In this week's episode, we talk about the state of open access publications and the differences between preprints and published articles. We also reflect on the inequality in citation practices, and provide an update on the case against Sci-Hub in india, based on the latest interview with Alexandra Elbakyan.

SOURCES

NWO ransomware attack

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/02/dutch-research-funding-agency-paralyzed-ransomware-attack-refuses-pay

https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/108032/malware/newcastle-university-doppelpaymer-ransomware.html

OA > closed access

https://www.dimensions.ai/blog/open-access-surpasses-subscription-publication-globally-for-the-first-time/

No differences preprints-publications

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.02.20.432090v1

No copy-paste in ebooks

https://blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/library/changes-to-permissions-for-pearson-e-books/

Interview Alexandra Elbakyan

https://science.thewire.in/the-sciences/interview-alexandra-elbakyan-sci-hub-elsevier-academic-publishing-open-access/

http://bilimveaydinlanma.org/a-robin-hood-in-the-world-of-science-alexandra-elbakyan/

https://delhihighcourt.nic.in/dhc_case_status_oj_list.asp?pno=1019626

Citation inequality PNAS

https://www.pnas.org/content/118/7/e2012208118.abstract