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Most authors of scientific papers will gladly send you a free PDF of their papers if you ask them (assuming they remember to check their e-mail and respond in t
by BeFlatXIII 5y ago
Most authors of scientific papers will gladly send you a free PDF of their papers if you ask them (assuming they remember to check their e-mail and respond in the first place). The profitability of their publisher is of no concern to them.
- zekrioca 5y agoSometimes, it takes days for some authors to reply. When you do research, it is a bit like going deeper and deeper in citations. Sci-hub fix this, specially to universities in developing countries.
- Sakos 5y agoThis is a solution that doesn't scale for authors or readers. You'll just end up building another sci-hub.
- romwell 5y agoThat's the point: that the authors also support sci-hub, because it's simply doing what they would do themselves, at scale.