SciSpace: Do hours of research in minutes

Your AI research assistant for understanding scientific literature.
What is SciSpace: Do hours of research in minutes?
SciSpace: Do hours of research in minutes is a revolutionary Chrome extension that leverages artificial intelligence to conduct scientific research efficiently. It assists you in understanding and analyzing scientific literature. The tool simplifies technical language, enables inquiries about unclear topics, assists in the comprehension of mathematical constructs and tables, provides translations in numerous languages, allows bookmarking URLs for future reference, and facilitates discoveries of related research papers. Distinctly, it also offers literature review tools and citation-backed answers to ensure research quality.

Extension stats

By: SciSpace
Users: 300,000+
Rating: 4.46 (179)
Version: 1.4.12 (Last updated: 2024-11-20)
Creation date: 2023-04-03
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • scripting
  • storage
  • activeTab
  • cookies
  • webRequest
  • contextMenus
  • alarms
Host permissions:
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
  • file:///*
Size: 3.67M

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Extension summary

Your AI research assistant for discovering and analyzing scientific literature.

With SciSpace, you no longer have to open new tabs and Google unfamiliar concepts every time you come across one.

Just ask SciSpace for research-backed explanations or summaries for any text, maths, and tables in any research paper, technical blog post, or report you’re reading. You can also ask follow-up questions, and it will give you answers with citations.

With SciSpace for Chrome, you can:

👌 Simplify technical language — SciSpace gives you simple explanations for jargon, acronyms, and complex paragraphs. All you need to do is highlight them.

🤿 Delve deeper while learning — Choose from SciSpace’s preset questions or ask your own if you have doubts while reading an article.

🔢 Understand math and tables in PDFs — Clip unfamiliar math equations or tables using SciSpace to find out what exactly they mean.

🌐 Toggle between multiple languages — Interact with SciSpace in 13 languages and get explanations in your native language.

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User reviews

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 on literature reviews and academic research
  • Good feedback from users in newsletter mentions
  • Some users find it impressive for literature review
Cons
  • Automatic subscription renewal without notification leading to unexpected charges
  • Technical issues preventing access to the service
  • Poor customer support and payment processing problems
  • Invasive presence in web searches with limited ability to disable
Most mentioned
  • Issues with automatic subscription renewal
  • Technical errors preventing access
  • Invasive nature of the extension
Recent reviews
by Khalid Arafat, 2024-11-10

SciSpace is a solid tool for academic research, with the power to save you a lot of time on literature reviews, etc. I even shared it in my tech-focused newsletter, with good feedback from my audience.
by Dario Chincha, 2024-11-04

by EOR Planning, 2024-10-19
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Extension safety

Risk impact

SciSpace: Do hours of research in minutes requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

SciSpace: Do hours of research in minutes has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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