Dalmeet Singh Chawla
Citation data are now open, but that’s far from enough
A few years ago, researchers would find considerable hurdles when attempting to study citation patterns to illuminate trends in a field,...
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Dalmeet Singh Chawla
- Sep 13
- 1 min
Five-year campaign breaks science’s citation paywall
The more than 60 million scientific-journal papers indexed by Crossref — the database that registers DOIs, or digital object identifiers,...
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Dalmeet Singh Chawla
- Aug 23
- 1 min
Author makes popular chemistry textbook free after discovering copyright loophole
The author of a popular organic chemistry textbook is making it freely available to students after learning about a loophole in his...
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Dalmeet Singh Chawla
- Feb 17
- 1 min
ResearchGate responsible for illegal content on its site, German court rules
The popular academic social networking site ResearchGate is appealing a 31 January ruling by a district court in Munich, Germany, which...
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Dalmeet Singh Chawla
- Dec 3, 2018
- 1 min
Sci-Hub blocked in Russia following ruling by Moscow court
Sci-Hub, the popular pirate site that bypasses paywalls to illicitly host millions of pay-to-read scientific papers, is being blocked in...
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Dalmeet Singh Chawla
- Oct 11, 2018
- 1 min
BBC Science in Action: Publishers vs ResearchGate lawsuit
Scholarly publishers Elsevier and the American Chemical Society have filed a lawsuit against ResearchGate, an academic social networking...
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Dalmeet Singh Chawla
- Oct 9, 2018
- 1 min
Elsevier and American Chemical Society escalate legal fight with academic networking site
The American Chemical Society (ACS) and publishing giant Elsevier have filed a second lawsuit against ResearchGate, alleging mass...
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Dalmeet Singh Chawla
- Jul 13, 2018
- 1 min
Researchers celebrate rejection of controversial copyright policy
Early-career researchers are pleased at European leaders’ rejection of a copyright policy that would have introduced restrictions to...
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Dalmeet Singh Chawla
- Nov 6, 2017
- 1 min
Court demands that search engines and internet service providers block Sci-Hub
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has won a lawsuit it filed in June against Sci-Hub, a website providing illicit free access to...
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Dalmeet Singh Chawla
- Oct 6, 2017
- 1 min
Publishers take ResearchGate to court, alleging massive copyright infringement
Scholarly publishing giants Elsevier and the American Chemical Society (ACS) have filed a lawsuit in Germany against ResearchGate, a...
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Dalmeet Singh Chawla
- Sep 20, 2017
- 1 min
Publishers go after networking site for illicit sharing of journal papers
A major scientific publishing group is taking aim at a social networking site for allowing researchers to illegally post copies of their...
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Dalmeet Singh Chawla
- Sep 7, 2017
- 1 min
American Chemical Society demands $4.8 million in damages from Sci-Hub
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has demanded $4.8 million (£3.7 million) in damages from Sci-Hub, a website that illegally provides...
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Dalmeet Singh Chawla
- Aug 3, 2017
- 1 min
Over 90% of chemistry literature freely available at pirate site
More than 92% of chemistry journal papers – most of which are paywalled – are available for free from pirate site Sci-Hub, an analysis...
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Dalmeet Singh Chawla
- Jul 5, 2017
- 1 min
American Chemical Society files lawsuit against pirate site
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has filed a lawsuit against a website that illegally bypasses paywalls to provide free access to...
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