Google Scholar PDF Reader

Supercharge your paper reading: follow references, skim outline, jump to figures, cite and save.

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Google Scholar PDF Reader Extension

"Google Scholar PDF Reader" is a Chrome extension that transforms the way you read PDF papers. It enables you to preview references, skim outlines with AI-generated summaries, and jump directly to figures for a faster reading experience. With customizable viewing modes, citation copying, and the ability to save articles to your Scholar Library, this extension supercharges your academic research and streamlines the citation process. Experience a smarter way to manage and interact with academic literature.

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Extension stats

By: https://scholar.google.com

Users: 600,000+

Rating: 4.15

(393)

4 new ratings

Version: 0.2.2 (Last updated: 2025-01-14)

Creation date: 2024-03-16

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

webNavigation
webRequest
declarativeNetRequest
scripting
storage
offscreen
clipboardWrite

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size: 3.39M

Email: sc*****@google.com

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Ranking

# 836 ▲ 1

Other rankings

#71 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 1

#16 in summarize pdf keyword 35 ▼ 1

#20 in pdf keyword 78 ▼ 6

#23 in reader keyword 83 ▼ 1

#41 in google keyword 95 ▲ 6

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Extension summary

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When you install Scholar Reader, PDFs on all sites will have a new look in Chrome. To make this happen, Chrome will ask for permissions to read and change data on all sites. Scholar Reader makes no changes other than the presentation of PDFs.

• Preview references as you read. Click the in-text citation to see a summary and find the PDF. • Read faster with the AI outline. Get a quick overview and click on interesting bullets to jump within the paper. • Click in-text figure mentions to see the figure and the back button to keep reading. • Make it right for your eyes with light, dark, and night modes. • Copy and paste common citation formats without leaving the paper. • Save articles to your Scholar Library to read or cite later.

By installing this extension, you agree to the Google Terms of Service and Privacy Policy at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/.

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

Fast and reliable performance
Useful AI-generated tables of contents and outlines
Convenient for managing citations
Great tool for research purposes

Cons

Lacks text highlighting and annotation features
Interferes with Overleaf when compiling PDFs
AI summaries and outlines are not very effective or helpful
User would like an option to block certain websites from interaction

Most mentioned

Need for text highlighting feature
AI outlines need improvement in summarizing content
Interference with Overleaf PDF compilation
Request for additional features like two-page view and read aloud

User reviews

Great for research! If I could highlight, add notes and save easily on my local files, I would totally ditch my local pdf drivers for this.

Santiago CC, 2025-01-22

An indispensable tool for reading scientific literature!

Timur Nikitin, 2025-01-22

This is by far the best PDF reader around, not just the best browser PDF reader. No other free PDF reading app offers a night mode implementation as good as this one and and the citation lookup works like a charm. Really like the newly introduced AI outlines feature as well.