Open Access Critical For Exchange Of Research, Stanford Professor Argues | Scope Blog

"Without access to journals via a university library or other institutional subscription, thousands of students and researchers are effectively excluded from the exchange of scientific ideas. Hence Sci-Hub, the Napster-like site that provides pirated journal papers free of charge, which is now entangled in legal challenges with publisher Elsevier. Stanford education professor John Willinsky, PhD, makes the case for the importance of open access and reflects on the Sci-Hub controversy in a recent Times Higher Education essay ..."