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Re: Sci-Hub: Public access to research papers

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Post by dotdi »

mlu wrote: post #2

Sci-hub is great! I'm a researcher and use it multiple times a week. I wonder how it works - any insights?

In my understanding, some people have donated their academic login credentials, effectively giving Sci-hub access to their institution's subscriptions.

When somebody requests an article, Sci-hub will try and see if it already has it. If not, it will attempt to use some of the donated credentials to gain access, download it and store it for further download requests.

Re: Sci-Hub: Public access to research papers

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Post by Nazzareno »

It scares me actually, when trying a search I got this:

поиск временно недоступен. пожалуйста, используйте DOI или прямые ссылки search temporarily unavailable, please use DOI or direct links If you're using Google chrome, you can install Sci-Hub extension to use search.

To do this: Download the extension and unpack it. You get the "Sci-Hub" folder with code. Open Chrome and navigate to chrome://extensions, or just open the menu -> settings -> extensions. Check the developer mode in upper right.[...]

Re: Sci-Hub: Public access to research papers

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Post by dotdi »

dotdi wrote: post #3
mlu wrote: post #2

Sci-hub is great! I'm a researcher and use it multiple times a week. I wonder how it works - any insights?

In my understanding, some people have donated their academic login credentials, effectively giving Sci-hub access to their institution's subscriptions. When somebody requests an article, Sci-hub will try and see if it already has it. If not, it will attempt to use some of the donated credentials to gain access, download it and store it for further download requests.

I will neither admit nor deny supplying my credentials to Sci-hub.

Re: Sci-Hub: Public access to research papers

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Nazzareno wrote: post #4

It scares me actually, when trying a search I got this: поиск временно недоступен. пожалуйста, используйте DOI или прямые ссылки search temporarily unavailable, please use DOI or direct links If you're using Google chrome, you can install Sci-Hub extension to use search. To do this: Download the extension and unpack it. You get the "Sci-Hub" folder with code. Open Chrome and navigate to chrome://extensions, or just o…

I am an avid user of Sci-hub and I never saw this before.
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