Yes, you can often politely ask for a reprint of an article. You're not
guaranteed to get it (some journals don't give out the PDFs even to the
authors)
simple_one wrote:
> Hi there,
>> I found an article in Nature Neuroscience that I would like to read but
> I don't have a subscription. I read somewhere that you can ask the
> author for a copy and he/she would be able to send it to you. Can
> anyone tell me if that's the case or if that would be inappropriate.
>> Thanks a lot,
> David