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Global Open Access
Over the last 10 years gold OA has become the dominant type of open access increasing the volume of research available globally.
The opportunity to publish gold OA
In 2024, 80% of global articles, reviews and conference papers either were or could have been published as gold OA articles.
Scholarly discipline by access type
STM and SSH disciplines track closely in access to publishing OA
Available books via Research4Life
Record access to just under 239,000 books supports all disciplines across low- and middle-income countries.
Available journals via Research4Life
Critical research access to more than 56,000 journals increases participation for low- and middle-income country researchers
Access for low & middle income institutions
Almost 12,000 institutions have access to Research4Life with, on average, another 518 institutions added each year.
OA growth in Research4Life eligible countries
Research output in Research4Life countries is growing with greater opportunity to publish open access actively supported by waivers and discounts
Data availability statements
Encouraged or mandated by 81% of surveyed journals, data availability statements help ensure research data can be discovered, assessed, and reused more equitably.
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STM joins international media organisations calling for copyright protections to be maintained in Australian AI policy
STM is one of 63 international media organisations from across publishing, media, music, photography and the wider creative industries that has signed a joint letter to the Australian Government expressing concern about reported proposals that could weaken copyright protections in the context of artificial intelligence. The coalition letter, coordinated by the News/Media Alliance, urges senior…
STM Frankfurt Conference 2026 – a more optimistic outlook for scholarly communication through cooperation and trust
The STM Frankfurt Conference took place this week, bringing together over 300 delegates from across the scholarly communications ecosystem to consider a rapidly changing system, where trust in research can no longer be assumed, AI agents are becoming key consumers of scholarly content, and publishers face growing pressure from rising submission volumes, geopolitical uncertainty, and…
STM and Ithaka S+R launch research project on the interface between scholarly content and AI
“The Endpoint Question” will examine how scholarly content should meet AI agents at the point of access As AI-powered research assistants and agentic systems become an increasingly important route to scholarly content, STM and Ithaka S+R today announced a new independent study, and invite publishers’ technical teams, platform providers, AI developers and open repositories to…
STM publishes recommendations to improve medical and health science data sharing policies
STM has published new voluntary recommendations as a practical aid to help publishers and journals improve the clarity of data sharing information for medical and health science researchers — a field where participant privacy, regulatory requirements, and ethical obligations make generic policy language especially difficult to apply. STM Medical Data Sharing Guidance was developed by…