There’s a battle going on in academia between the scientific journal publishing companies that have long served as the main platform for peer review and spreading information, and scientists ...

If you’ve written a paper, done scientific research, or simply existed in an academic setting over the past decade, you’ve probably heard of Sci-Hub. The platform, created by programmer and activist ...

Most scientific literature is published in for-profit journals that rely on subscriptions and paywalls to turn a profit. But that trend has been shifting as various governments and funding agencies ...

The Electronic Frontier Foundation awarded Sci-Hub founder Alexandra Elbakyan for allowing free access to a wealth of scientific knowledge. reading time 3 minutes In 1581, Queen Elizabeth I of England ...

Indian researchers face a setback as Sci-Hub, a vital resource for accessing research papers, is blocked following a court order in a copyright dispute between major publishers and the platform. This ...

The American Chemical Society has requested a default judgment of $4.8 million and a broad injunction against pirate website Sci-Hub in an ongoing legal battle. The ACS filed its lawsuit against ...