Compare Chrome extensions: Mendeley Web Importer vs Sci-Hub X Now!

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User count 2,000,000+ 208,615+
Average rating 2.41 4.71
Rating count 2,467 83
Last updated 2023-10-10 2023-02-07
Size 2.16M 58.47K
Version 3.2.88 0.2.2
Short description
Fast, convenient import of references and PDFs to your Mendeley Reference Manager library. Free access to academic papers with just a single click via sci-hub!
Full summary

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.

Opens the sci-hub page for the article you want to read.

When on a publisher's page for an academic article, click the sci-hub "bird" icon to download the pdf or go to the corresponding sci-hub page (configure behavior in "options"). Works by searching for the doi anywhere on the page and then navigating to the corresponding sci-hub url.

Allows you to change the sci-hub domain in "preferences"/"options" in case the sci-hub mirror changes. The extension will automatically check if the server is down each time you click the extension and direct you to the options page to change the domain if so.

Note: This is a continuation of https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/sci-hub-now/ by 0x01h but he no longer maintains it. I have made minor modifications and will continue maintaining it until at least 2024.