Mendeley Web Importer

Fast, convenient import of references and PDFs to your Mendeley Reference Manager library.

What is Mendeley Web Importer?

Mendeley Web Importer is a Chrome extension designed to streamline your research workflow. When viewing articles or references, simply click the Mendeley icon in your browser's toolbar. It will analyse the page, retrieve important metadata like title, authors, and even full text PDFs where available, and add to your Mendeley library. Additionally, by creating a Mendeley account, you will have the capability to save, read, and cite the articles you import by using the extension and will be provided with 2GB of free storage space.

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By: https://www.mendeley.com

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Users: 2,000,000+

Rating: 2.40 (2,501) ▲ 11 new ratings

Version: 3.2.88 (Last updated: 2023-10-10)

Creation date: 2020-06-30

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

notifications
scripting
storage
webRequest

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size: 2.16M

Email: de*****@endtest-mail.io

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 240 ▼ 2

Other rankings

#9441 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 21

Other platforms

Mendeley Web Importer (v3.2.78)

4.01 (387) 103,434+

Mendeley Web Importer (v3.2.88)

3.30 (522) 1,096,402+

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Summary

Analyze keywords

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.

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Useful tool for importing references
Works well on Firefox
Helpful for managing and citing sources

Cons

Frequent login issues
Does not work consistently on Chrome
Problems with synchronization

Most mentioned

Login issues
Extension not opening
Synchronization problems

Recent reviews

It does not work!

Kat Nguyen, 2024-04-18

Fake! ... Doesn't work.

Shewalem Asfaw, 2024-04-17

No longer working, tried uninstalling, reinstalling, trouble shooting

Amber Dyck, 2024-04-17

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Safety

Risk impact

Mendeley Web Importer is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Mendeley Web Importer if you trust the publisher.