Charting The Future Of Academic Publishing In The Digital Age

"Sci-Hub, an article pirating service, is one of the Web’s best-kept open secrets. But lately, it has been in the news, transcending debates that usually involve a small band of academics, publishers, and open science activists. An item in Science Insider, for instance, speculated on the vastness of the site’s cache, as recently recalculated by Daniel Himmelstein. Quartz, picking up on the same publication, announced somewhat bombastically that Sci-Hub “could bring down the whole establishment.” But what is Sci-Hub, who occupies its crosshairs, and why should anyone care?"