Many academics use Sci-Hub now as an essential service, otherwise they cannot access academic papers unless they are on arxiv or similar sites. Many universitie

Many academics use Sci-Hub now as an essential service, otherwise they cannot access academic papers unless they are on arxiv or similar sites. Many universities can't afford Elsevier or Springer-Natures prices. If a university lacks access then a graduate student would have to pay $30-100 per article. It is insane. Unfortunately open access is still not sufficient because top journals are frequently not open or researchers cannot afford the price for hybrid open/paywall journals to make their paper open access ($1000-$6000 per paper). Not a fan of Bitcoin though due to its inefficiency and environmental/energy costs. Link to Elsevier open access publishing fees: https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.elsevier.com/__data/promis_misc/j.custom97.pdf&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwi234qDr5_qAhUXQ80KHTigAAoQFjAJegQITxAB&usg=AOvVaw3yuBPUj7bUN8mGb1141I4W https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.elsevier.com/__data...