Access to Academic Research; by Any Means Justified? Researchers Attitudes Towards Sci-Hub

59 Pages Posted: 1 Apr 2022

Date Written: 2017

Abstract

A better understanding of current research practices and the development of attitudes about access and the sharing of research may help to better understand and possibly direct the use of illegal means towards legal means.

Keywords: Sci-Hub, Norms, Open Access, Illegal filesharing, Copyright

Suggested Citation

van den Boom, Freyja, Access to Academic Research; by Any Means Justified? Researchers Attitudes Towards Sci-Hub (2017). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4029171 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4029171

Freyja Van den Boom (Contact Author)

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