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VIEW ALL NEWSNew Resources on Best Practices for Guest-Edited Collections
Guest-edited collections, often published as special issues or themed volumes, curated by experts in a specific field, play an important role in scholarly publishing offering a focused exploration of contemporary topics, emerging trends, or specialised areas of study.
However, guest-edited collections have been accompanied by increasing challenges, including coordinated attempts to manipulate the publishing record and instances of guest editors perpetrating fraudulent behavior. In response to these publication integrity concerns raised by publishers, editors, and the scholarly community, COPE (the Committee on Publication Ethics) published an initial Discussion Document on Best Practices for Guest-Edited Collections and hosted a discussion Forum on the topic in 2023. This timely and well-received discussion and document highlighted vulnerabilities facing journals and publishers.
The scholarly community further recognised ...
STM commissions study to explore how publishers support research integrity
Research communications today face growing, coordinated threats to their integrity—from paper mills and manipulated peer review to systemic pressures that can compromise trust. In response, STM’s Research Integrity Committee has commissioned Research Consulting to map how publishing organisations across the sector are working to safeguard the scholarly record. In recent years, publishers have retracted thousands...
A Q&A with STM’s Hylke Koers in Retraction Watch
A timely interview with our own Hylke Koers in Retraction Watch highlights STM’s work on strengthening research integrity in scholarly publishing. With fraud and paper mills exploiting gaps in editorial systems, STM has developed a Researcher Identity Verification Framework—a flexible, inclusive approach to help journals and institutions verify researcher identities more reliably. Originally released in...
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STM’s Enforcement Task Force Open House
STM’s Enforcement Task Force (ETF) was established in 2007 in tandem with a committee that existed at the time, the Intellectual Property Committee. The purpose of the ETF has always been, generally, to protect STM members’ rights by identifying risks that threaten the STM industry as a whole. It is meant to fill a gap...
STM Dinner & Conference 2025 | Frankfurt
Publishing Builds Bridges In a world facing shared challenges, academic publishing plays a powerful—yet often overlooked—role in science diplomacy. Advancing trust, cooperation, and the global infrastructure that supports science helps research flow across borders and during times of crisis. STM Frankfurt 2025 is where this conversation continues. We’ll explore the ways we can support resilience,...
STM Social Responsibility Knowledge Sharing Session – Members only
We’re pleased to invite you to an STM Social Responsibility (members only) Knowledge Sharing Session —an informal and interactive event where you can: Learn about the STM Social Responsibility Committee’s vision and goals. Celebrate the impactful work of our Social Responsibility Task & Finish Groups through lightning talks and initiative showcases. Share your feedback and discover opportunities to get...
STM Innovator Fair 2025
Tuesday 9th December 2025 | STM Innovator Fair Join us as we kick off the first day of the STM Innovation & Integrity Days with our annual Innovator Fair. Here, you meet the industry’s top innovators and trailblazers as they present their latest breakthroughs: the technologies and concepts transforming how we advance trusted research. This...
STM Research Integrity Day 2025
Wednesday 10th December 2025 | STM Research Integrity Day Join us for the second day of STM’s Innovation & Integrity Days 2025 to learn more about the latest trends in research integrity, interact with the STM Integrity Hub Please note the change of venue: we’re convening at the BMA House in London. See what’s in...
STM 2-day US Annual Conference 2026
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