Hacker News with Generative AI: Academic Research

A critical bibliography about the pirate site LibGen (eve.gd)
Yesterday, academic social media went into overdrive as many intellectuals discovered LibGen (“Library Genesis”) for the first time, thanks to an article and tool in The Atlantic.
Academic Research, Libraries, Piracy
12 points by fanf2 26 days ago | 3 comments
A Post Mortem on the Gino Case (theorgplumber.com)
On September 30th, 2023, the New Yorker published a long piece on “L’affaire Ariely/Gino”, and the role I played in it.
Ethics, Academic Research, Journalism
9 points by luu 76 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: Hexle: A powerful way to search for papers and connect your ideas (hexle.ai)
We're not on mobile (yet)But you can try our product on desktop
Search Engines, Research Tools, Academic Research, AI
7 points by dillondesilva 85 days ago | 0 comments
One of You (palladiummag.com)
On September 24, 2010, Aaron Swartz, during his fellowship at Harvard, registered a new Acer laptop on the MIT network under the alias “Garry_Host.” The client name: “Ghost_laptop.” Anyone can walk into the MIT campus, connect their computers to the network, and download articles from the digital academic library JSTOR, even without being a student—the difference was that Aaron wrote a Python script to do it faster.
Technology, Hacking, Digital Libraries, Academic Research
4 points by thinkingemote 139 days ago | 0 comments
One of my papers got declined today (mathstodon.xyz)
Academic Research, Mathematics, Peer Review
853 points by GavCo 142 days ago | 290 comments
An academic Great Gatsby Curve – How much academic success is inherited? (lse.ac.uk)
To what extent does academic success follow success? Drawing on a dataset of mentor-mentee relations and their citations, Ye Sun, Fabio Caccioli, Xiancheng Li and Giacomo Livan suggest the dynamics of citation and wealth inequality are surprisingly similar.
Academic Research, Social Inequality, Education, Economics
34 points by nabla9 153 days ago | 42 comments
Can Google Scholar survive the AI revolution? (nature.com)
Google Scholar — the largest and most comprehensive scholarly search engine — turns 20 this week. Over its two decades, some researchers say, the tool has become one of the most important in science. But in recent years, competitors that use artificial intelligence (AI) to improve the search experience have emerged, as have others that allow users to download their data.
Artificial Intelligence, Science, Search Engines, Academic Research
5 points by rbanffy 185 days ago | 0 comments
Academic papers yanked after authors found to have used unlicensed software (theregister.com)
An academic journal has retracted two papers because it determined their authors used unlicensed software.
Academic Research, Software Licensing, Plagiarism
8 points by baud147258 190 days ago | 0 comments
Elon Musk's Twitter takeover triggered academic exodus, study suggests (psypost.org)
A recent study published in PS: Political Science & Politics examined the impact of Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, now known as “X,” on academic engagement with the platform.
Social Media, Elon Musk, Academic Research, Twitter
12 points by giuliomagnifico 214 days ago | 0 comments
The Internet Archive takes over foreign dissertations from Leiden University (universiteitleiden.nl)
Last month, the UBL announced that it will deselect an extensive collection of foreign dissertations. We are happy to report now that The Internet Archive will be taking over this collection.
Internet Archive, Digital Libraries, Education, Academic Research, Netherlands
164 points by gpvos 226 days ago | 57 comments
Searching 32M academic papers for obscene acronyms hidden in the titles (2022) (robmanuelfuckyeah.substack.com)
Running the confessions account @fesshole a confession came which I thought was worth a bit of an investigation.
Academic Research, Humor, Social Media, Data Analysis
22 points by fanf2 257 days ago | 5 comments
Authors Take Sides on the Spanish War: A Dossier (2014) (open.bu.edu)
History, Spain, Politics, Academic Research
30 points by rrnechmech 263 days ago | 4 comments
Call of Duty: Warzone Caldera Data Set for Academic Use (activision.com)
Video Games, Data Sets, Academic Research
178 points by noch 297 days ago | 95 comments
The Birth of Standard Error (2013) (aueb.gr)
Statistics, History, Academic Research, Data Analysis
160 points by marbu 315 days ago | 50 comments
Grievance Studies Affair (wikipedia.org)
Academic Research, Social Sciences, Controversy
12 points by justinclift 358 days ago | 0 comments