STM Solutions

Convener. Incubator. Accelerator.

STM Solutions was formed in response to the growing number of challenges within our sector that can only be solved by working collaboratively to adopt common solutions and best practices – not just to be more efficient, but also to be faster and more agile in applying technology to realize positive outcomes for the wider scholarly community.

A good example of this is research integrity: Many of the challenges that publishers are facing to ensure the integrity of the scholarly record (for example detecting and counteracting image or data manipulation) can be tackled much more effectively by working together: sharing knowledge and expertise, training algorithms on larger data sets, and reducing barriers and inefficiencies. STM Solutions accelerates such collaborative efforts and offers a home for prototyping, evaluation and operation of new services.

Organisation

STM Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of STM and is accountable to the STM Board. A portfolio board is responsible for the overall project and service portfolio management, working very closely with STM’s Standards and Technology Committee (STeC).

Access & Identity Cluster

This cluster focuses on reducing barriers for researchers to access trustworthy scholarly content – improving the access user journey and optimizing pathways towards the version of record. Work in this cluster builds upon the foundations established by GetFTR and STM’s participation in the SeamlessAccess coalition. STM Solutions’ support for Distributed Usage Logging (DUL) also falls in this cluster.

Incubator Cluster

The Incubator Cluster works hand-in-glove with STM’s Standards and Technology Executive Committee (STEC) to develop viable innovation concepts into prototypes, pilots and operational services.  

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STM Integrity Hub

In close collaboration with many STM members, STM Solutions initiated the STM Integrity Hub, a powerful new platform to detect integrity issues in manuscripts submitted for publication to scholarly journals.

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Resources

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Guidelines on using STM content for TDM and for training of AI | Technical Summary

*AI *Global *Guidance & Recommendations *IP & Copyright *Standards and Technology
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Trusted Identity in Academic Publishing

*Reports & White Papers *Standards and Technology
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CUSAP metadata package document

*Guidance & Recommendations *Standards and Technology
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CUSAP Fact Sheet

*Global *Open Research *Reports & White Papers *Standards and Technology
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What is CUSAP?
As Open Access and content syndication gain momentum, publications will increasingly
be distributed across various platforms, increasing the likelihood of identical content
hosted on multiple sites. This poses a risk of some copies becoming outdated in case of
retractions, corrigenda, or other updates – potentially leading researchers to rely on
incorrect or incomplete content.

The Content-Update Signalling and Alerting Protocol (CUSAP) is a project of the International
Association of STM Publishers that aims to enhance the transparency and integrity of scholarly
records through a protocol and unified service. The CUSAP team is developing a push-based
alerting service to effectively communicate changes to all platforms hosting scholarly content,
ensuring stakeholders are promptly informed of updates and that researchers are working with
updated materials.

Learn more by viewing the fact sheet.