Scaling the Paywall: How Unpaywall Improves Open Access

Main Authors: Bengtsson, Luiza, Harris, Emma, Ingram, Zoe, Oliveira, Paulo
Format: info Video eJournal
Terbitan: , 2019
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Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/3673658
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  • Episode Summary: In this episode we are discussing Unpaywall. Unpaywall is a database and browser extension that legally searches for Open Access versions of research papers. Our interview guest will be Heather Piwowar who co-developed and manages Unpaywall. We will cover how and why Unpaywall was developed, and the issues with current Open Science tools. Resources and Links: http://unpaywall.org/ Heather Piwowar Twitter Impact Story Nature article: How Unpaywall is transforming open science Episode Quotes: “It is cool to see the green unlock icon, which if you click it takes you immediately to a free article, right beside a big box on a publisher’s page that says ‘$39 to view’. It feels like we are really unlocking the power of Open Access”.