Research Integrity

Ensuring the reliability, reproducibility and transparency of research

We see research integrity as the foundational pillar of scholarly communications — and strive to ensure the credibility and trustworthiness of academic findings through policies, practices and stakeholder collaboration.

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Catch the recap from STM's Innovation & Integrity Days 2025

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Resources

Safeguarding Scholarly Communication: Publisher Practices to Uphold Research Integrity

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Recommendations for a Classification of AI Use in Academic Manuscript Preparation

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Best Practices for Guest Editors / Issue Validation and Audit

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Feasibility of technical solutions for the detection of falsified images in research

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The Latest from STM

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 shared screening approaches. THE highlights the STM Integrity Hub as an example of collaboration designed to improve detection capacity across publishers, while noting the continued opportunity to extend benefits to smaller publishers and those operating outside major publishing centers. Read the full article at Times Higher Education → (subscription required) Read STM’s report→ available ...
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New Report Documents Publisher Investment in Research Integrity Infrastructure

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (January 13, 2026) – A new report, released today, offers the first collective look at the range of approaches scholarly publishers are deploying to tackle threats to research integrity, threats that have evolved in nature and scaled dramatically in recent years. The STM-commissioned report was researched and compiled by research firm Research...
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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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The Latest from STM

Increasing impact: Easy ways to make your presentations accessible and inclusive webinar #1

Dust off the January blues by upskilling and taking action to embed inclusion into your everyday presentation practices.    We will share highlights of our newly released Presenters Inclusivity Guide to support you in making your presentations more accessible and inclusive, at STM events and across the broader industry.    The guide is designed as a ready-to-use, accessible slide deck template. It offers a clear starting...

Increasing impact: Easy ways to make your presentations accessible and inclusive webinar #2

Dust off the January blues by upskilling and taking action to embed inclusion into your everyday presentation practices.    We will share highlights of our newly released Presenters Inclusivity Guide to support you in making your presentations more accessible and inclusive, at STM events and across the broader industry.    The guide is designed as a ready-to-use, accessible slide deck template. It offers a clear starting...

STM 2-day US Annual Conference 2026

Save the date — and chime in. Join us in Washington, DC on April 22-23 where together we will explore the topic of Scientific Publishing & the Industrial Shift: Are we future-ready? Are we fit for purpose for what lies ahead? We’d love to hear from you as we imagine the programme. Below, you’ll find...

STM Dinner & Conference 2026 | Frankfurt

SAVE THE DATE!   What’s this?  Every year, the STM Community convenes in Frankfurt for STM’s Annual Conference — held conveniently right before the Frankfurt Book Fair. It brings together academic publishers, innovators, societies, funders, and universities with a common goal: advancing trusted research.  What to expect? First, a welcoming dinner on Monday, 5 October, gives...