Over 90% of chemistry literature freely available at pirate site | News | Chemistry World
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Summary:
"More than 92% of chemistry journal papers – most of which are paywalled – are available for free from pirate site Sci-Hub, an analysis has revealed.
Sci-Hub – established by former neuroscientist Alexandra Elbakyan in September 2011 – provides illegal access to 62 million scholarly papers and books, bypassing paywalls. Elbakyan, who operates the site out of Russia, could not be reached for comment but Sci-Hub did tweet responses to some of the study’s claims on 2 August.
The study, posted before peer review on PeerJ Preprints, identifies chemistry as the most heavily pirated discipline on Sci-Hub, although no field’s coverage is less than 75%. And another study just published has found that less than 20% of chemistry literature is free-to-read."