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A lot of academics I know point people to sci-hub! For example, the American Psychological Association has been issuing take-down requests to academics who dis
by closed 9y ago
A lot of academics I know point people to sci-hub!
For example, the American Psychological Association has been issuing take-down requests to academics who distribute final article PDFs on their sites. As a result, there's been a fair amount of activity on twitter telling people that they can get them there.
- rsfern 9y agoWhy not just post the finalized version of the manuscript instead of the journal's typeset version? It's the same content, and most journals seem to be ok with this practice -- are preprint versions against APA's copyright policy in some way?
- closed 9y agoPreprints are fine to post, and that's definitely what some people are pushing for. There's a good article on how some psychologists have responded here: http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/49670/title/Authors-Peeved-by-APA-s-Article-Takedown-Pilot/ http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/49670/....