Arxiv Viewer

Provides sneak peeks of referenced papers on arxiv.
What is Arxiv Viewer?
Arxiv Viewer is a Chrome extension that allows users to hover over references in research papers to get a quick look at the title, authors, abstract, and arXiv link of the cited work. It eliminates the need for scrolling back and forth, making reading papers easier for researchers.

Extension stats

By: tchittesh
Users: 87 ▲ 2
Version: 2.12.22 (Last updated: 2021-11-09)
Creation date: 2021-11-09
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
  • https://arxiv.org/pdf/*
  • tabs
  • webNavigation
  • storage
Size: 3.14M

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Extension summary

Research is already pretty hard. Let's make reading papers a little less so. This chrome extension allows you to hover over references to get a quick look at the title, authors, abstract, and arXiv link of the cited work, so that you don't have to scroll back and forth between the text and bibliography.

We are able to process citations of the default form [author][year][title], if unambiguous and on arXiv.

Extension safety

Risk impact

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

Risk likelihood

Arxiv Viewer has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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