Factors associated with knowledge of Sci-Hub in Peruvian dental students
Introduction: It is necessary to keep up to date regarding scientific advances, even when having controversial options such as Sci-Hub. The scientific literature is generally limited to opinions about the website, and it is likely that certain personal or academic characteristics of undergraduate st...
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| author | Ibraín Enrique Corrales-Reyes Vanessa Hernández-Silva Piero Fracchia-González Rosa Lara-Verastegui Rocio Huiza-Maquera Christian R. Mejia |
| author_facet | Ibraín Enrique Corrales-Reyes Vanessa Hernández-Silva Piero Fracchia-González Rosa Lara-Verastegui Rocio Huiza-Maquera Christian R. Mejia |
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| description | Introduction: It is necessary to keep up to date regarding scientific advances, even when having controversial options such as Sci-Hub. The scientific literature is generally limited to opinions about the website, and it is likely that certain personal or academic characteristics of undergraduate students are related to its knowledge.
Objective: To identify some socio-educational and scientific factors associated with knowing Sci-Hub in Peruvian dental students.
Material and Methods: The study uses a cross-sectional secondary data analysis design. In regard to the main variable, we asked about knowledge of the existence of Sci-Hub and calculated association statistics.
Results: There were 263 participants and the average age was 21.7. Of the total, 75% were female, and 59% knew about Sci-Hub. The multivariate analysis showed that knowing scientific journals (aPR: 2.35; 95% CI: 1.43-3.84; p=0.001), publication of scientific articles (aPR: 1.24; 95% CI: 1.00-1.54; p=0.046) and bibliographic search training (aPR: 1.45; 95% CI: 1.14-1.86; p=0.003) were factors associated with a greater level of knowledge in regard to Sci-Hub. In contrast, there was a lower level of knowledge among those with a basic level of English (aPR: 0.64; 95% CI: 0.50-0.82; p=0.001), adjusted for three variables.
Conclusion: Slightly more than half of the students know this resource used for obtaining scientific information, and it was predominantly associated with having a scientific background. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2edb5d6967b14cf3b09dc94e63cce0e12023-01-24T22:49:55ZengUniversidad de Concepción.Journal of Oral Research0719-24600719-24792022-06-01113110https://doi.org/10.17126/joralres.2022.033Factors associated with knowledge of Sci-Hub in Peruvian dental studentsIbraín Enrique Corrales-Reyes0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2146-9014Vanessa Hernández-Silva1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9647-0319Piero Fracchia-González2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5936-4920Rosa Lara-Verastegui3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4356-0297Rocio Huiza-Maquera4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7936-0866Christian R. Mejia5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5940-7281Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Granma. Hospital General Universitario Carlos Manuel de Céspedes. Bayamo, Granma, Cuba.Universidad Nacional San Luis Gonzaga de Ica. Facultad de Odontología. Perú. |Asociación Nacional Científica de Estudiantes de Odontología del Perú.Universidad Nacional San Luis Gonzaga de Ica. Facultad de Odontología. Perú. |Asociación Nacional Científica de Estudiantes de Odontología del Perú.Asociación Nacional Científica de Estudiantes de Odontología del Perú. | Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Facultad de Odontología. Lima, Perú.Universidad Nacional Jorge Basadre Grohmann. Perú.Universidad Norbert Wiener. Centro de Investigación en Medicina Traslacional. Lima, Perú.Introduction: It is necessary to keep up to date regarding scientific advances, even when having controversial options such as Sci-Hub. The scientific literature is generally limited to opinions about the website, and it is likely that certain personal or academic characteristics of undergraduate students are related to its knowledge. Objective: To identify some socio-educational and scientific factors associated with knowing Sci-Hub in Peruvian dental students. Material and Methods: The study uses a cross-sectional secondary data analysis design. In regard to the main variable, we asked about knowledge of the existence of Sci-Hub and calculated association statistics. Results: There were 263 participants and the average age was 21.7. Of the total, 75% were female, and 59% knew about Sci-Hub. The multivariate analysis showed that knowing scientific journals (aPR: 2.35; 95% CI: 1.43-3.84; p=0.001), publication of scientific articles (aPR: 1.24; 95% CI: 1.00-1.54; p=0.046) and bibliographic search training (aPR: 1.45; 95% CI: 1.14-1.86; p=0.003) were factors associated with a greater level of knowledge in regard to Sci-Hub. In contrast, there was a lower level of knowledge among those with a basic level of English (aPR: 0.64; 95% CI: 0.50-0.82; p=0.001), adjusted for three variables. Conclusion: Slightly more than half of the students know this resource used for obtaining scientific information, and it was predominantly associated with having a scientific background.https://joralres.com/index.php/JOralRes/article/view/joralres.2022.033/1053sci-hubknowledgeinformationdentistrystudentsdentalopen access publishing |
| spellingShingle | Ibraín Enrique Corrales-Reyes Vanessa Hernández-Silva Piero Fracchia-González Rosa Lara-Verastegui Rocio Huiza-Maquera Christian R. Mejia Factors associated with knowledge of Sci-Hub in Peruvian dental students Journal of Oral Research sci-hub knowledge information dentistry students dental open access publishing |
| title | Factors associated with knowledge of Sci-Hub in Peruvian dental students |
| title_full | Factors associated with knowledge of Sci-Hub in Peruvian dental students |
| title_fullStr | Factors associated with knowledge of Sci-Hub in Peruvian dental students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors associated with knowledge of Sci-Hub in Peruvian dental students |
| title_short | Factors associated with knowledge of Sci-Hub in Peruvian dental students |
| title_sort | factors associated with knowledge of sci hub in peruvian dental students |
| topic | sci-hub knowledge information dentistry students dental open access publishing |
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