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The US National Science Foundation is accepting comments through 10 February on their draft Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG). As reported in December, the NSF outlined draft grant policies and procedures for 2026, including regulations to implement NSF’s Public Access Policy 2.0. The draft PAPPG includes a new requirement that grantees publish their results, provisions regarding…

As previously reported, when NIH issued its final public access policy, it also issued a new draft Plan on Metadata and Persistent Identifiers (PIDs), with the goal to ‘enable researchers, clinicians, students and the public to rapidly locate, contextualise and analyse the results of NIH-supported research’. Such plans were requested from each agency as the second…

The first days and weeks of the Trump administration brought an onslaught of developments that affect the research community and scholarly endeavours, including executive orders (EOs) on regulations and diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as memos regarding public statements (including publication) by health officials and others. These have the potential to impact researchers, funding opportunities and regulations quite…

Our Most-Read, Most-Watched, and Most Influential Work of 2024 A lot happened last year, and STM’s members continually rose to the moment, working together to address critical issues in research integrity, collaboration, and openness. From tools and reports to videos and resources, we created impactful solutions to advance trusted research. Curious about what resonated most?…

STM is pleased to announce three strategic leadership promotions that took effect on 1 January 2025, strengthening the organisation’s senior management team and expanding its commitment to equity, innovation, and trusted research in scholarly communications. Leila Jones promoted to Chief Operating Officer (COO) In this position, Leila provides operational leadership and cross-functional coordination across STM….

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We’re excited to share a new tool we’re developing — the SDG Classifier Demonstrator, designed to support social responsibility by helping you align content with the SDGs. It’s a consistent, transparent framework for categorising content based on SDG targets, making it more discoverable and impactful. The SDG Classifier uses a pre-configured algorithm to evaluate content against specific…

It is with great sadness that, just before Christmas, we learned of the death of Lex Lefebvre at the age of 78. Lex was, for a long time, leader of the International STM Association and of the IPRO organization. Trained as a bookseller and publisher in France and Austria, Lex joined STM in 1992 after…

What a year it’s been! 2024 saw STM members and chapters across the globe working together to drive our new strategic priorities forward, fueling innovation and advancing trusted research. This brief STM Rewind captures just a few highlights from 2024—a quick look at the meaningful impacts, achievements, and progress we’ve collectively accomplished. Thank you to…

Research paper mills — covert organizations that produce fraudulent manuscripts for profit — pose a significant threat to science and scholarship. These unethical entities scale their operations using AI, sell authorship positions, and manipulate peer review, eroding trust in research and slowing progress in critical areas such as innovation, healthcare, and policy.  United2Act — a…