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Re:65 out of the 100 most cited papers are paywalled by Sargos on Monday November 13, 2017 @05:42PM (#15690971)
> My point here is that the statement in the article "the world’s most important research is inaccessible from the majority of the world" isn't exactly true.

This statement is still true even with your trick. The vast majority of people don't know about this and also even if they did know about this it would be technically difficult for many of them who aren't tech savvy. This is a huge barrier that shouldn't be discounted.

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Re:65 out of the 100 most cited papers are paywalled by seccess on Monday November 13, 2017 @05:58PM (#15691069)
I don't see what tech savvyness has to do with it, many people use Google search. In fact, Scholar isn't even necessary, doing a regular Google search has the direct PDF links at the top of the search results.
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