Sci-Hub Undermines both Paywall and Open Access Models Image: Logopedia (CC-BY-SA Licence) As reported by TorrentFreak, Sci-Hub, the notorious pirate site for scientific and academic journals, has been blocked in India by court order after a 5 year court process. Obstinacy and failure to appear or offer a defence on the part of Sci-Hub’s operator, … Continue reading "Sci-Hub Blocked in India: Has the Last Domino Fallen for this Notorious Academic Pirate Site?"| Hugh Stephens Blog
The John Maddox Prize has been awarded annually since 2012 to “researchers who have shown great courage and integrity in standing up for science and scientific reasoning against fierce opposition and hostility”. The prize is a joint initiative between the journal Nature and the Sense about Science charity. Fergus Kane nominated Alexandra Elbakyan, creator of Sci-Hub, for the prize in 2018. While selected to a final shortlist, she did not win. Dr. Kane has nominated …| Satoshi Village
After a coalition of European science funding agencies announced their Plan S initiative for open access, a number of researchers wrote an open letter criticizing the move, under the title “Reaction of Researchers to Plan S: Too Far, Too Risky”. To summarize, they fear that Plan S would increase costs, lower quality, and restrict academic freedom. In order to evaluate how seriously these fears should be taken, let me start with a 5-point analysis of the issues, before discussing the open ...| Research Practices and Tools