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In an article on growing threats to research integrity, Times Higher Education covers STM\u2019s report Safeguarding Scholarly Communication: Publisher Practices to Uphold Research Integrity<\/em>. The article describes how publishers are increasingly focused on identifying integrity issues before publication\u2014responding to paper mills, AI-enabled fabrication, and coordinated fraud networks\u2014while scaling up research integrity teams and collaborating on shared screening approaches.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Read the full article at Times Higher Education \u2192<\/strong> (subscription required)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Read STM\u2019s report\u2192 <\/strong>available here<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In an article on growing threats to research integrity, Times Higher Education covers STM\u2019s report Safeguarding Scholarly Communication: Publisher Practices to Uphold Research Integrity. 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