CAREER-RELATED WEBSITE



Hi everyone, today I would write about a website related to my career… well, related with any scientific career I guess. Because if there is something that all biochemists and related careers hate, it is paying to read a paper.


SCI-HUB...to remove all barriers in the way of science.


SCI-HUB is a website with millions of academic papers and articles available for direct and free download. The amazing thing here is that this website bypasses the publisher paywalls  allowing the access for anyone. This project was founded by Kazakhstani graduate student Alexandra Elbakyan in 2011, as a reaction to the high cost of research papers.

I remember that a couple of years ago different academic publishers filed a legal complaint and a lawsuit against SCI-HUB by copyright infringement, and the website died for a while. But keep calm because it just change the web domain and works like always.

I use this website very often, about three times a week when I have a research project. I like it a lot even if it's illegal what it does, I do not care ... I think the high prices for academic publications are a way to censor knowledge and promote ignorance.

Comments

  1. IsadoraJuly 24, 2018 at 6:36 PM

    I agree with you, that they promote ignorance and take us away from knowledge, we all have the right to learn what we like

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  2. Fabián FaríasJuly 25, 2018 at 2:51 PM

    That is great, it is a interesting page

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  3. UnknownJuly 26, 2018 at 8:46 PM

    Thank you for this good page, i didn't know it beforhand

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