Alexandra Asanovna Elbakyan (Russian: Алекса́ндра Аса́новна Элбакя́н, 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.
| Born | 6 November 1988 Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union |
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| Nationality | Kazakhstani |
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| Known for | Sci-Hub |
| Movement | Open Access |
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| Fields | Neural engineering, Computer science |
| Website | sci-hub |
Elbakyan has been described as "Science's Pirate Queen". In 2016, Nature included her in their top ten people that mattered in science list.
Since 2011 she has been living in Russia