ICanHazPDF

#ICanHazPDF is a hashtag used on Twitter to request access to academic journal articles which are behind paywalls.^[1] It began in 2011^[2] by scientist Andrea Kuszewski.^[3]^[4] The name is derived from the meme I Can Has Cheezburger?^[4]

^ Gardner, Carolyn; Caffrey, Gabriel J. "Bypassing Interlibrary Loan Via Twitter: An Exploration of #icanhazpdf Requests" (PDF). E-LIS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 February 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
^ Dunn, Adam G.; Coiera, Enrico; Mandl, Kenneth D. (2014). "Is Biblioleaks Inevitable?". Journal of Medical Internet Research. 16 (4): e112. doi:10.2196/jmir.3331. PMC 4019771. PMID 24755534.
^ Kuszewski, Andrea (20 January 2011). "OMG, that should be the new "I'm requesting a paper" hashtag!". Twitter. Archived from the original on 17 December 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
^ ^a ^b Mohdin, Aamna (23 October 2015). "How to Get Free Access to Academic Papers on Twitter". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2015.