1. For the scientific community, is the emergence of sci-hub good or bad?
Is it way beyond GOOD; it is as another put it, "a blessing."
2. For you, has the emergence of sci-hub really helped you?
I have been able to write peer-reviewed papers and have them published. It has saved me tons of time.
It has diminished the frustration with not having immediate/timely access to a publication and in doing so make today's frustrating world less so
3. What is sci-hub＊s next plan? Do you have any good suggestions?
Allow donations via means other than bitcoin.
Make foreign-language papers accessible via Sci-Hub. In my daily research, it seems that 90% of the articles I retrieve are in Chinese. Make these available.
Consider using AI to more accurately translate non-English language to English. Current AI via Google, Systrans and DeepL are not as accurate for Chinese to English. Also the graphics translation from Chinese to English via Google requires a lot of tweaking to make acceptable.
4. Suppose sci-hub really stops working one day, what will you do?
When I have problems with a slow browser or sci-hub is problematic I can sense a change in my sense of well-being. My only other possibility to get a paper is try Google Scholar; go to the publications URL and hope it shows download PDF, or use the services in the State of Oregon via Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) to retrieve the paper.
5. Any questions you want to ask or anything you want to say
Can Sci-Hub become a tax-deductible donation? |
