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Old 09-14-2017, 12:27 PM   #3626
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce View Post
This research paper is behind an paywall but you can see the highlights and abstract.
There might be a full copy on Sci-Hub, if you don't mind a little moral ambiguity.

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Sci-Hub is a website with over 62 million academic papers and articles available for direct download.[2] It bypasses publisher paywalls by allowing access through educational institution proxies. Sci-Hub stores papers in its own repository, and additionally the papers downloaded by Sci-Hub are also stored in Library Genesis (LibGen).

Sci-Hub was founded by Kazakhstani graduate student Alexandra Elbakyan in 2011, as a reaction to the high cost of research papers behind paywalls, typically US$30 each when bought on a per-paper basis.
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