In this week's episode, we talk about the state of open access publications and the differences between preprints and published articles. We also reflect on the inequality in citation practices, and provide an update on the case against Sci-Hub in india, based on the latest interview with Alexandra Elbakyan.
SOURCES
NWO ransomware attack
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/02/dutch-research-funding-agency-paralyzed-ransomware-attack-refuses-pay
https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/108032/malware/newcastle-university-doppelpaymer-ransomware.html
OA > closed access
https://www.dimensions.ai/blog/open-access-surpasses-subscription-publication-globally-for-the-first-time/
No differences preprints-publications
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.02.20.432090v1
No copy-paste in ebooks
https://blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/library/changes-to-permissions-for-pearson-e-books/
Interview Alexandra Elbakyan
https://science.thewire.in/the-sciences/interview-alexandra-elbakyan-sci-hub-elsevier-academic-publishing-open-access/
http://bilimveaydinlanma.org/a-robin-hood-in-the-world-of-science-alexandra-elbakyan/
https://delhihighcourt.nic.in/dhc_case_status_oj_list.asp?pno=1019626
Citation inequality PNAS
https://www.pnas.org/content/118/7/e2012208118.abstract
