Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Chirurgisches Zentrum, Bonn, Germany.
Z Orthop Unfall. 2023 Dec;161(6):648-653. doi: 10.1055/a-1773-1268. Epub 2022 Mar 21.
Since Alexandra Elbanyan founded Sci-Hub in 2011, the website has been used by a growing number of researchers worldwide. Sci-Hub is a so-called shadow library or guerrilla open access format bypassing publishers' paywalls, giving everyone free access to scientific papers. Until today, there have been no publications about usage by orthopaedic and trauma surgeons of Sci-Hub or other "pirate sites" and how it may influence their work.
Orthopaedic and trauma surgeons of four university hospitals in Germany and Europe were consulted using a standardised questionnaire containing multiple items about the use and evaluation of Sci-Hub. In addition, the Medline and Cochrane databases were screened for all studies related to Sci-Hub. Two reviewers independently reviewed all articles and the references of these articles.
Of all orthopaedic surgeons consulted, 69% knew of Sci-Hub and 66.7% used it on a regular basis. Of the younger participants (< 45 years old), 77% knew the webpage, while only 25% of older participants (> 45 years old) knew the webpage. Ninety percent found the quality of their citation and research had been enhanced since using Sci-Hub. On a scale of 1 to 10, user-friendliness was rated with a mean rating of 7.58 (95% CI: 7.262-7.891). Ethical or legal concerns among users seem mixed. On a scale of 1 (no concerns) to 5 (many concerns), the mean score was 2.39 (95% CI: 2.154-2.615). Of doctors using Sci-Hub, 89% would recommend it to other colleagues.
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.
自 2011 年 Alexandra Elbanyan 创立 Sci-Hub 以来，该网站在全球范围内被越来越多的研究人员使用。Sci-Hub 是一种所谓的影子图书馆或游击式开放获取格式，绕过出版商的付费墙，让每个人都能免费访问科学论文。直到今天，还没有关于矫形和创伤外科医生使用 Sci-Hub 或其他“盗版网站”的出版物，以及它如何影响他们的工作。
德国和欧洲的四家大学医院的矫形和创伤外科医生使用标准化问卷进行了咨询，问卷包含有关 Sci-Hub 使用和评估的多项内容。此外，还对 Medline 和 Cochrane 数据库进行了筛选，以查找所有与 Sci-Hub 相关的研究。两名审查员独立审查了所有文章及其参考文献。
所有接受咨询的矫形外科医生中，有 69%知道 Sci-Hub，66.7%定期使用它。在年轻参与者（<45 岁）中，有 77%知道该网页，而在年长参与者（>45 岁）中，只有 25%知道该网页。90%的人发现使用 Sci-Hub 后，他们的引文和研究质量得到了提高。在 1 到 10 的范围内，用户友好度的平均评分为 7.58（95%置信区间：7.262-7.891）。用户的道德或法律顾虑似乎各不相同。在 1（无顾虑）到 5（顾虑很多）的范围内，平均得分为 2.39（95%置信区间：2.154-2.615）。使用 Sci-Hub 的医生中有 89%会向其他同事推荐它。
Sci-Hub 的文章质量和数量都非常出色，使用该网站的年轻研究人员的比例也很高。几十年来文献研究最重要的转变是一种主要被年轻研究人员使用的现象，而不是当前研究本身的主题。Sci-Hub 可能已经改变了矫形研究的工作方式。
