{"id":8174,"date":"2023-08-30T07:56:48","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T02:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/impactscience\/?p=8174"},"modified":"2025-11-05T17:16:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T17:16:13","slug":"what-academic-publishers-need-to-know-about-stms-sdg-roadmap-a-handy-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cactusglobal.com\/media-center\/what-academic-publishers-need-to-know-about-stms-sdg-roadmap-a-handy-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"What Academic Publishers Need to Know About STM\u2019s SDG Roadmap: A Handy Infographic"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which were launched in 2015, are a blueprint for creating a more equitable, inclusive, and sustainable society, and academic publishers play a significant role in achieving these goals. 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