Alexandra Elbakyan
Alexandra Elbakyan | |
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Александра Элбакян | |
Elbakyan in 2021 | |
| Born | 6 November 1988 |
| Nationality | Kazakhstani |
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| Known for | Sci-Hub and Sci-Net |
| Movement | Open Access |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neural engineering, Computer science |
| Website | sci-hub |
Alexandra Asanovna Elbakyan (Russian: Алекса́ндра Аса́новна Элбакя́н, Armenian: Ալեքսանդրա Էլբակյան, born 6 November 1988) is a Kazakhstani computer programmer and creator of the website Sci-Hub, which provides free access to research papers without regard for copyright. According to a study published in 2018, Sci-Hub provides access to nearly all scholarly literature.
Elbakyan has been described as "Science's Pirate Queen". In 2016, Nature included her in their list of the top ten "people who mattered" in science. Since 2011, she has been living in Russia.