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The Unstoppable Rise of Sci-Hub (2019)

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Re: The Unstoppable Rise of Sci-Hub (2019)

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Post by frede »

entee wrote: post #7

Sci-hub has been critical to me as I developed the idea for my current startup. If it didn't exist, I could have gotten most of the papers from friends in academia, but it would have been dramatically harder and slower. I use it, I support the concept. I'll make a slight counterpoint however. It costs between $1-$5k (very rough numbers) to publish in open access journals usually. That's not nothing, but it defrays th…

The research institutions would of course save money on the journal descriptions that could then be used to pay for open access submissions.

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Post by Calloutman »

I have a PhD in physics. I have zero problem with anyone downloading any of my papers from scihub. My publishers paid me nothing, and also paid the academics who peer reviewed my paper nothing. If I had stayed in academia (I didn't partially because of the toxic nature of publishing) I would also have been expected to peer review other journals for free. Information should be free access information general, but publishers are the least deserving key holders.

Re: The Unstoppable Rise of Sci-Hub (2019)

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Post by hyfgfh »

givepause wrote: post #14
Rerarom wrote: post #12

Why does everyone talk about sci-hub and no one about library genesis? The latter is a way more comprehensive repository.

Because (shh) it's a secret. Survival through camouflage.

Yeah, its not like they overcharge for badly written books and also use a scheme with teachers where you have to buy books to pass in tests

Re: The Unstoppable Rise of Sci-Hub (2019)

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Post by entee »

neonate wrote: post #10
entee wrote: post #7

Sci-hub has been critical to me as I developed the idea for my current startup. If it didn't exist, I could have gotten most of the papers from friends in academia, but it would have been dramatically harder and slower. I use it, I support the concept. I'll make a slight counterpoint however. It costs between $1-$5k (very rough numbers) to publish in open access journals usually. That's not nothing, but it defrays th…

What is your startup and what research are you relying on? It sounds interesting.

We're combining a technology called DNA encoded libraries (DEL) with machine learning. DELs let you make very large numbers of compounds without losing track of each in a large mixture (1 million to 1 billion compounds in one tube). This means you can run a whole lot of experiments in parallel (basically 1e6-1e9 per tube).

We believe this is a very promising way to generate large volumes of labelled data, which we know is what ML loves. The trick is to structure both the biochemistry and the ML properly so as to avoid artifacts and generate useful molecules reliably.

Happy to talk about it in more detail, give me a shout at ntilmans at anagenex.com!

Re: The Unstoppable Rise of Sci-Hub (2019)

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Post by Calloutman »

neonate wrote: post #10
entee wrote: post #7

Sci-hub has been critical to me as I developed the idea for my current startup. If it didn't exist, I could have gotten most of the papers from friends in academia, but it would have been dramatically harder and slower. I use it, I support the concept. I'll make a slight counterpoint however. It costs between $1-$5k (very rough numbers) to publish in open access journals usually. That's not nothing, but it defrays th…

What is your startup and what research are you relying on? It sounds interesting.

He's not going to reveal the name of his startup after admitting to copyright violations...
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