Is Sci-Hub Increasing Visibility of Indian Research Papers? An Analytical Evaluation
Vivek Kumar Singh1★, Satya Swarup Srichandan1, Sujit Bhattacharya2★ Corresponding author
- 1Department of Computer Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA.
- 2CSIR-National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies, New Delhi, INDIA.
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Vivek Kumar Singh
Department of Computer Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA.
Received: 16-03-2021; Revised: 29-03-2021; Accepted: 25-04-2021.
Volume 10, Issue 1 · pp. 130–134 · PUBLISHED · DOI: 10.5530/jscires.10.1.16
ABSTRACT
Sci-Hub, founded by Alexandra Elbakyan in 2011 in Kazakhstan has, over the years, emerged as a very popular source for researchers to download scientific papers. It is believed that Sci-Hub contains more than 76 million academic articles. However, recently three foreign academic publishers (Elsevier, Wiley and American Chemical Society) have f iled a lawsuit against Sci-Hub and LibGen before the Delhi High Court and prayed for complete blocking these websites in India. It is in this context, that this paper attempts to f ind out how many Indian research papers are available in Sci-Hub and who downloads them. The citation advantage of Indian research papers available on Sci-Hub is analysed, with results confirming that such an advantage do exist.
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Singh, V. K., Srichandan, S. S., & Bhattacharya, S. (). Is Sci-Hub Increasing Visibility of Indian Research Papers? An Analytical Evaluation. Journal of Scientometric Research, 10(1), 130–134. https://doi.org/10.5530/jscires.10.1.16