STM is the leading global trade association for academic and professional publishers. It has over 120 members in 21 countries who each year collectively publish nearly 66% of all journal articles and tens of thousands of monographs and reference works. STM members include learned societies, university presses, private companies, new starts and established players.
STM Aims and Objectives• to assist publishers and their authors in their activities in disseminating the results of research in the fields of science, technology and medicine;• to assist national and international organisations and communications industries in the electronic environment, who are concerned with improving the dissemination, storage and retrieval of scientific, technical and medical information;• to carry out the foregoing work of the Association in conjunction with the International Publishers Association (IPA) and with the national publishers associations and such other governmental and professional bodies, international and national, who may be concerned with these tasks.STM participates in the development of information identification protocols and electronic copyright management systems. STM members are kept fully up to date (via newsletters, the STM website, and e-mail) about the issues which will ultimately affect their business. STM organises seminars,training courses, and conferences.Mark Ware Consulting provides publishing consultancy services to the STM and B2B sectors. For more information see www.markwareconsulting.com.Outsell, Inc. is the world's only research and advisory firm focused solely on media, information and technology. For more information see www.outsellinc.com.