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An Analysis of Usage of Sci-Hub in Korea

국내 Sci-Hub 이용 현황 분석

  • 서지영 (성균관대학교 사서교육원)
  • Received : 2022.10.26
  • Accepted : 2022.11.16
  • Published : 2022.11.30
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Abstract

This study was conducted to examine Sci-Hub, which provides the original text of academic papers to be provided for a fee by bypassing copyright, and to establish a basic basis for understanding the usage behavior of researchers with access restriction in Korea by analyzing the domestic Sci-Hub usage based on the dataset released by Sci-Hub in 2017. Therefore, after grasping the current status of the world related to Sci-Hub, the categories were set and analyzed by region where the dataset was downloaded, subject matter of academic papers, publisher, OA status, and published year. As a result of the study, the most downloaded areas were Seoul and the metropolitan area, and papers and journals in the field of natural science were downloaded the most, and about 20% of papers were in Open Access state. The papers published between 2010 and 2017 were the most downloaded, and IEEE's papers were the most downloaded, showing that recently published academic papers in the natural sciences were the most downloaded by the time they were downloaded.

본 연구는 저작권을 우회하여 유료로 제공될 학술 논문의 원문을 무료로 제공하고 있는 Sci-Hub에 대해 살펴보고, 2018년 Sci-Hub 측에서 공개한 데이터셋을 바탕으로 국내 Sci-Hub 이용 현황을 분석하여 접근제한에 처한 연구자들의 이용행태를 이해하기 위한 기초적인 바탕을 확립하기 위해 수행되었다. 따라서 Sci-Hub와 관련된 현황을 파악한 후에, 데이터셋을 다운로드된 지역별, 학술 논문의 주제, 출판사, OA 여부, 출간된 연도로 범주를 설정하고 분석하였다. 연구 결과 다운로드가 가장 많이 된 지역은 서울과 수도권이었으며, 자연과학 분야의 논문과 학술지가 가장 많이 다운로드되었고, 대략 20%정도의 논문이 Open Access 상태였다. 2010~2017년에 발간된 논문들이 가장 많이 다운로드 되었으며, IEEE의 논문이 가장 많이 다운로드되어 이를 종합해보면 다운로드된 시점 기준 최근에 발간된 자연과학 계열의 학술논문이 가장 많이 다운로드 되었다는 것을 보여주었다.

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