{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/604c9b9cd37e864bd996ba0e/610e6af67b17b100122a050f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Sci-Hub Founder Alexandra Elbakyan Believes Open Science Is the Only Way","description":"<p>Alexandra Elbakyan is enjoying wide recognition by scientists all over the world. She is the creator of Sci-Hub, an online library for millions of research papers – for free. Every day, half a million users use the site. In the process of making knowledge open to everyone, she has gained many enemies as well.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of Keywords, Elbakyan explains her motives behind Sci-Hub and her plans with the portal for the future.</p><p><br></p><p>Keywords: Sci-Hub, science, open access, knowledge</p><p><br></p><p>• <strong>Resources </strong></p><p>Elbakyan's personal website with articles by her: https://sci-hub.st/alexandra</p><p>Article by Nature on the lawsuit against Sci-Hub: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2017.22196</p><p>A study about Sci-Hub from 2018: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5832410/</p><p><br></p><p>• <strong>How to reach out</strong></p><p>For comments, feedback and suggestions on articles for future episodes, please reach out to me on Twitter @rasmuskyllonen or by dropping me a letter at <a href=\"mailto:rasmus.kyllonen@helsinki.fi\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">rasmus.kyllonen@helsinki.fi</a></p><p><br></p><p>• <strong>About the host</strong></p><p>Rasmus is a master’s student at the University of Helsinki, where he is majoring in journalism and communication. Earlier, he worked as a journalist and graphic designer at various newspapers and magazines. He has also been a teacher in vocational media education.</p>","author_name":"Rasmus Kyllönen"}