# bibtexify

> Adds a button to copy the BibTeX of a paper to the clipboard from an arXiv abstract, pdf or html5 webpage

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/bibtexify](https://chrome-stats.com/d/bibtexify)

## Overview

- **ID:** `bibtexify`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Andrew Fowlie
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 17
- **Version:** 1.1
- **Last updated:** 2021-10-13
- **First published:** 2021-10-11
- **Size:** 9.09 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/bibtexify/)

## Description

bibtexify is a Firefox add-on that provides a convenient way to copy the BibTeX entry of a paper from arXiv directly to the clipboard. It uses the inspire database and dx.doi API as fallbacks to generate the BibTeX. An essential tool for researchers and academics.

## Rankings

- #26,555 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `notifications`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows reading and modifying clipboard content, which can be sensitive, posing a moderate privacy risk.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/bibtexify)