Scholar Updates

This extension keeps tracks of articles and citations in a Google Scholar profile, providing notification when updates happen.
What is Scholar Updates?
"Scholar Updates" is a Chrome extension designed to keep track of a Google Scholar profile. It sends alerts when new articles or citations are added to the profile and identifies which papers have received the citations. This user-friendly extension automatically checks for updates every few hours and also allows manual updates on-demand by clicking on the extension's icon. Simple interface with alerts represented by a blue exclamation point on the icon, making Scholar Updates handy and efficient.

Extension stats

Users: 628 ▼ -11
Rating: 5.00 (2)
Version: 0.23 (Last updated: 2019-02-22)
Creation date: 2019-02-22
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • alarms
  • tabs
  • https://scholar.google.com/*
  • https://scholar.google.com.br/*
Size: 3.25M

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Extension summary

The Scholar Updates extension allows for tracking a Google Scholar profile so that one can know when new citations and new articles are added to the profile. It allows to know which articles received the citations. Whenever there are updates, the icon will show a blue exclamation point in it.

Updates are checked every couple of hours, but can be manually triggered by clicking on the extension's icon.

User reviews

by Alessandro Giuseppi, 2024-01-06
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Scholar Updates requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Scholar Updates has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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