Autor: |
Wan, Shu1 shuwan@buffalo.edu |
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Zdroj: |
Serials Librarian. 2022, Vol. 83 Issue 3/4, p228-232. 5p. 1 Diagram. |
Abstrakt: |
In the last decade, Sci-Hub has become prevalent among academic information users across the world. Providing thousands of users with millions of uncopyrighted electronic academic resources, this information pirate website has become a significant threat to copyrights in cyberspace. Information scholars have examined the unequal distribution of IP addresses of Sci-Hub users' nationality and emphasized the high proportion taken by users from the developed countries. This study finds new evidence from Google Scholar. Searching "Sci-Hub.tw" in the academic search engine, the author finds 531 results containing the keyword. Considering the result, the author argues that academic users in South American countries may use Sci-Hub more frequently than their counterparts in the rest of the world. Moreover, users in the Global North also rely on Sci-Hub to complete their research as well. The new evidence on Google Scholar proves the universal use of Sci-Hub across the world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts |
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