JOINAccess
Practical guidance on communicating open access options clearly, expanding participation through global initiatives and tracking impact to ensure programmes meet community needs.
Open Communications
Guidance on transparent OA policy and pricing, consistent progress reporting using shared metrics and the tools that help authors make informed decisions about how they publish.
Open Methods
Recommendations for supporting transparent, reproducible research — covering persistent identifiers, open code and datasets, discipline-standard reporting guidelines and public involvement in peer review.
Open Data
Guidance on endorsing FAIR and CARE data principles, establishing clear data policies, and encouraging responsible data sharing — so research data is as open, traceable and reusable as the research itself.
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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…
EU Commission publishes feasibility study on TDM right reservation registry
The EU Commission has published a feasibility study looking into the possibility of setting up a registry for text and data mining (TDM). The proposed registry would facilitate the expression by rightsholders of right reservation on their content for TDM purposes (which preserves licensing routes) and, at the same time, make it easier for AI companies to…
India and EU start talks for association to Horizon Europe
Official negotiations have started for India to join the EU’s Horizon Europe research programme from 2027. They would follow a number of other non-neighbouring countries which have negotiated their association, including Canada, Japan, New Zealand and Australia, and the Republic of Korea.
Public Access, Copyright, and Publications Reporting Federally Funded Research
When the government funds research, it also has a fundamental interest in seeing it published; ensuring that research arising from federal funding is disseminated as widely as possible, with appropriate quality and integrity. It has long recognised this interest by encouraging researchers to publish in peer‑reviewed journals. At the same time, longstanding policy and legal…