Meet the Robin Hood of Science

http://bigthink.com/neurobonkers/a-pirate-bay-for-science
Date Written:  2016-02-14
Publisher:  Big Think
Year Published:  2016
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX18988

The tale of how one researcher has made nearly every scientific paper ever published available for free to anyone, anywhere in the world. On September 5th, 2011, Alexandra Elbakyan, a researcher from Kazakhstan, created Sci-Hub, a website that bypasses journal paywalls, providing access to nearly every scientific paper ever published immediately to anyone who wants it.

Subject Headings

• Academic Journals
• Academic Publishing
• Access to Public Information
• Information/Access to
• Publications/Science
• Scholarly/Professional Journals
• Scientific Information