Google Scholar PDF Reader

Supercharge your paper reading: follow references, skim outline, jump to figures, cite and save.

What is Google Scholar PDF Reader?

Google Scholar PDF Reader is a Chrome extension that enhances the reading experience of academic papers. It allows users to preview references, navigate the table of contents, jump to figures, change viewing modes, copy citations, and save articles to their Scholar Library for future reference.

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By: https://scholar.google.com

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 200,000+

Rating: 4.38 (220) ▲ 4 new ratings

Version: 0.1.4 (Last updated: 2024-06-07)

Creation date: 2024-03-16

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

webNavigation
webRequest
declarativeNetRequest
scripting
storage
offscreen
clipboardWrite

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size: 3.28M

Email: sc*****@google.com

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 1487 ▲ 9

Other rankings

#2625 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 239 #16 in pdf keyword 80 ▼ 6 #21 in reader keyword 85 ▼ 2 #99 in google keyword 94 ▼ 8

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Summary

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When you install Scholar Reader, PDFs on all sites will have a new look in Chrome. To make this happen, Chrome will ask for permissions to read and change data on all sites. Scholar Reader makes no changes other than the presentation of PDFs.

• Preview references as you read. Click the in-text citation to see a summary and find the PDF. • Scan a table of contents. Interested in methods, results, or discussion? Click the section to go straight to it. • Click in-text figure mentions to see the figure and the back button to keep reading. • Make it right for your eyes with light, dark, and night modes. • Copy and paste common citation formats without leaving the paper. • Save articles to your Scholar Library to read or cite later.

By installing this extension, you agree to the Google Terms of Service and Privacy Policy at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/.

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Integration with Google Scholar
Reference preview feature
Night mode for reading

Cons

Issues with font rendering
Lack of annotation feature
Inability to read/annotate local PDFs

Most mentioned

Integration with Google Scholar
Reference preview feature
Font rendering
Annotation feature

Recent reviews

very good idea

Son Nguyen, 2024-06-07

As much as I want to like this tool, it makes copying and pasting stuff from within papers useless. I'm trying to copy the titles of some papers and I cannot. Disabling it and trying copying the titles works fine again.

George Tziolas, 2024-06-05

Janghyeon Kim, 2024-06-05

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Safety

Risk impact

Google Scholar PDF Reader is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Google Scholar PDF Reader if you trust the publisher.