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Sci-Hub, the "pirate bay of science," undergoes expansion

2021-09-09 00:00:00

Sci-Hub provides free access to millions of papers and books. Its disregard for copyright makes it the target of legal threats, but its mission of providing open access to publicly-funded studies has made it overwhelmingly popular among scientists and lay readers alike. And it's growing again.

"It's a place where people can find scientific studies that are typically hidden behind expensive paywalls for free. The site is constantly under legal threat and only periodically uploads. On its tenth birthday, it did what it does best. Uploaded paywalled articles to a database where anyone can read them. 'In honor of such a round date, two million have been added to the server today, namely 2,337,229 new articles,' neuroscientist turned scientific paper pirate Alexandra Elbakyan said in a blog post announcing the upload.

According to Elbakyan, most of the more than 2 million articles come from Netherlands based publisher Elsevier—which often leads the legal charge against Sci Hub—and international publisher Springer. There's 398,548 articles about medicine, 184,598 about engineering, 171,929 about chemistry, and 7 dentistry articles. 'Nothing surprising, these are the largest publishers today,' Elbakyan said."

From Vice
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