doi.org/10.1016/s2214-109x(18)30388-7
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Who is pirating medical literature? A bibliometric review of 28 million Sci-Hub downloads

..., Mark G. Shrime
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The Lancet Global Health19.90
Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: e30 - e31
Published: Jan 1, 2019
Abstract
Access to the medical literature is essential for both the practice of evidence-based medicine and meaningful contribution to medical sciences. Nonetheless, only 12% of newly published papers are freely accessible online,1Laakso M Björk B-C Anatomy of open access publishing: a study of longitudinal development and internal structure.BMC Med. 2012; 10: 1-9Crossref PubMed Scopus (210) Google Scholar and, as of 2014, only 3 million of the 26·3...
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Title
Who is pirating medical literature? A bibliometric review of 28 million Sci-Hub downloads
DOI
doi.org/10.1016/s2214-109x(18)30388-7
Published Date
Jan 1, 2019
Journal
The Lancet Global Health
Volume
7
Issue
1
Pages
e30 - e31
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