Acronym Expander

Automatically displays interactive tooltips for acronyms with their expansions.

Acronym Expander

Extension stats

By: jackmurzy
Users: 30
4
Rating: 5.00
(3)
Version: 1.95 (Last updated: 2024-11-11)
Creation date: 2024-08-22
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • contextMenus
  • storage
Size: 692.22K

Other platforms

Acronym Finder (v5.0)
4.74 (922) 44,751+
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
Want to check extension ranking and stats more quickly for other Chrome extensions? Install Chrome-Stats extension to view Chrome-Stats data as you browse the Chrome Web Store.

Extension summary

Research papers and articles often utilise non-standard acronyms (NSAs) that are introduced early in a text and then used throughout, and these are surprisingly easy to forget. This extension automatically identifies these acronyms on websites and adds tooltips containing their expansion to each one - allowing you to hover over them to see their full meaning.

Key features include:

  • Automatic Acronym/Expansion Detection
  • Customisable Acronyms: Delete, edit, or even add new acronyms
  • Stored Site Acronyms: Acronyms are specifically saved to each site, so when revisiting an old paper you can still see all your automatically/manually saved acronyms !
  • Create Key Acronyms: Key Acronyms are implemented across ALL sites, so you can create a central bank of acronyms/expansions (for example a list of genes and their functions), and have these automatically applied to every paper you visit !
  • Toggle Acronym Visibility: This will turn off all non-key acronyms, useful for when you're reading a familiar paper
  • Import/Export Key Acronyms: Key Acronyms can be easily imported/exported to enable quick sharing and personal storage !

*** New in v1.9 ***

  • Introducing hidden acronyms: A new tab for 'hidden' acronym-expansion pairs that won't be tooltipped on any site (useful if theres a common acronym you come across a LOT)
  • Added ability to manage the stored acronym data for sites, including automatically deleting the data 'x' days after the site was last visited !

User reviews

Such a helpful extension! Easy to use and saves so much time when reading academic papers :)
by Alys Moindrot, 2024-09-05

Very useful for reading academic journals and very demure.
by Dani H, 2024-08-25

Incredibly helpful and easy to use, can't believe this didn't exist before!
by Gracie Kerr, 2024-08-17
View all user reviews

Extension safety

Risk impact

Acronym Expander requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Acronym Expander may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

Upgrade to see risk analysis details

Promo images

Acronym Expander small promo image
Small promo image

Similar extensions

Here are some Chrome extensions that are similar to Acronym Expander: