A chronicle of impact through collaboration

Since its launch in May 2022, the STM Integrity Hub has grown from a bold concept into a thriving, collaborative platform. More than three years in, it stands as a powerful testament to what’s possible when the scholarly publishing community comes together to uphold trust in research.

This page offers a dynamic collection of stories and data – a look at how publishers are using the Integrity Hub to detect and deter paper mills, and how, together, we’re shaping a more transparent and reliable scholarly ecosystem.

The Integrity Hub in numbers

Infographic showing how the STM Integrity Hub helps publishers detect research integrity threats such as paper mills, with data on papers screened, publishers, tools, and submissions intercepted.

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Explore the latest data in our infographic – from volume of submissions screened to emerging trends and impacts across the publishing landscape.

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Case studies

Publisher stories from the front lines

These case studies spotlight how STM Integrity Hub members are using shared tools and infrastructure to enhance their editorial integrity workflows. While each publisher has a distinct mission and audience, and each publisher makes their own independent decisions with the information they glean from the Integrity Hub, they share a commitment to improving trust, transparency, and operational effectiveness. Watch this space — more stories will be added as we go.

“Integrating STM’s Integrity Hub tools into our workflows has transformed how we scale investigations and uphold research integrity. What once took us hours of manual review can now be done in moments. These tools are not just making our work more efficient; they also help us to safeguard the quality of science at scale. The duplicate submission check, in particular, is unique as it shows the power of collaboration and what can be done when publishers come together to solve shared challenges.”

– Kim Eggleton, Head of Peer Review and Research Integrity at IOP Publishing

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“The adaptive and collaborative STM Integrity Hub has been a crucial innovation to help Karger Publishers enforce our Editorial Policies consistently and at scale. By using the Hub throughout the peer review process, we are enabling our Editors and reviewers to focus on manuscripts that adhere to our editorial policies and supporting our goal of maintaining trust in health science research.”

-Dr. Gráinne McNamara, Research Integrity / Publication Ethics Manager, Karger

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The STM Integrity Hub is a robust, direct response to safeguard the integrity of science. By looking at a wide variety of patterns that are indicative of paper mills or other research integrity concerns, the STM Integrity Hub offers powerful services for publishers to detect research-integrity-offending manuscripts. With those services, publishers can effectively and efficiently respond to the increasing and alarming volume of materials entering scholarly communications that violate accepted academic research integrity norms.

More specifically, the STM Integrity Hub provides a cloud-based environment for publishers to check submitted articles for research integrity issues, consistent with applicable laws and industry best practice and fully respecting the laws and ethics of data privacy and competition/anti-trust laws. The environment also offers integrations with third-party tools, which publishers may enable at their discretion.

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The latest Research Integrity news from STM

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 of content and communication: it is quality-assured through peer review and anchored to a Version of Record, with scholarly publishers playing a central role in upholding integrity standards. When GenAI tools handle research content, these properties of scholarly communication become relevant — including the occurrence of corrections and retractions, accurate attribution, proper citation, and clear signals of verifiability. STM is actively seeking input from GenAI developers, researchers, institutions, funders, and publishers. Read the document and submit feedback:
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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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