*📚 Sci-Hub and Citations: Open Access Boosts Scientific Impact*

New research confirms that papers downloaded from Sci-Hub are cited 1.72 times more than those locked behind paywalls.

🔬 Scientists analyzed data from 12 leading journals in economics, neuroscience, and multidisciplinary research. The conclusion is clear: the more accessible a paper is, the greater its impact.

📊 Moreover, the number of downloads from Sci-Hub is a strong predictor of future citations. This suggests that limited access to scientific knowledge may prevent some research from reaching its full potential.

💡 What do you think? Should all scientific papers be open access, or do publishers have the right to enforce paywalls?

Sci-Hub got a Web3 domain!

Sci-Hub is now available on two new domains: sci-hub.red and sci-hub.box.

What is special here is that .box domain is blockchain-based, which makes it decentralized and somewhat more resistant to censorship (hopefully!)

The domain address was donated to Sci-Hub by user. The website also runs a new version of Sci-Hub with boxed design (under construction at the moment, but will be running on all mirrors soon)

Can you share in the comments how you first learned about Sci-Hub and what you appreciate about it? We are trying to better understand our audience to grow in the right direction.

Dear community,

We are working on plans to develop and strengthen the Sci-Hub community, and we need your input.

To better understand how many of you are actively engaged and interested in these initiatives, we kindly ask for a simple gesture.

If you see this post and support the idea of advancing the Sci-Hub mission, let us know by leaving a comment or reaction. Your participation will help us gauge the reach of this message and prioritize what truly matters to our audience.

Together, we can continue to make knowledge accessible to everyone.

https://sci-hub.se/

interesting data: the number of PDF downloads from Sci-Hub per month, 2016-2023

Surprisingly, the usage of the website only increased after 2020, and that is only counting statistics from original website, not even counting numerous Sci-Hub mirrors!

To toggle snowflake mode on Sci-Hub:
(1) reload the page
(2) press ctrl + x
Merry XMas!

Kasser, T., & Sheldon, K. M. (2002). What makes for a merry Christmas? Journal of Happiness Studies, 3(4), 313–329. doi: 10.1023/A:1021516410457

Where can you collect more articles to read later? on Sci-Hub!

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