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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 15 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (3 children)

Dunno what Sci-Hub is, but most researchers are happy to send you a copy of their paper on request - and this is completely legal. Their email address is usually on the abstract.

[–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 11 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I have never ever gotten a response from a researcher :(

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago

That's too bad - I've seen posts from scientists, or people who claim to be, saying what I said.

[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Why wouldn't they be? It's not like they're getting royalties from these journals...

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 hours ago

Not owning it can get them in trouble for sharing

It depends on the publishing agreement

[–] icelimit@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Adding up to days in the best scenarios to any research study when scihub or arxiv cuts it down to seconds. Because no one cares about time.

[–] Zacryon@feddit.org 19 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Noted. Will upload my future papers on SciHub myself. /j. Or am I? Vsauce music plays Did you know vegetables are a social construct?

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 9 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

A sandwich is also a social construct. But not every social construct is also a sandwich.

[–] Alteon@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

Thanks Dropout!

[–] ftbd@feddit.org 8 points 17 hours ago

This is why you put the preprint on arxiv

[–] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 122 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So making access to information free is helping scientific progress? Wow, who could have imagined that!

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 12 hours ago

no no no you see, putting papers behind paywalls actually incentivizes innovation because... wait what?

[–] Geodad@lemmy.world 101 points 1 day ago

If scientists didn't have to pay obscene prices to view articles, those articles are cited more often. Who would have thought?

[–] Mavvik@lemmy.ca 73 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I personally like scihub because it's easier to get papers off of rather than going through my library's portal for a lot of journals.

[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago
[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I don’t know if it’s just my field or if I’m searching wrong, but I get almost nothing when I look for papers about German grammar and language instruction. Is this mostly for more mainstream/hard science papers?

[–] illusionist@lemmy.zip 10 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

I can't speak for your field or language but someone has to upload it. Content in German and about grammar sounds very specific. Maybe there's a lack of interest on scihub. Ask around in your circle where they share/get their articles

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Idk if itll help but have you tried annas archive? It mirrors multiple science piracy sites.

Edit:do you mean pedagogical materials or research? Cause I don't think you'll be lucky if it's the former.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I have tried it, but also not had any luck. I am looking for research, but it’s still a really narrow field, tbh. Even in Germany, I think there are only a handful of DaF/aZ postgrad programs.

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

So yeah it's probably your field! Sorry about that. Fwiw I don't think the problem is that it isn't 'hard science', I find it easy to find philosophical works (German, English and French language ones). It's probably just too niche.

[–] sunoc@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

And my 🦜!