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Alexandra Elbakyan

Kazakh computer scientist and founder of Sci-Hub

  • Fame59.2
  • Momentum15.7
  • Developers rank#59
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  • Fame59.2
  • Momentum15.7
  • Developers rank#59
  • Wikipedia26.1K
Born 1988 · age 38
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  • Age
    38
    Born 1988
  • Awards
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Updated 2026-06-11

Alexandra Asanovna Elbakyan is a Kazakhstani computer programmer, multidisciplinary academic, and the creator of the website Sci-Hub, which provides free access to research papers. Sci-Hub provides access to nearly all scholarly literature published before 2020, but a much lower proportion of those published since then.

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59.2
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Momentum15.7
Historical22.1
Now attention8.1
Source confidence75.0
Completeness75.0
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