Science Research Assistant

Science Research Assistant

Search for scientific information as quickly as possible while researching and writing scientific papers.

What is Science Research Assistant?
Science Research Assistant is a dynamic Chrome extension designed to aid in the research compiling and writing process for scientific papers. It simultaneously simplifies and expedites the process for scientists, journalists, and readers through detailed keyword analysis and targeted search functions. The tool not only summarizes and highlights key components of web page text but also offers an extensive scope of research through various scientific journals. Users have the opportunity to dictate search parameters by custom rules. Additional features of the extensions include meta-search options, searching patents, tracking news and trends, aiding in drafting hypothesis, among others.
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Stats
Users: 30,000+
Rating: 4.80 (20)
Version: 2.0.2 (Last updated: 2019-02-27)
Creation date: 2019-02-27
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • contextMenus
  • storage
Size: 21.21K
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Summary

Science Research Assistant is a browser extension that helps scientists, journalists, and readers to find and utilize the existing body of scientific research. Finding facts and information as efficiently and quickly as possible is always priority while researching and writing your own thesis.

Its algorithm summarizes the text on any web page, providing the most frequently used keywords and phrases and highlighting key information. You can tweak the algorithm by providing your own rules. This will help you to quickly go through the most important information on any web page, including lengthy scientific papers that might contain a couple thousand words, or sometimes even more.

After that, you can select any keyword or phrase on any web page and quickly search on thousands scientific journals for that keyword (via Plos, BMJ, PubMed, BioMed, Nature, Wiley, Elsevier, NIH, FDA and many others). You can also create your own keyword for search. We strive to give priority to open access journals, but understand the scientific importance of each and every information source.

Moreover, there are useful meta-search options and other tools which might help you in your search for scientific information.

Even if you are still not decided on your hypothesis or the topic of your interest, this tool can help you to quickly navigate through the massive amounts of information available. For example, using the News or Trends option, you can quickly learn how popular some topic is and is likely to become over the time, and even get some related suggestions and ideas.

Science Research Assistant will help you to: · Search and analyze the complex structure of web information · Use inductive or deductive research methods for scientific discovery · Choose a writing topic and/or hypothesis · Find scientific journal articles

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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
  • Saves time during research
  • Easy to use
  • Helpful for professional and academic writing
  • Directly searches through scientific journals
  • Can potentially aid with search engine optimization writing
Cons
  • Lack of reviews or updates could discourage new users
  • Desire for the ability to add more search sites
  • Could benefit from a toggle on/off feature due to the number of extensions users might have
Most mentioned
  • Efficiency in research process
  • Helpfulness for work and studies
  • Direct searches through scientific sources
  • Extension's ease of use
  • Need for including more sources or the ability to customize search sites
Recent reviews
Love it, basic, and has more than enough sources. Would love to see Substack as well as a button to turn on and off the extension as i have a load of extensions already running.
by Reg B Reg B, 2024-02-16

I almost didn't install this extension as it hasn't had any reviews in two years. So glad I did it anyways! Love this! The extension and their website!! Highly recommend!
by Cindy Bahl (Cindy) Cindy Bahl (Cindy), 2023-10-14

I can see it cutting down my average research time drastically while drafting a paper. Simply great both in terms of efficiency and convenience. A nifty little tool!
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Safety
Risk impact

Science Research Assistant is safe to use. It does not request any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

Science Research Assistant has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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