GetFTR Collaboration

GetFTR is a publisher-led community initiative that streamlines the researcher journey by checking permissions, directly with the publisher, at the point of discovery and that facilitates access directly to the article or book chapter the researcher wants to read. Links are returned for open access, free and entitled subscription content, supporting ever greater dissemination of research to a global community. STM supports this work through STM Solutions.

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Our work with Seamless Access

SeamlessAccess is a cross-stakeholder collaborative initiative that is designed to help foster a more streamlined online access experience when using scholarly collaboration tools, information resources, and shared research infrastructure. The service promotes digital authentication leveraging an existing single-sign-on infrastructure through one’s home institution, while maintaining an environment that protects personal data and privacy. STM supports this work through STM Solutions.

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The Article Sharing Framework

Simple Content Sharing — consistent with publisher policies. STM’s Article Sharing Framework (ASF) offers us the technical processes that enable content sharing in ways that are simple and seamless, yet compliant with the EU Digital Single Market.

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Researcher Identity

Improving verification of researchers’ identities in publication systems is expected to enhance research integrity and effectively mitigate some of the current challenges facing the system — see what the Researcher Identity Task & Finish Group is up to.

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Just launched: the STM AI Portal

AI & Trusted Research   How AI shapes — and is shaped by — the academic record  From accelerating drug development to enabling green technologies, AI holds extraordinary promise for science — but it also introduces real risks, from AI-generated misinformation to large-scale manipulation of the academic record. As the pace of change accelerates, publishers and…

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STM submission to NIH RFI on Allowable Publishing Costs  

In case you missed it: Along with others in the research community, STM has responded to NIH’s request for information on limiting publishing costs. We’ll continue to engage with NIH, OSTP, OMB and Congress to share our concerns about grant expense restrictions in publishing and in general. Access the response here.

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Cloudflare adds to their AI toolkit

The CDN provider has recently announced new tools and services for the era of AI. The two latest ones are their Content Signals Policy, which makes robots.txt indications more specific, and responsible AI bot principles. These may help bridge the gap between current practices and evolving legislation by providing effective tools to manage AI bots.

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Research & Innovation Days in Brussels

Discussions at the R&I Days centred around the next EU funding programme for research (the successor of Horizon Europe), the new European Competitiveness Fund and the many unresolved questions about how their governance will work. A balance between funding for strategic investments, selected top-down, and blue-sky research (mainly funded through the ERC) will need to…

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