PaperPanda — Get millions of research papers
PaperPanda helps you download papers
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4.72
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483)Review summary
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Makes finding research papers easier
- Quick access to millions of research papers
- Empowers users with free and open knowledge
- Works well for finding papers
- Lifesaver for research needs
Cons
- Contains malware that hijacks Google searches
- Redirects searches to Yahoo
- Removed access to Sci-Hub, making it less useful
- Annoying marketing notifications
- Harassing pop-ups about unrelated extensions
Most mentioned
- Malware issues causing search redirect
- Hijacking Google searches to Yahoo
- Loss of Sci-Hub access
- Increased notifications and ads
- Initial usefulness but has become misleading
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| Date | Author | Rating | Lang | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-21 |  | | en | Makes accessing research papers easy and fast! |
| 2025-01-21 |  | | en | This thing is hijacking omni bar searches to redirect to Yahoo! and add tracking beacons |
| 2025-01-19 |  | | en | Very useful, Thanks! |
| 2025-01-17 |  | | en | PaperPanda makes finding research papers so much easier it's a must have tool for anyone |
| 2025-01-17 |  | | en | MALWARE As of version 2.1.6 released on January 7th, 2025 the extension contains malware causing Google search queries to redirect through a series of URLs which end up on Yahoo. I suspect the developers of this extension were themselves victims of some sort of dependency poisoning attack. |
| 2025-01-16 |  | | en | PaperPanda makes accessing millions of research papers quick, easy, and hassle-free, empowering users with free and open knowledge |
| 2025-01-16 |  | | en | Hijacks Google searches towards Yahoo. Malware, remove it. |
| 2025-01-16 |  | | en | Wow, this is incredibly useful for research! Keep up the great work! Education should be available to everyone! |
| 2025-01-16 |  | | en | Recently installed this extension it is great for my research Thank you! |
| 2025-01-16 |  | | en | Started hijacking default searches. |
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