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You won't find Sci-Hub on Google, so for those unfamiliar with it: the site is http://sci-hub.cc http://sci-hub.cc I remember being confused last year when I t

by mrb 10y ago

You won't find Sci-Hub on Google, so for those unfamiliar with it: the site is http://sci-hub.cc http://sci-hub.cc I remember being confused last year when I tried to find this "Sci-Hub thing". I stumbled on various sites that seemed to be it, except they were not. For example http://scihub.org/ http://scihub.org/ describes itself as a "global science and technology publisher and provides free access to research articles" except I couldn't actually find any research papers on their site. They are just some scamming company usurping Sci-Hub's brand.

yladiz 10y ago
Maybe it's because I saw it when I searched for it before, but when I searched "Scihub" on Google (without quotes) it was the first result.
- wongarsu 10y ago
  searching right now from germany: scihub has sci-hub.cc as first result, the wikipedia article second (wikipedia has the link ofc). The search term sci-hub has sci-hub.io as first result (which is down) and wikipedia as second result. DDG features the real sci-hub (with various domains, including onion proxies), wikipedia, sci-hub.org and sci-hub.com equally prominently depending on the exact search term.
  - lucb1e 10y ago
    Can confirm. On google.de (also seaching from Germany, though with an en-US locale) it shows "sci hub" (with a space) as top suggestion when typing "sci". The top hit is: > Sci-Hub: устраняя преграды на пути распространения знаний But it is the original site. Clicking the link I get the English title. It probably throws off a lot of people though. Second is the Wikipedia article.
  - thaumasiotes 10y ago
    Searching google for "scihub" (no quotes) from California has sci-hub.cc as the first result and the wikipedia article second. I don't know where this complaint came from.
    - mrb 10y ago
      I was searching for "sci-hub". For some reason it never crossed my mind to search for "scihub" as I had always seen it spelled with the hyphen...
- soneca 10y ago
  Searching scihub from Brazil at google.com.br the correct website is first result (with page title and decription in russian - i guess); second result is the .org; third wikipedia in portuguese; fourth a Facebook page.
Noseshine 10y ago
Whenever I tried to respond to a "can't read the paper, it's behind a paywall" comment on reddit's /r/science with a link to Sci-Hub it was removed by the mods. Actually, it was not even ever published (but all my other comments were), so I guess they may even have a bot do this. Can anyone confirm, and/or say something about their reasoning? I don't see that forum's admins' role in defending the commercial publishing model.

by mrb 10y ago

yladiz 10y ago

Maybe it's because I saw it when I searched for it before, but when I searched "Scihub" on Google (without quotes) it was the first result.

wongarsu 10y ago
searching right now from germany: scihub has sci-hub.cc as first result, the wikipedia article second (wikipedia has the link ofc). The search term sci-hub has sci-hub.io as first result (which is down) and wikipedia as second result. DDG features the real sci-hub (with various domains, including onion proxies), wikipedia, sci-hub.org and sci-hub.com equally prominently depending on the exact search term.
- lucb1e 10y ago
  Can confirm. On google.de (also seaching from Germany, though with an en-US locale) it shows "sci hub" (with a space) as top suggestion when typing "sci". The top hit is: > Sci-Hub: устраняя преграды на пути распространения знаний But it is the original site. Clicking the link I get the English title. It probably throws off a lot of people though. Second is the Wikipedia article.
- thaumasiotes 10y ago
  Searching google for "scihub" (no quotes) from California has sci-hub.cc as the first result and the wikipedia article second. I don't know where this complaint came from.
  - mrb 10y ago
    I was searching for "sci-hub". For some reason it never crossed my mind to search for "scihub" as I had always seen it spelled with the hyphen...
soneca 10y ago
Searching scihub from Brazil at google.com.br the correct website is first result (with page title and decription in russian - i guess); second result is the .org; third wikipedia in portuguese; fourth a Facebook page.

Noseshine 10y ago

Whenever I tried to respond to a "can't read the paper, it's behind a paywall" comment on reddit's /r/science with a link to Sci-Hub it was removed by the mods. Actually, it was not even ever published (but all my other comments were), so I guess they may even have a bot do this. Can anyone confirm, and/or say something about their reasoning? I don't see that forum's admins' role in defending the commercial publishing model.