# Academic Web Clipper

> Extract academic web content to Markdown, converting MathML to LaTeX for seamless note-taking.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/academic-web-clipper](https://chrome-stats.com/d/academic-web-clipper)

## Overview

- **ID:** `academic-web-clipper`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** feldaher
- **Category:** download-management,bookmarks,social-communication
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-07-24
- **First published:** 2025-07-21
- **Size:** 38 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-16
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/academic-web-clipper/)

## Description

A web extension that extracts academic web content and converts it to clean Markdown format with proper LaTeX equation support. Perfect for researchers, students, and academics who need to clip web content for note-taking apps like Obsidian, Notion, or any Markdown-compatible editor.

✨ Features
🔬 Academic-Focused Content Extraction

<code>MathML to LaTeX Conversion: Automatically converts mathematical expressions to LaTeX format
Smart Equation Detection: Recognizes and preserves both inline and block equations
Superscript/Subscript Handling: Converts HTML formatting to proper LaTeX notation (e.g., q^{S}, x_{1})
</code>

📝 Clean Markdown Output

<code>Structured Content: Proper heading hierarchy, paragraphs, lists, and blockquotes
Table Support: Converts HTML tables to Markdown table format
Link Preservation: Maintains absolute URLs for images and links
Code Block Detection: Preserves syntax highlighting information
</code>

🎯 Notion Integration

<code>Notion Mode: Special toggle that removes LaTeX delimiters for direct Notion compatibility
Proper Spacing: Handles block equations with appropriate line breaks
Optimized Formatting: Ensures equations render correctly in Notion
</code>

🧹 Smart Content Filtering

<code>Navigation Removal: Automatically excludes headers, footers, navigation menus
Content Focus: Targets main article content using intelligent selectors
Noise Reduction: Filters out advertisements, sidebars, and irrelevant elements
</code>

## Rankings

- #143,919 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `scripting`
- `clipboardWrite`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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