Dunno what Sci-Hub is, but most researchers are happy to send you a copy of their paper on request - and this is completely legal. Their email address is usually on the abstract.
True. Researchers won’t just give out their papers for free. They will see what benefit they are going to get. If the person asking for the paper himself is a researcher and doing a study related to the persons paper then they may send it to you. If a layman asks then no researcher will send a copy. In research world its all give and take. Sometimes only give but no take. Research is a very mind eating, frustrating field. Until and unless you publish a lot of first author, peer reviewed studies in high impact factor international journals nobody gives a shit.
Lazily reasoned misanthropic nonsense, if every scientist were of this zero-sum mindset they’d all have long since transitioned to industry roles in engineering for the higher average pay alone.
I am a scientist and you are right. If I get a message asking for my work, I will send it. It will also make me happy that someone is interested. It happens regularly, usually via researchgate.
I was trying to get more info on a paper I read for a final project in my senior year. Couldn’t get anything back. Their PhD thesis was on spotted lanternflies and how temps impact them
Dunno what Sci-Hub is, but most researchers are happy to send you a copy of their paper on request - and this is completely legal. Their email address is usually on the abstract.
I have never ever gotten a response from a researcher :(
True. Researchers won’t just give out their papers for free. They will see what benefit they are going to get. If the person asking for the paper himself is a researcher and doing a study related to the persons paper then they may send it to you. If a layman asks then no researcher will send a copy. In research world its all give and take. Sometimes only give but no take. Research is a very mind eating, frustrating field. Until and unless you publish a lot of first author, peer reviewed studies in high impact factor international journals nobody gives a shit.
Lazily reasoned misanthropic nonsense, if every scientist were of this zero-sum mindset they’d all have long since transitioned to industry roles in engineering for the higher average pay alone.
I think this is a limited viewpoint, its more grey than you are making it out to be.
That’s too bad - I’ve seen posts from scientists, or people who claim to be, saying what I said.
I am a scientist and you are right. If I get a message asking for my work, I will send it. It will also make me happy that someone is interested. It happens regularly, usually via researchgate.
Yo can I get a copy of your work?
Probably depends on if theyre still at the institution the research was done.
As the first author of a fair few papers during grad school, I don’t have that email address anymore. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Also not in academia.
I was trying to get more info on a paper I read for a final project in my senior year. Couldn’t get anything back. Their PhD thesis was on spotted lanternflies and how temps impact them
Why wouldn’t they be? It’s not like they’re getting royalties from these journals…
Not owning it can get them in trouble for sharing
It depends on the publishing agreement
Adding up to days in the best scenarios to any research study when scihub or arxiv cuts it down to seconds. Because no one cares about time.