COMPUTER SCIENTIST
Alexandra Elbakyan
1988 - Today
Alexandra Elbakyan
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. Elbakyan has been described as "Science's Pirate Queen". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexandra Elbakyan has received more than 2,065,784 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Alexandra Elbakyan is the 168th most popular computer scientist (down from 166th in 2019), the 75th most popular biography from Kazakhstan (down from 64th in 2019) and the most popular Kazakhstani Computer Scientist.
Memorability Metrics
2.1M
Page Views (PV)
39.76
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
36
Languages Editions (L)
4.56
Effective Languages (L*)
3.63
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Page views of Alexandra Elbakyans by language
Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS
Among computer scientists, Alexandra Elbakyan ranks 168 out of 201. Before her are Alan Cox, Paul Buchheit, Sugata Mitra, Andrew Morton, Ralph Merkle, and Yoshua Bengio. After her are Bruce Perens, E. Allen Emerson, Pat Hanrahan, Leslie Valiant, Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and Ian Murdock.
Most Popular Computer Scientists in Wikipedia
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Alan Cox
1968 - Present
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 162
Paul Buchheit
1977 - Present
HPI: 40.88
Rank: 163
Sugata Mitra
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.71
Rank: 164
Andrew Morton
1959 - Present
HPI: 40.49
Rank: 165
Ralph Merkle
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.40
Rank: 166
Yoshua Bengio
1964 - Present
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 167
Alexandra Elbakyan
1988 - Present
HPI: 39.76
Rank: 168
Bruce Perens
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.57
Rank: 169
E. Allen Emerson
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.41
Rank: 170
Pat Hanrahan
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.32
Rank: 171
Leslie Valiant
1949 - Present
HPI: 39.27
Rank: 172
Daniel Domscheit-Berg
1978 - Present
HPI: 39.09
Rank: 173
Ian Murdock
1973 - 2015
HPI: 39.04
Rank: 174
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1988, Alexandra Elbakyan ranks 161. Before her are Carrie Johnson, Tulisa, Diego Perotti, Ricky Álvarez, Jihadi John, and Elsa Hosk. After her are Tarik Elyounoussi, Adrian Mannarino, Calum Scott, Hayley Williams, Nicolás Gaitán, and Dmitry Muserskiy.
Others Born in 1988
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Carrie Johnson
1988 - Present
HPI: 39.93
Rank: 155
Tulisa
1988 - Present
HPI: 39.85
Rank: 156
Diego Perotti
1988 - Present
HPI: 39.83
Rank: 157
Ricky Álvarez
1988 - Present
HPI: 39.82
Rank: 158
Jihadi John
1988 - 2015
HPI: 39.80
Rank: 159
Elsa Hosk
1988 - Present
HPI: 39.79
Rank: 160
Alexandra Elbakyan
1988 - Present
HPI: 39.76
Rank: 161
Tarik Elyounoussi
1988 - Present
HPI: 39.74
Rank: 162
Adrian Mannarino
1988 - Present
HPI: 39.71
Rank: 163
Calum Scott
1988 - Present
HPI: 39.70
Rank: 164
Hayley Williams
1988 - Present
HPI: 39.69
Rank: 165
Nicolás Gaitán
1988 - Present
HPI: 39.68
Rank: 166
Dmitry Muserskiy
1988 - Present
HPI: 39.63
Rank: 167
In Kazakhstan
Among people born in Kazakhstan, Alexandra Elbakyan ranks 75 out of 154. Before her are Näcip Cihanov (1911), Yakov Rylsky (1928), Sergei Ponomarenko (1960), Timur Kulibayev (1966), David Tonoyan (1967), and Serhiy Skachenko (1972). After her are Ruslana Korshunova (1987), Denis Ten (1993), Oleg Maskayev (1969), Zinaida Amosova (1950), Charalambos Cholidis (1956), and Yury Lonchakov (1965).
Others born in Kazakhstan
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Näcip Cihanov
1911 - 1988
HPI: 42.28
Rank: 69
Yakov Rylsky
1928 - 1999
HPI: 42.06
Rank: 70
Sergei Ponomarenko
1960 - Present
HPI: 41.60
Rank: 71
Timur Kulibayev
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.57
Rank: 72
David Tonoyan
1967 - Present
HPI: 40.70
Rank: 73
Serhiy Skachenko
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.36
Rank: 74
Alexandra Elbakyan
1988 - Present
HPI: 39.76
Rank: 75
Ruslana Korshunova
1987 - 2008
HPI: 39.56
Rank: 76
Denis Ten
1993 - 2018
HPI: 38.85
Rank: 77
Oleg Maskayev
1969 - Present
HPI: 38.80
Rank: 78
Zinaida Amosova
1950 - Present
HPI: 38.71
Rank: 79
Charalambos Cholidis
1956 - 2019
HPI: 38.56
Rank: 80
Yury Lonchakov
1965 - Present
HPI: 38.30
Rank: 81
Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Kazakhstan
Among computer scientists born in Kazakhstan, Alexandra Elbakyan ranks 1.
