The high prestige journals, and most past works, are stuck behind paywalls. Since 2011, Sci-Hub has taken science publishing open by force, illegally obtaining papers and publishing them in ...

Scientific articles obtained through Sci-Hub, a pirate repository that offers millions of paywalled studies for free, have a larger impact and visibility, according to an international group of ...

Sci-Hub plays a pivotal role in providing free access to college textbooks, particularly catering to students engaged in ...

Sci-Hub, using legally dubious methods, makes academic research free to researchers worldwide. It is a win for Western academia.