Standards & technology

Collective innovation and standardization to advance open, trusted research.

Standards & Technology are central to all that STM does. Our work here convenes STM members of all shapes and sizes to pool ideas, resources, experience, and innovations to advance open, trusted research — together. This is how STM accelerates positive change.

The way we see it

Collectively, we identify issues that affect us and the research communities that we serve today, and forecast problems that potentially lie ahead. We brainstorm solutions and develop ideas into standards or technology concepts.  We build prototypes, run pilots, and work with partners — particularly with STM Solutions — where appropriate. We organize learning events, track critical standards and technology developments in the wider publishing industry, provide input for standardization efforts and consultations, track the publishing participation in various standards bodies and alert members and the STM Board on important developments. We zero in on topics that are at the heart of STM’s strategy including topics in Research Integrity, Open Research, and Social Responsibility – for example solutions to increase the visibility and consistency of retraction information, standard mechanisms to express rights reserved and license information for text & data mining purposes, and guidance for authors to declare the use of AI in a consistent and clear manner.  

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Meet the committee

STM’s Standards & Technology efforts are guided by the Standard & Technology Committee (STeC) that works to guide the priorities, create task & finish groups to carry out specific projects, and lend expertise and services to all committees across the association.

  • Tony Alves, Highwire  
  • Nisha Doshi, Cambridge University Press
  • Jessica Faucher, Wiley    
  • Samantha Green, Silverchair Science + Communication Inc
  • Andy Heard, IEEE 
  • Leila Jones, STM
  • Andrew Kelly, Taylor & Francis
  • Hylke Koers, STM
  • Henning Schoenenberger, Springer Nature  
  • Heather Staines, Delta Think
  • Joris van Rossum, STM
  • Mark Wilmshurst, Elsevier
  • Aaron Wood, APA
  • Ralph Youngen, ACS (Chair)
  • Sara Zimmerman, JAMA Network

Core Initiatives

Content-update Signaling and Alerting Protocol

CUSAP enhances transparency and integrity in scholarly records, notifying platforms of updates to published works for responsible dissemination.

 

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Researcher
Identity

Examining publisher methods for verifying identities of authors, reviewers, and editors to strengthen research integrity through a unified framework.

 

 

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Article 4 Implementation

Task & Finish Group (TFG) on implementation of Article 4 of the 2019 EU Directive for Copyright in the Digital Single Market (DSM).

 

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The STM Future Lab

The Standards & Technology Future Lab is a platform for a wider STM Community to share input and insights to help us advance trusted research. Our Lab is composed of a diverse membership of inspired individuals, appointed by their own organisations, who are eager to help envision future strategies to drive our mission forward. 

 

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Protected: Case Study: IOP Publishing & the STM Integrity Hub

*Paper Mills *Research Integrity Exclude from listings 07/31/25

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Research Integrity in Water Science | IWA Publishing

*Paper Mills *Research Integrity Exclude from listings 07/22/25

By Anh Vu Ha, Research Integrity & Peer Review Manager, IWA Publishing In the past decade, research integrity and ethical investigations have become increasingly prevalent, as mass retractions and journal breaches continue to sweep through the publishing industry. Water research was no exception. Unfortunately, ethical breaches are not abstract problems, and they erode the trust…

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STM and ISTIC launch joint Open Research Fund

*Announcements *Open Research *Research Integrity China 07/21/25

STM and ISTIC Launch Joint Open Research Fund to Advance Scholarly Integrity and Innovation On September 26, 2024, the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) and the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China (ISTIC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Beijing, marking a significant step toward deepening collaboration between…

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New Resources on Best Practices for Guest-Edited Collections

*Announcements *Research Integrity 07/06/25

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…

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