Institutional access to journals and books is poor and limited, which affects the quality of work by Indian researchers.

Research in India faces a barrier as costly academic resources leave many scholars excluded, making equitable access a policy imperative.

An illustration of the Sci-Hub homepage with a big red X through it. An Indian court has asked authorities to block access to Sci-Hub in the country. Credit: C&EN Illustration Researchers in India ...

The Delhi High Court has ordered that shadow libraries such as Sci-Hub, Libgen, and others be blocked in India. A bench comprising Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora has directed the Ministry of ...

The Delhi High Court banned Sci-Hub and Sci-Net, sparking debates over access to scholarly research in India. Academic labour often goes unpaid while publishing corporations profit from subscription ...

Most scientific literature is published in for-profit journals that rely on subscriptions and paywalls to turn a profit. But that trend has been shifting as various governments and funding agencies ...

The Electronic Frontier Foundation awarded Sci-Hub founder Alexandra Elbakyan for allowing free access to a wealth of scientific knowledge. Reading time 3 minutes In 1581, Queen Elizabeth I of England ...