Open Access Button
Push Button. Get Research. Make Progress.
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Terrific tool and can be a real life-saver.
- It's a button that finds the open access copy of a paper (if there is one).
- It's great! And finds not just open access, but open data as well.
Cons
- Never works or rarely works.
- The request process is confusing and burdensome.
- Takes too long to respond, often over 15 seconds.
Most mentioned
- Does not work consistently.
- Confusing request process for getting access to papers.
- When it fails, users are redirected to a page with many requests without confirmation.
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| Date | Author | Rating | Lang | Comment |
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| 2024-10-30 |  | | en | It occasionally works. The request bit is confusing. It states "Requesting Research: If we can’t get you access, we’ll start a request for you. We request articles from authors, and guide them on making the work available to you and everyone who needs it." Every time I click on something where it can't find an OA version, it just goes to a page with lots of requests made by others, but with no indication if my request has been made, or how I can do it. If I go back later to that page, I don't see any request for the paper I'm interested in, can't find any help on this. EDIT: seems better if you just go to https://openaccessbutton.org/ and put in the DOI - clicking on the OA button for a paper took me to the above mentioned page with lots of requests. I was fairly sure there would be a repository copy, so I put the DOI into the web page and it gave me the link. Summary: Website search feature works; button rarely works. |
| 2024-04-05 |  | | ||
| 2024-04-05 |  | | pt | não funciona |
| 2023-08-27 |  | | Dear Author, I regret to inform you that the paywall bypass extension you have developed appears to be non-functional. Despite my initial intention to utilize this extension to bypass paywalls, it has failed to serve its intended purpose. I kindly request that you address this issue and rectify the situation. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, User | |
| 2023-08-27 |  | | en | Dear Author, I regret to inform you that the paywall bypass extension you have developed appears to be non-functional. Despite my initial intention to utilize this extension to bypass paywalls, it has failed to serve its intended purpose. I kindly request that you address this issue and rectify the situation. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, User |
| 2023-01-13 |  | | never works | |
| 2023-01-13 |  | | en | never works |
| 2021-04-20 |  | | Never works!! When I click on the extension (when I am on my article), it takes you to another page and it says "This article is inaccessible" Then it says: "The author can make this article available to everyone for free - legally. All you need to do is tell us how reading this research would help you!" After dotting a few words down and stating I need this article for research purposes, it then asks me to: "Can you check the article for the author's email address? It'll help us send your message much faster!" So, now this extension wants me to go and find the researchers email address so that they can send my message of request to read the article. There is too much work for this extension and it doesn't even work --- you have to actually to the work and email different people so they can give you access -- not this extension. Don't bother with this. As highlighted on the Overview: "Get the articles you need with the Open Access Button. The next time you can't access the research you need, use the Open Access Button. The Button searches thousands of sources to get you instant, legal access to articles. Yeah, no. It doesn't give you instant, legal access to articles for free. There are loopholes here. Please fix bugs and please fix the open access to all journals. | |
| 2021-04-20 |  | | en | Never works!! When I click on the extension (when I am on my article), it takes you to another page and it says "This article is inaccessible" Then it says: "The author can make this article available to everyone for free - legally. All you need to do is tell us how reading this research would help you!" After dotting a few words down and stating I need this article for research purposes, it then asks me to: "Can you check the article for the author's email address? It'll help us send your message much faster!" So, now this extension wants me to go and find the researchers email address so that they can send my message of request to read the article. There is too much work for this extension and it doesn't even work --- you have to actually to the work and email different people so they can give you access -- not this extension. Don't bother with this. As highlighted on the Overview: "Get the articles you need with the Open Access Button. The next time you can't access the research you need, use the Open Access Button. The Button searches thousands of sources to get you instant, legal access to articles. Yeah, no. It doesn't give you instant, legal access to articles for free. There are loopholes here. Please fix bugs and please fix the open access to all journals. |
| 2020-09-17 |  | | Terrific tool and can be a real life-saver. |
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