Open Access Redefined: Survey Data and Literature Study on the Impact of Sci-Hub in Orthopaedic Research.

Martin GathenDavide CucchiKoroush KabirKristian WelleMax JaenischTom Rainer JansenThomas Martin Randau

Published in: Zeitschrift fur Orthopadie und Unfallchirurgie (2022)

The quality and number of articles in Sci-Hub is outstanding, and the rate of young researchers using the website is high. The most important shift in literature research for decades is a phenomenon mostly used by young researchers and is not the subject of current research itself. Sci-Hub may have already changed how orthopaedic research works.

Keyphrases

spinal cord injury
network analysis
systematic review
bioinformatics analysis
middle aged
minimally invasive
electronic health record
cross sectional
machine learning
deep learning