Sci-hub is a Russian website with a very simple interface. You can download the paper by entering its link or doi.
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On 20 1 1, Herrbach Yan established Sci-Hub, trying to help people bypass the publisher's pay walls. Sci-Hub automatically crawls academic papers through crawlers. When users need to pay for papers, Sci-Hub will automatically log in to the institutional account that subscribes to the journal. When users download papers, the website will automatically back up the papers. When the next user requests the same download, there is no need to log in to the account.
Sci-Hub is very convenient for people who are blocked by pay walls. Just enter the title or DOI code of the required paper, and the full text of the paper will come out and can be downloaded for free.
However, the monopoly publisher Elsevier sued her in new york. She said she was not a lawyer, but she knew she might face severe punishment. But the girl insisted that this would not stop her. In a letter to the court, she called Elsevier a liar: if you don't pay, you can't read the article.
Not only did she refuse to give in to the court, but she also decided to launch a campaign to ensure that students could get research papers for free. She said that she hopes that her actions will bring about more extensive changes.