{"id":15049,"date":"2024-01-30T13:35:18","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T13:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepublicationplan.com\/?p=15049"},"modified":"2024-01-30T13:35:20","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T13:35:20","slug":"do-pirate-sites-hinder-progress-on-open-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepublicationplan.com\/2024\/01\/30\/do-pirate-sites-hinder-progress-on-open-access\/","title":{"rendered":"Do \u2018pirate\u2019 sites hinder progress on open access?"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p><strong>KEY TAKEAWAYS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Illegal \u2018pirate libraries\u2019, such as Sci-Hub, controversially provide access to journal articles that are otherwise restricted behind a paywall.<\/li>\n<li>Open access journals themselves may be the unintended victims of this phenomenon, due to the negative impact this unrestricted access has on the open access citation advantage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15059\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thepublicationplan.com\/2024\/01\/30\/do-pirate-sites-hinder-progress-on-open-access\/pros-and-cons-concept-evaluation-or-analysis-of-advantages-and-disadvantages-possible-profit-and-losses\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepublicationplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AdobeStock_595482065.jpeg?fit=6000%2C4500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"6000,4500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;11&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Cagkan - stock.adobe.com&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;GFX50S II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Pros and cons concept. Evaluation or analysis of advantages and disadvantages. Possible profit and losses. Plus, minus and question mark symbols on cubes.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1680599099&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Cagkan Sayin&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;120&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Pros and cons concept. Evaluation or analysis of advantages and disadvantages. Possible profit and losses.&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepublicationplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AdobeStock_595482065.jpeg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepublicationplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AdobeStock_595482065.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15059\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepublicationplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AdobeStock_595482065.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepublicationplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AdobeStock_595482065.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepublicationplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AdobeStock_595482065.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepublicationplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AdobeStock_595482065.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepublicationplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AdobeStock_595482065.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepublicationplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AdobeStock_595482065.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepublicationplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AdobeStock_595482065.jpeg?resize=1800%2C1350&amp;ssl=1 1800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepublicationplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AdobeStock_595482065.jpeg?resize=1320%2C990&amp;ssl=1 1320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepublicationplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AdobeStock_595482065.jpeg?w=2720&amp;ssl=1 2720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepublicationplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AdobeStock_595482065.jpeg?w=4080&amp;ssl=1 4080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While \u2018pirate libraries\u2019 such as Sci-Hub seek to challenge and disrupt the <a href=\"https:\/\/thepublicationplan.com\/2023\/09\/19\/is-the-tide-turning-on-traditional-academic-publishing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">traditional academic publishing model<\/a>, a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lse.ac.uk\/impactofsocialsciences\/2023\/10\/25\/sci-hub-presents-a-paradox-for-open-access-publishing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> by Abdelghani Maddi suggests that the site may be inadvertently \u201cperpetuating the current publishing system\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Maddi and his colleague, David Sapinho, <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/ftp\/arxiv\/papers\/2309\/2309.12349.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">studied<\/a> the impact of Sci-Hub on the citation of research papers. They calculated \u2018citation scores\u2019 for millions of articles from open access, non-open access, and hybrid journals. Critically, they also examined citations of non-open access articles that are available on Sci-Hub, versus those not available via the illegal platform.<\/p>\n<p>Maddi and Sapinho found that Sci-Hub effectively erased the so-called \u2018open access citation advantage\u2019, whereby papers published in open access journals are more likely to be cited than those in non-open access journals (due to the accessibility of the full paper). They argue therefore that, in contrast to their stated aims, pirate\u00a0sites such as Sci-Hub may actually hinder the progress of open access publishing. For instance, due to the perceived kudos of publishing in certain journals, authors may do so even if the journal is not open access, knowing that their work will ultimately be made freely available via illegal pirate sites, and thus cited by fellow researchers. Maddi and Sapinho propose that the victims of pirate platforms are, ultimately, open access journals themselves.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cAlthough their goal is to promote open access, these types of libraries unwittingly work against the open access movement.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To overcome this \u2018paradox\u2019, Maddi calls on the scientific community, publishers, and policymakers to work together to develop community-led models, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/thepublicationplan.com\/2022\/08\/25\/a-diamond-in-the-rough-how-to-strengthen-diamond-open-access\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">diamond open access<\/a>, that provide sustainable and equitable access to research.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspire-scientific.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14565\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thepublicationplan.com\/2023\/11\/07\/language-barriers-in-scientific-publishing-how-many-hurdles-are-there\/summary_new-byline\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepublicationplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Summary_new-byline.png?fit=2576%2C314&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2576,314\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepublicationplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Summary_new-byline.png?fit=300%2C37&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepublicationplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Summary_new-byline.png?fit=1024%2C125&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14565\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepublicationplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Summary_new-byline.png?resize=1024%2C125&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepublicationplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Summary_new-byline.png?resize=1024%2C125&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepublicationplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Summary_new-byline.png?resize=300%2C37&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepublicationplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Summary_new-byline.png?resize=768%2C94&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepublicationplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Summary_new-byline.png?resize=1536%2C187&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepublicationplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Summary_new-byline.png?resize=2048%2C250&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepublicationplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Summary_new-byline.png?resize=1800%2C219&amp;ssl=1 1800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepublicationplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Summary_new-byline.png?resize=1320%2C161&amp;ssl=1 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"totalpoll\" class=\"totalpoll-wrapper totalpoll-uid-2e21fe0b6d537996d47c3d4b16d0e3cc is-ltr is-screen-vote\" totalpoll=\"15052\" totalpoll-uid=\"2e21fe0b6d537996d47c3d4b16d0e3cc\" totalpoll-screen=\"vote\" totalpoll-ajax-url=\"https:\/\/thepublicationplan.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=totalpoll&totalpoll%5BpollId%5D=15052&totalpoll%5Baction%5D=view&totalpoll%5Bscreen%5D=vote\"><script type=\"text\/totalpoll-config\" totalpoll-config=\"15052\">{\"ajaxEndpoint\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepublicationplan.com\\\/wp-admin\\\/admin-ajax.php?action=totalpoll\",\"behaviours\":{\"ajax\":true,\"scrollUp\":true,\"async\":false},\"effects\":{\"transition\":\"fade\",\"duration\":\"500\"},\"i18n\":{\"Previous\":\"Previous\",\"Next\":\"Next\",\"of\":\"of\",\"Something went wrong! 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