ICanHazPDF
{{Short description|Hashtag used on Twitter}}
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#ICanHazPDF is a hashtag used on Twitter to request access to academic journal articles which are behind paywalls.{{cite web|author-last1=Gardner |author-first1=Carolyn |author-last2=Caffrey|author-first2=Gabriel J. |title=Bypassing Interlibrary Loan Via Twitter: An Exploration of #icanhazpdf Requests |url=http://eprints.rclis.org/24847/2/gardner.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160210124259/http://eprints.rclis.org/24847/2/gardner.pdf |archive-date=10 February 2016 |work=ACRL 2015 Conference Proceedings |via=E-LIS |access-date=22 October 2015}} It began in 2011{{cite journal |author-last1=Dunn |author-first1=Adam G. |author-last2=Coiera |author-first2=Enrico |author-last3=Mandl |author-first3=Kenneth D. |title=Is Biblioleaks Inevitable? |journal=Journal of Medical Internet Research |date=2014 |volume=16 |issue=4 |pages=e112 |doi=10.2196/jmir.3331 |pmid=24755534 |pmc=4019771 |doi-access=free }} by scientist Andrea Kuszewski.{{cite web |author-last1=Kuszewski |author-first1=Andrea |title=OMG, that should be the new "I'm requesting a paper" hashtag! |url=https://twitter.com/AndreaKuszewski/status/28257118322688000 |website=Twitter |date=20 January 2011 |access-date=23 October 2015 |archive-date=17 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217072421/https://twitter.com/AndreaKuszewski/status/28257118322688000 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |author-last1=Mohdin |author-first1=Aamna |title=How to Get Free Access to Academic Papers on Twitter |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/10/why-some-academics-are-sharing-their-papers-for-free/411934/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=23 October 2015 |work=The Atlantic |date=23 October 2015 |archive-date=18 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418090729/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/10/why-some-academics-are-sharing-their-papers-for-free/411934/ |url-status=live }} The name is derived from the meme I Can Has Cheezburger?
Process
Users request articles by tweeting an article's title, DOI or other linked information like a publisher's link,{{Cite web |url=https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/jchla/index.php/jchla/article/viewFile/26060/20282 |title=2015: #icanhazpdf? User Requests for Medical Literature on Twitter |date=2015 |access-date=11 December 2015 |website=Medical Library Association Conference 2015 |publisher=Medical Library Association |author-last1=Swab |author-first1=Michelle |author-last2=Romme |author-first2=Kristen |archive-date=17 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117213334/https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/jchla/index.php/jchla/article/download/26060/20282/0 |url-status=live }} their email address, and the hashtag "#ICanHazPDF". Someone who has access to the article might then email it to them. The user then deletes the original tweet.{{cite news |last=Wendling |first=Mark |date=21 October 2015 |title=The scientists encouraging online piracy with a secret codeword |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-34572462 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151021233140/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-34572462 |archive-date=21 October 2015 |access-date=22 October 2015 |work=BBC News |publisher=}} Alternatively, users who do not wish to post their email address in the clear can use direct messaging to exchange contact information with a volunteer who has offered to share the article of interest.
Use and popularity
The practice amounts to copyright infringement in numerous countries, and so is arguably part of the 'black open access' trend.{{Cite journal|author-last=Björk |author-first=Bo-Christer |date=2017 |title=Gold, green, and black open access |journal=Learned Publishing |language=en |volume=30 |issue=2 |pages=173–175 |doi=10.1002/leap.1096 |issn=1741-4857 |doi-access=free}} The majority of requests are for articles published in the last five years, and most users are from English-speaking countries. Requests for biology papers are more common than papers in other fields, despite subscription prices for chemistry, physics, and astronomy being, on average, higher than for biology. Possible reasons for people to use the hashtag include the reluctance of readers to pay for article access and the speed of the process compared to most university interlibrary loans.
See also
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- Academic journal publishing reform
- Anna's Archive
- Open Access Button
- Library Genesis
- Sci-Hub
- Shadow library
- Z-Library
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References
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External links
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