Sci-Hub as a Mirror of Research and Educational Institutions’ Acquisition of E-resources

Introduction: new approaches are required to select the optimal strategy of e-resources acquisition. The aim of the study is to find additional criteria for evaluating online resources, to decide whether to subscribe to these resources. To analyze the real needs of researchers and estimate usability...

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Autores principales: Mikhail E. Shvartsman, Vladimir V. Lebedev, Aleksey V. Skalaban
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:73d23dd062fc4ae696eacb8d57cfccfb2021-12-02T03:36:26ZSci-Hub as a Mirror of Research and Educational Institutions’ Acquisition of E-resources 10.15507/1991-9468.088.021.201703.522-5341991-94682308-1058https://doaj.org/article/73d23dd062fc4ae696eacb8d57cfccfb2017-09-01T00:00:00Zhttp://edumag.mrsu.ru/content/pdf/17-3/12.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/1991-9468https://doaj.org/toc/2308-1058Introduction: new approaches are required to select the optimal strategy of e-resources acquisition. The aim of the study is to find additional criteria for evaluating online resources, to decide whether to subscribe to these resources. To analyze the real needs of researchers and estimate usability of scholarly resources we propose to use the statistics of downloads from the Sci-Hub website as the most accessible resource nowadays. We presume the requests to Sci-Hub demonstrate the real needs of scientists, pedagogical staff, postgraduate and students in the science articles. Materials and Methods: using open statistics on the Sci-Hub website, we extracted the dataset referred to the Russian Federation. We obtained the data on the downloaded articles with the API CrossrRef and analyzed distribution of the articles over topics, regions, years of publication and publishers. Results: we present tables, graphs and diagrams illustrated the extent of illegal downloading from the Sci-Hub website. The data on Dubna, Chernogolovka, Sarov, Puschino research centers is highlighted. The legal and illegal download statistics are compared. Discussion and Conclusions: official data on use of e-resources in universities appears incomplete with out evaluation of the Sci-Hub downloads. The practical significance of the study lies in the ability to use the above statistics to identify gaps in acquisition and problems in the organization of information support for education and science. The Sci-Hub factor should be taken into account in the information support for research and education. This article describes methods to improve the usability of online resources and American Chemical Society was used as an example. The most requested chemical journals in Sci-Hub were selected. Statistics demonstrates insufficiency of the acquisition of scientific centers with chemical journals, and the problems of cooperation among institutions in obtaining information. It is proposed to create a legal analogue of Sci-Hub and methods for providing users with access to online resources subscribed by their institutions worldwide.Mikhail E. ShvartsmanVladimir V. LebedevAleksey V. SkalabanNational Research Mordova State Universityarticleelectronic information resourcescientific publishing housedatabasescientific journalsubscriptionscientific publicationresearch areasubject headingusage statisticsEducationLRUИнтеграция образования, Vol 21, Iss 3, Pp 522-534 (2017)
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scientific journal
subscription
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usage statistics
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Mikhail E. Shvartsman
Vladimir V. Lebedev
Aleksey V. Skalaban
Sci-Hub as a Mirror of Research and Educational Institutions’ Acquisition of E-resources
description Introduction: new approaches are required to select the optimal strategy of e-resources acquisition. The aim of the study is to find additional criteria for evaluating online resources, to decide whether to subscribe to these resources. To analyze the real needs of researchers and estimate usability of scholarly resources we propose to use the statistics of downloads from the Sci-Hub website as the most accessible resource nowadays. We presume the requests to Sci-Hub demonstrate the real needs of scientists, pedagogical staff, postgraduate and students in the science articles. Materials and Methods: using open statistics on the Sci-Hub website, we extracted the dataset referred to the Russian Federation. We obtained the data on the downloaded articles with the API CrossrRef and analyzed distribution of the articles over topics, regions, years of publication and publishers. Results: we present tables, graphs and diagrams illustrated the extent of illegal downloading from the Sci-Hub website. The data on Dubna, Chernogolovka, Sarov, Puschino research centers is highlighted. The legal and illegal download statistics are compared. Discussion and Conclusions: official data on use of e-resources in universities appears incomplete with out evaluation of the Sci-Hub downloads. The practical significance of the study lies in the ability to use the above statistics to identify gaps in acquisition and problems in the organization of information support for education and science. The Sci-Hub factor should be taken into account in the information support for research and education. This article describes methods to improve the usability of online resources and American Chemical Society was used as an example. The most requested chemical journals in Sci-Hub were selected. Statistics demonstrates insufficiency of the acquisition of scientific centers with chemical journals, and the problems of cooperation among institutions in obtaining information. It is proposed to create a legal analogue of Sci-Hub and methods for providing users with access to online resources subscribed by their institutions worldwide.
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author Mikhail E. Shvartsman
Vladimir V. Lebedev
Aleksey V. Skalaban
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