Elbow Patches to Eye Patches? Scholarly Practices, Research Literature Access, and Academic Piracy

"Participant criteria: If you meet these criteria and are interested in contributing to a better understanding of research literature acquisition, please consider filling out this consent form and intake survey to be a potential research study participant:

1. Self-identify as a scholar or researcher (e.g. teach, do research, and/or publish scholarship)
2. May or may not be affiliated with a higher education institute
3. Located in the United States or affiliated with an institution in the United States
4. Have used Sci-Hub, Library Genesis (LibGen), Reddit/Scholar, Twitter (#ICanHazPDF) or some other online space to access research literature that you used (or plan to use) to complete your own research....

The purpose of this study is to illuminate how scholars’ engagement with and acquisition of research literature on academic pirate networks may reflect their conception of their scholarly identity which may include considerations of alienation from, resistance to, or negotiation with demands of the neoliberal academy.

The phenomenographic study will address the following research question:  How do scholars explain their experiences in participating on academic pirate networks?..."