And so in 2011, she created the Sci-Hub website and automated it. The media soon took an interest and it grew to the point where in 2015 there were 42 million downloads, accounting for an ...

Hub, a site where people can upload PDFs of published papers so they can be shared with anyone who can access the site.

Overall, a quarter of all downloads recorded by the platform came from ... “It’s not just about stealing content and offering it for free. The question is who is funding Sci-Hub, and what else are ...