Lazy Scholar: Your Research Companion
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UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2024: Due to changes to Chrome extensions, a substantial amount of code needed to be rewritten. Some features described below have not yet been restored.
Lazy Scholar automatically searches for a freely available full text the instant you open a scientific paper. In use, it finds one 36-41% of the time*. NEW: Lazy Scholar can deep link with your institution to find full texts even when you're off campus. In addition, it attempts to extract helpful information about the paper if relevant such as quick links to the population, intervention, outcomes, measurements, funding statement, outline, references, abbreviations, and supplemental documents. Further, it checks for comments on the paper in PubPeer, provides various citation metrics on the paper and journal, and one-click citation styles, including a preformed powerpoint style.
Features in further detail:
-Infobar automatically appears when a paper is opened & tells you if a free full text is available, and provides various metrics & comments, along with fast citations. -This can be turned off and you can click the browser button for these. -Type "LS" in the address bar and quickly query Google Scholar, PubMed, or Web of Science. -Search your paper history with natural language. -Get new PubMed listing recommendations - Lazy Scholar learns your research preferences automatically based on what papers you open.
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- Finds and downloads academic articles in PDF format
- Cites papers in various formats
- Related/suggested papers tab for finding related papers
- Runs automatically even when configured not to
- Some users experienced glitchy behavior, such as predatory journal detection
- Inability to find PDF documents for scholarly articles
- Finds and downloads academic articles in PDF format
- Runs automatically even when configured not to
- Related/suggested papers tab for finding related papers
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Lazy Scholar requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
Lazy Scholar may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.
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