Shadow libraries, also known as “pirate libraries”, are online collections of copyrighted
publications that have been made available for free without the permission of the copyright …

Citations are often used as a metric of the impact of scientific publications. Here, we examine
how the number of downloads from Sci-Hub as well as various characteristics of …

Sci-Hub emerged into the field of scientific communication in 2011 as a platform for free
access to scientific papers. It is the most popular of the so-called shadow libraries, systems …

The study Investigates the attitudes and practices of early career researchers (ECRs) in
regard to citation-based metrics and altmetrics, providing the findings in the light of what …

Despite the advance of the Open Access (OA) movement, most scholarly production can
only be accessed through a paywall. We conduct an international survey among …

Se analizan los hábitos y prácticas de comunicación científica de la nueva ola de
investigadores españoles a partir de los resultados de una encuesta de ámbito …

Se indaga la situación de los investigadores españoles en las fases de inicio de su carrera
científica a partir de los resultados obtenidos del proyecto internacional: Early career …

Abstract Introduction and objective Sci-Hub is a website that allows users to download full-
text versions of millions of scientific articles for free. The objective of this study was to …

Key points The 2017 Sci-Hub judgement has, to date, proven unenforceable, and it appears
that enforcing the 2019 OMICS judgement will similarly prove challenging. Business …

Presents findings from a study into the attitudes and practices of pandemic‐era early career
researchers (ECRs) in regard to obtaining access to the formally published scholarly …