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New report: Phase II of China’s Excellence Action Plan for STM Journals

STM consultants Shuai Yan, Mark Robertson, and Eric Na have published a detailed report on Phase II of China’s Excellence Action Plan — the largest national initiative in Chinese scholarly publishing, now supporting 13 journal cluster pilot projects with 45 million RMB in annual funding. Phase II has a clear ambition: a publishing ecosystem built...
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EU COM group on generative AI use in science

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,…

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STM APAC & PubTech Conferences: AI, trust, and collaboration

STM were co-hosts of the PubTech and STM APAC Conferences last month in Beijing. The two events attracted more than 300 delegates from across 13 countries and regions, recognising the increasingly important role the Asia Pacific region plays in shaping the future of global scholarly communication. The 4th PubTech Conference, hosted by CNPIEC in partnership with…

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EU COM group on generative AI use in science

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,…

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Book, news, and journal publishers join with authors in amicus brief in support of music publishers in Concord v. Anthropic

On March 30, 2026, the Association of American Publishers (AAP), News/Media Alliance (N/MA), International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM), and Authors Guild (AG) filed an amicus brief supporting the plaintiffs in Concord Music Group v. Anthropic. This case was brought in October 2023 by several music publishers alleging that Anthropic unlawfully used…

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STM publishes new discussion document on responsible use of research content in generative AI

STM has published “Toward Responsible Use of Research Content in Generative AI,” a discussion document putting forward considerations for the responsible use of research content in generative AI tools, and inviting the broader research and GenAI development community to engage. The document focuses on what makes research content and research communication distinct from other types…

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STM supports transparency in AI training

STM has expressed support for Congressional efforts to legislate on AI transparency, with several bills proposed to require AI developers to disclose the use of copyrighted material. The TRAIN Act grants rightsholders the ability to petition courts to subpoena developers to release generative AI training data. The CLEAR Act would require generative AI developers to disclose, available via a…

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Global reporting standard for AI disclosure in research: first consultation is open

Transparency about the use of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in research articles and other scholarly outputs is an important aspect of research integrity. At present, practices for  how  to disclose AI use vary widely across disciplines, regions, and publication cultures.  To address this issue, STM has released a report “Recommendations for a Classification of AI…

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In the media | Times Higher Education — “Unseen efforts to catch paper mill outputs bear fruit”

In an article on growing threats to research integrity, Times Higher Education covers STM’s report Safeguarding Scholarly Communication: Publisher Practices to Uphold Research Integrity. The article describes how publishers are increasingly focused on identifying integrity issues before publication—responding to paper mills, AI-enabled fabrication, and coordinated fraud networks—while scaling up research integrity teams and collaborating on…

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STM supports Copyright Alliance brief in key U.S. copyright case

STM has endorsed an amicus curiae brief filed by the Copyright Alliance in the ongoing U.S. appeals case Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence. The case raises important questions about copyright protection for editorial content — including material similar in nature and function to content produced by STM’s members. The case also presents a set of facts under which the lower court rightly found ROSS’s…

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A recap: STM Integrity & Innovation Days 2025

On 9–10 December 2025, STM’s annual Innovation & Integrity Days brought together publishers, startups, funders, researchers and infrastructure providers for two days of focused, cross-sector collaboration in London.  Now in its third year (building on the legacy of STM Week), this year’s Innovation & Integrity Days reflected a noticeable shift: more dialogue across traditional boundaries, more…

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Regional APAC STM Association Seminar

27th August 2026

Professor Ginny Barbour, Co-Chair, DORA Professor Barbour has been and continues to be involved in many aspects of the research publishing ecosystem as described in below. We have particularly invited her to brief and update us on developments at DORA (The Declaration of Research Assessment) as the current Co-Chair, and on her advisory involvement in...
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STM Dinner & Conference 2026 | Frankfurt

5th to 6th October 2026

Operationalising Trust Knowledge Infrastructure · Responsible AI Trust in research can no longer be assumed. It must now be designed, governed, and demonstrated across borders, technologies, and institutions—particularly as national research policies diverge, AI reshapes scholarly workflows, and global research production accelerates. This year’s STM Dinner and Conference in Frankfurt asks a practical question: how...
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