<![CDATA[A New Browser Plug-In Lets You Access Millions of Scientific Papers for Free]]>
A New Browser Plug-In Lets You Access Millions of Scientific Papers for Free

“Getting blocked by a paywall can be irritating, especially if you’re trying to access peer-reviewed scientific research. Open access advocates would certainly think so. To paraphrase Richard from HBO’s “Silicon Valley,” who doesn’t want free information? Well, there may now be a way to get scientific publications for free — and it’s completely legal.

Open-source nonprofit Impactstory, funded by the National Science Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, has developed a web browser plug-in called Unpaywall, and as the name suggests, it’s a way to get through to paywalled research papers for free…”

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https://futurism.com/a-new-browser-plug-in-lets-you-access-millions-of-scientific-papers-for-free/

https://futurism.com/a-new-browser-plug-in-lets-you-access-millions-of-scientific-papers-for-free/
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