Mendeley Web Importer: A Convenient Research Tool
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When viewing an article or a list of references in the browser, click the Mendeley Web Importer icon in the toolbar. The extension will analyse the page and retrieve metadata like title, authors, etc. and PDF full texts (where available) for you to add to your Mendeley library.
Get a Mendeley account at https://www.mendeley.com/ where you can save, read and cite the articles you import with the extension. You will also receive 2GB of free storage space.
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- Does not work or is unreliable during login and importing process
- Cannot import or download PDFs, which is a key function
- Repeated need to log in to the extension and manage cookies due to institutional login issues
- Overall quality has degraded since moving to Mendeley Reference Manager and their cloud system
- Frequent errors and need for reloading the extension
- Stopped working for importing PDFs
- Login issues and institutional authentication problems
- Decreased functionality and reliability after recent updates
- Comparison to alternatives like Zotero due to ongoing issues
- Inability to import reliable reference data
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Mendeley Web Importer requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
Mendeley Web Importer has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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