Mejia Christian R, Valladares-Garrido Mario J, Miñan-Tapia Armando, Serrano Felipe T, Tobler-Gómez Liz E, Pereda-Castro William, Mendoza-Flores Cynthia R, Mundaca-Manay Maria Y, Valladares-Garrido Danai
Escuela de Medicina Humana, Universidad Continental, Huancayo, Perú.
Escuela de Postgrado, Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego, Trujillo, Perú.
PLoS One. 2017 Oct 5;12(10):e0185673. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185673. eCollection 2017.
Sci-Hub is a useful web portal for people working in science as it provides access to millions of free scientific articles. Satisfaction and usage should be explored in the Latino student population. The objective of this study was to evaluate the use, knowledge, and perception of the scientific contribution of Sci-Hub in medical students from Latin America.
A multicenter, observational, analytical study was conducted in 6632 medical students from 6 countries in Latin America. We surveyed from a previously validated instrument, delving into knowledge, monthly average usage, satisfaction level, and perception of the scientific contributions provided by Sci-Hub. Frequencies and percentages are described, and generalized linear models were used to establish statistical associations.
Only 19.2% of study participants knew of Sci-Hub and its function, while the median use was twice a month. 29.9% of Sci-Hub-aware participants claimed they always find the desired scientific information in their Sci-Hub search; 62.5% of participants affirmed that Sci-Hub contributes to scientific investigation; only 2.2% reported that Sci-Hub does not contribute to science.
The majority of Latino students are not aware of Sci-Hub.
对科研工作者而言,Sci-Hub是一个实用的网络平台,它提供对数以百万计的免费科学文章的访问权限。拉丁裔学生群体对其的满意度和使用情况值得探究。本研究的目的是评估拉丁美洲医学生对Sci-Hub的使用情况、了解程度以及对其科学贡献的认知。
对来自拉丁美洲6个国家的6632名医学生开展了一项多中心、观察性分析研究。我们使用一份先前经过验证的工具进行调查,深入了解对Sci-Hub的了解程度、月平均使用情况、满意度水平以及对其提供的科学贡献的认知。描述了频率和百分比,并使用广义线性模型建立统计关联。
只有19.2%的研究参与者知晓Sci-Hub及其功能,而使用频率的中位数是每月两次。在知晓Sci-Hub的参与者中,29.9%声称他们在Sci-Hub搜索中总能找到所需的科学信息;62.5%的参与者肯定Sci-Hub对科学研究有帮助;只有2.2%的人报告说Sci-Hub对科学没有帮助。
大多数拉丁裔学生并不知晓Sci-Hub。