What is Sci-Hub?

What is Sci-Hub?

The Sci-Hub project, running from 5th September 2011, is challenging the status quo. At the moment, Sci-Hub provides access to hundreds of thousands research papers every day, effectively bypassing any paywalls and restrictions.

What happened to Sci-Hub?

Sci-Hub has cycled through domain names, some of which have been blocked by domain registry operators. Sci-Hub remained reachable via alternative domains such as .io, then .cc, and .bz. Sci-Hub has also been accessible at times by directly entering the IP address, or through a .onion Tor Hidden Service.

Do I have to pay to use Sci-Hub?

It does not require subscriptions or payment. : 10 Users can access works from all sources with a unified interface, by entering the DOI in the search bar on the main page or in the Sci-Hub URL (like some academic link resolvers), or by appending the Sci-Hub domain to the domain of a publisher’s URL (like some academic proxies).

Why is Sci-Hub banned in Sweden?

In October 2018, Swedish ISPs were forced to block access to Sci-Hub after a court case brought by Elsevier; Bahnhof, a large Swedish ISP, in return soft-blocked the Elsevier website.

Sci-Hub is a shadow library website that provides free access to millions of research papers and books, without regard to copyright, by bypassing publishers’ paywalls in various ways. Sci-Hub was founded by Alexandra Elbakyan in 2011 in Kazakhstan in response to the high cost of research papers behind paywalls.

How do I read academic papers on Sci-Hub X now?

Sci-Hub X Now! Sci-Hub X Now! Free access to academic papers with just a single click via sci-hub! Opens the sci-hub page for the article you want to read. When on a publisher’s page for an academic article, click the sci-hub “bird” icon to download the pdf or go to the corresponding sci-hub page (configure behavior in “options”).

Will Sci-Hub go offline in 2021?

In May 2021, Sci-Hub users collaborated to preserve the website’s data, anticipating that the site may go offline. In September 2021, the site celebrated the tenth anniversary of its launch date by uploading over 2.3 million articles to its database.

Do gratis articles in Sci-Hub have lower coverage?

This hypothesis appears true for most types of gratis web access. Compared to closed articles, bronze, hybrid, and gold OA articles are less likely to be in Sci-Hub. However, green articles (available without charge, but not from the publisher) do not seem have lower coverage than closed articles in Sci-Hub.

Where can I find all the Doi on Sci-Hub?

Sci-Hub’s catalog of articles On March 19, 2017, Sci-Hub tweeted: “If you like the list of all DOI collected on Sci-Hub, here it is: sci-hub.cc/downloads/doi.7z … 62,835,101 DOI in alphabetical order”. The tweet included a download link for a file with the 62,835,101 DOIs that Sci-Hub claims to provide access to.

How does Sci-Hub compare to Penn’s article coverage?

However, when considering only toll access articles, Sci-Hub’s coverage exceeds Penn’s: 94.2% [91.2%–96.3%] versus 80.7% [76.1%–84.7%] on the manual set and 90.7% [90.5%–90.8%] versus 83.5% [83.4%–83.7%] on the automated set. This reflects Sci-Hub’s focus on paywalled articles.

How do I use Sci Hub?

¿Cómo usar SCI HUB? Una vez dentro de SCI HUB veremos una pantalla como la siguiente y en el cuadro de búsqueda debemos introducir lo que queremos buscar. Una vez hayamos escrito escrito lo que buscamos, ya sea una URL, PMID, DOI o frase, el navegador nos devolverá el resultado.

What happened to the Sci-Hub domain?

“Sci-Hub domains inactive following court order”. The Register. Archived from the original on 17 October 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018. ^ Kwon, Diana (20 February 2018). “Sci-Hub Loses Domains and Access to Some Web Services”. The Scientist Magazine. Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018. ^ “USTR” (PDF).

Why share this Sci-Hub ideas knowledge to all?

share this Sci-Hub ideas knowledge to all no copyright open access We fight inequality in knowledge access across the world. The scientific knowledge should be available for every person regardless of their income, social status, geographical location and etc.