1. Which Nationals Use Sci-Hub Mostly?
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Wan, Shu
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MEDICAL databases , *INTERNET protocols , *DATA security failures , *ACADEMIC libraries , *INTERNET searching , *SERIAL publications , *COPYRIGHT , *FULL-text databases , *ACCESS to information , *SEARCH engines , *OPEN access publishing , *WORLD Wide Web ,DEVELOPED countries - Abstract
In the last decade, Sci-Hub has become prevalent among academic information users across the world. Providing thousands of users with millions of uncopyrighted electronic academic resources, this information pirate website has become a significant threat to copyrights in cyberspace. Information scholars have examined the unequal distribution of IP addresses of Sci-Hub users' nationality and emphasized the high proportion taken by users from the developed countries. This study finds new evidence from Google Scholar. Searching "Sci-Hub.tw" in the academic search engine, the author finds 531 results containing the keyword. Considering the result, the author argues that academic users in South American countries may use Sci-Hub more frequently than their counterparts in the rest of the world. Moreover, users in the Global North also rely on Sci-Hub to complete their research as well. The new evidence on Google Scholar proves the universal use of Sci-Hub across the world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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