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Short description: Hashtag used on Twitter
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#ICanHazPDF is a hashtag used on Twitter to request access to academic journal articles which are behind paywalls.[1] It began in 2011[2] by scientist Andrea Kuszewski.[3][4] The name is derived from the meme I Can Has Cheezburger?[4]

Process

Users request articles by tweeting an article's title, DOI or other linked information like a publisher's link,[5] their email address, and the hashtag "#ICanHazPDF". Someone who has access to the article might then email it to them. The user then deletes the original tweet.[6] Alternatively, users who do not wish to post their email address in the clear can use direct messaging to exchange contact information with a volunteer who has offered to share the article of interest.

Use and popularity

The practice amounts to copyright infringement in numerous countries,[6] and so is arguably part of the 'black open access' trend.[7] The majority of requests are for articles published in the last five years, and most users are from English-speaking countries.[1] Requests for biology papers are more common than papers in other fields, despite subscription prices for chemistry, physics, and astronomy being, on average, higher than for biology.[1] Possible reasons for people to use the hashtag include the reluctance of readers to pay for article access and the speed of the process compared to most university interlibrary loans.[1]

See also


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Bypassing Interlibrary Loan Via Twitter: An Exploration of #icanhazpdf Requests". http://eprints.rclis.org/24847/2/gardner.pdf. 
  2. ↑ "Is Biblioleaks Inevitable?". Journal of Medical Internet Research 16 (4): e112. 2014. doi:10.2196/jmir.3331. PMID 24755534. 
  3. ↑ "OMG, that should be the new "I'm requesting a paper" hashtag!". 20 January 2011. https://twitter.com/AndreaKuszewski/status/28257118322688000. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "How to Get Free Access to Academic Papers on Twitter". The Atlantic. 23 October 2015. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/10/why-some-academics-are-sharing-their-papers-for-free/411934/. 
  5. ↑ "2015: #icanhazpdf? User Requests for Medical Literature on Twitter". Medical Library Association. 2015. https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/jchla/index.php/jchla/article/viewFile/26060/20282. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "The scientists encouraging online piracy with a secret codeword". BBC. 21 October 2015. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-34572462. 
  7. ↑ "Gold, green, and black open access" (in en). Learned Publishing 30 (2): 173–175. 2017. doi:10.1002/leap.1096. ISSN 1741-4857. 

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