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    
  • Sam 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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Alt-Text Accessibility

The Alt-Text Accessibility Task & Finish Group (TFG) aims to deliver best-practice recommendations for the creation of alt-texts for scholarly images, to help to enable publishers to in making their content accessible to users with disabilities, and in meeting the W3C’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA standards.

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The Latest from STM

New Report Documents Publisher Investment in Research Integrity Infrastructure

*Announcements *Research Integrity 01/12/26

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

*AI *Blog *Paper Mills *Research Integrity *Standards and Technology 12/19/25

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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Inside STM’s November visit to Japan: key themes, takeaways & what’s next

*AI *Blog *Japan *Open Research *Research Integrity 12/05/25

In early November, STM CEO Caroline Sutton spent several days in Tokyo meeting with funders, government leaders, research agencies, and publishing groups — alongside delegates from STM’s Japan Chapter. As in last year’s visit, the conversations were productive, wide-ranging, and grounded in strong local partnerships. And while open science dominated the agenda in 2024, this…

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New this year: Research Integrity Workshops added to I&I Days lineup

*Announcements *Paper Mills *Research Integrity 11/05/25

We’re excited to introduce a new element to this year’s Innovation & Integrity Days program: a series of expert-led Research Integrity workshops, debuting on 9 December during the afternoon of the STM Innovator Fair.  This addition comes in direct response to feedback from recent attendees looking for more applied, research-integrity-focused learning ahead of STM Research Integrity Day (10 December). These optional interactive…

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