
Today, STM Solutions, the operational arm of STM, announced the release of the MVP (minimal viable product) of a paper mill detection tool as part of the STM Integrity Hub. It is a stand-alone web application where submitted journal manuscripts can be uploaded and checked for a variety of signals indicative of paper mills. At…
The next step for the STM Integrity Hub
Today marks the launch of the first iteration of the STM Integrity hub’s papermill detection tool, one of a number of initiatives that publishers are developing to ensure the integrity of the publication record. Read the full article at Springer Nature.
Detection tool developed to fight flood of fake academic papers
Read the full article at Financial Times,
New white paper to report on current and potential future ecosystem of scholarly communications infrastructure
STM Solutions has provided sponsorship to enable Ithaka S+R, a not-for-profit higher education research and consulting organization, to research and produce a white paper that examines the shared and essential scholarly communications infrastructure. Work on the paper is to begin immediately. A draft will be made available for public comment prior to the final publication…
STM Solutions in search of a Product Manager of ‘Access & Identity Solutions’
Update: This position has been filled. ___ STM Solutions is looking for an experienced Product Manager to lead the development and implementation of cross-industry solutions that improve the access experience for researchers and that support new modalities for how scholarly content can be discovered and delivered. The Product Manager will lead the further development of…