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In response to a Nature News request for comment on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)’s  proposed revisions to U.S. federal funding regulations affecting publication and dissemination of federally funded research, STM CEO Caroline Sutton said: “We remain baffled by the idea that publishing research could be seen as anything other than central to…

How do we strengthen trust in the scholarly record at a time of rapid technological change and increasing pressures on researchers? In an interview with Research Professional News, STM CEO Caroline Sutton discusses the need for a more constructive culture around research retractions. She urges for clearer distinctions between honest mistakes and “manipulative” behaviour. She…

In March, NIH released a ‘Framework for the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2027-2031 (FY27-FY31)’, outlining three priority areas for NIH to ‘advance its mission to support research in pursuit of fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems, and the application of that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce illness and…

Directory of Open Access Journals and Society of China University Journals have announced a new partnership aimed at increasing the visibility and discoverability of high-quality Chinese open access journals both within China and internationally. The two organisations will continue collaborating on the DOAJ China Day events previously held in 2023 and 2025. DOAJ now indexes over 550 Chinese journals.

STM participates in a working group that the EU COM runs on AI in science, which last month published the third version of ‘Living guidelines on the responsible use of generative AI in research’.  Further thematic working groups have now been set up to consider updates on the use of AI in evaluation of proposals,…

WIPO, the UN agency for intellectual property, brings governments and stakeholders together through its Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) to discuss international copyright policy. At the latest SCCR meeting in Geneva, discussions continued on copyright limitations and exceptions. Topics agreed for follow ups at the next meeting include limitations and exceptions for preservation, education,…

FY2027 appropriations activity is now underway, and early signals from Congress suggest a more moderate approach to science funding than the Administration’s proposal. While lawmakers have rejected the steepest proposed cuts, the House has still put forward meaningful reductions of its own, while the Senate is likely to propose either smaller cuts or even increases. At…

Following the announcement that the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China (ISTIC) would build up a World Science Citation Database, On 30 April, ISTIC sent a ‘Notice on Soliciting Opinions’ (draft for comments) on this new evaluation system. Many STM members submitted feedback to ISTIC by the deadline of 10 May.

A new GAO report examining the impact of the Nelson memo on federal spending on scholarly publishing underscores both the essential role of publishers and increasing policymaker attention to publication costs and transparency. STM and many of our members were interviewed in 2024 and 2025 for the report. The report recognises that publishers provide critical functions — including peer review, quality…

An international coalition of rightsholders sent letters to relevant policy-makers in Thailand and South Korea to counter the TDM exceptions proposed in these countries. STM will participate in an EU-Korea roundtable on copyright on 16 June to reiterate the same points and address the industry’s perspective on right reservation and AI licensing.