Review paper
Who is pirating medical literature? A bibliometric review of 28 million Sci-Hub downloads
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
Published Date
Jan 1, 2019
Journal
Volume
7
Issue
1
Pages
e30 - e31
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