Google Scholar PDF Reader

Name: Google Scholar PDF Reader
Rating: 4.154440154440154 (518 reviews)
Author: https://scholar.google.com/

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

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Google Scholar PDF Reader transforms how you read academic PDFs on Chrome. This extension previews in-text citations, letting you view summaries and access referenced PDFs instantly. It offers an AI-generated outline for quick navigation, enabling you to jump to key sections effortlessly. Interactive figure mentions help you see relevant images without losing your reading flow.

Customize your reading experience with light, dark, and night modes for eye comfort. Easily copy citation formats without leaving the document and save articles directly to your Scholar Library for convenient access and future reference. Enhance productivity and comprehension with this all-in-one academic tool.

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By:

https://scholar.google.com/

Users:

1,000,000

Rating:

4.15

(518) 6 new ratings

Version:

0.2.7 Last updated: 2025-07-09

Creation date:

2024-03-16

Risk:

Permissions:

webNavigation
webRequest
declarativeNetRequest
scripting
storage
offscreen
clipboardWrite

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size:

3.49MB

Email:

sc*****@google.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Data ingested on:

2025-07-11

Ranking

# 287 ▲ 6

Other rankings

#2667 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 6

#6 in pdf keyword 75

#6 in summarize pdf keyword 48

#14 in reader keyword 69 ▼ 2

#28 in google keyword 94 ▼ 3

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User reviews

Users praise Google Scholar PDF Reader for its seamless integration with Google Scholar, AI-powered citation and summary tools, and a comfortable reading experience including dark mode and efficient navigation. However, many users note the absence of basic PDF annotation capabilities like highlighting and commenting. Occasional bugs and missing advanced features such as multi-page view or OCR also limit its functionality. Overall, it is regarded as a valuable research tool but has notable room for improvement in interactivity and feature completeness.

Pros

Integrates AI features like citation handling and text summarization, enhancing research efficiency.
Provides a user-friendly PDF reading experience tailored for students, researchers, and academics.
Includes a night mode (dark mode) feature that improves reading comfort and presentation aesthetics.
Allows quick navigation to references and figures, facilitating easier reading of academic papers.
Helps streamline discovery, organization, and direct reading of academic content within the Google Scholar ecosystem.

Cons

Lacks essential annotation tools such as text highlighting and commenting, which many users request.
Sometimes experiences bugs or fails to deliver promised functionalities like showing citations consistently.
Missing features like two-page display or OCR available in other PDF viewers, limiting versatility.
Some features like AI outlines and translation could be improved or made more customizable.
No direct support for editing PDFs with drawings, notes, or text annotations, limiting interactivity.

Recent reviews

There is a shortage that we cannot use the extension to highlight or marks the important sentences and words.

Ho*****, 2025-07-11

we need highlight function!!!

we*****, 2025-07-09

Useful extension! Hope it will have commenting and highting tools.

Tr*****, 2025-07-08

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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Google Scholar PDF Reader requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Chrome extension may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Chrome extension reputation on Chrome Web Store, the amount of time the Chrome extension has been around, and other signals about the Chrome extension. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Chrome extension.

Google Scholar PDF Reader has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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