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[-] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 week ago

If you mean Sci-hub, then yeah that's completely normal. I've used Sci-hub to access my own article once when I had lost access to the published version.

[-] ranzispa@mander.xyz 15 points 1 week ago

I'd rather use sci-hub than institutional access when the article is available. Fuck publishers.

Really hope someone comes up, recognizes how much public research money is wasted on this bullshit and sets up a public publisher directly funded by research funds which allows people to publish and read freely.

[-] mineralfellow@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

It's also insanely efficient to post the link in the search and immediately have the paper.

[-] ranzispa@mander.xyz 7 points 1 week ago

Yes, much better than the alternative system. Look, I found a cool article about a topic. Let's open it on the publisher website. Oh I need access for this, let's login. After login I still have no access and get redirected to institutional login. Get back to publisher, now I have institutional credentials, but need to login again. Finally done!

Your institution does not have access to this paper.

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