Re:The Sci-Hub Effect: Sci-Hub downloads lead to more articl...
by dekhn on Thursday July 02, 2020 @11:10AM
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I find in nearly all cases, if you invert the causality and the results make more sense, you can ignore a paper.
"Papers with more citations are downloaded more frequently on Sci-Hub" makes more sense to me than "Papers downloaded frequently from Sci-Hub get more citations".
"Papers with more citations are downloaded more frequently on Sci-Hub" makes more sense to me than "Papers downloaded frequently from Sci-Hub get more citations".