In one of my previous groups, we sometimes even defaulted to this platform, even when the institution might have had a subscription.
Yes, as an academic50.0%
No, as an academic7.1%
Yes, as a non-academic28.6%
No, as a non-academic14.3%
No, I work for Elsevier0.0%
14 votes \ poll ended
Yes, I even dedicated them my master thesis
Would you be willing to give us a long-form introduction to your research? See #841777
lol @ "...work for Elsevier!"
Yeah, it's a wonderful tool.
Fails more for me in recent years; used to be excellent in ~2015
Damn you.
The bots scraping SN now just saw "Elsevier" and "wonderful tool" in the same paragraph~~
the bots? the bots?!
Oh no, the machines are coming.
Yes, used it. I came across it suddenly while searching for something science related. I'm a non academic so, little less attracted. But it's great.
I was wondering indeed if even people outside of academia were aware of this tool...
I'm aware just because I often search for science news articles, mostly related to nano farming.
Now I think I should take it seriously.
Do you know a lot about nano farming? I've never really looked into it.
What's the reason for this particular interest?
I do a little bit of hydroponic farming, still a novice just started 6 months ago.
So, sometimes to learn about essentials I search some science.
Yep, I've used it often when doing research. I think it is a public good.
For sure, I fully support their existence. Scientific knowledge should be fully public and not behind paywalls. Society pays for our research, society should be able to read it free of charge.
Yeah, heard about it before but never used it.
Looking at link I see they even accept donations in shitcoins.
But overall it's a good project, making knowledge free.
I get all my science from memes. That's how I know I'm smart, if I get the joke...
Science Paper Piracy Site Sci-Hub Shares Lots Of Retracted Papers #841859
https://libstc.cc/ (prev: standard template construct) is the new source which also includes sci-hub articles
Of course, if you are in academia, you probably use it.
Donations in bitcoin available https://sci-hub.se/donate