Google Scholar search engine

Name: Google Scholar search engine
Rating: 5 (15 reviews)
Author: Christian Ponte

Adds a search engine for Google Scholar (scholar.google.com).

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Enhance your research workflow with the Google Scholar Search Engine extension. This handy tool integrates Google Scholar directly into your browser, allowing you to perform quick and easy academic searches without navigating away from your current page.

Ideal for students, researchers, and academics, this extension streamlines access to scholarly articles, research papers, and citations, making your study and research process more efficient.

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Version:

1.2 Last updated: 2021-02-22

Version code:

5186859

Creation date:

2020-05-01

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Permissions:

contextMenus

Size:

15.82KB

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Source:

Firefox Browser Add-ons

Data ingested on:

2025-07-14

Ranking

# 1,462 ▼ 7

Other rankings

#170 in Search Tools ▲ 1

#9 in engine keyword 13

#17 in google search keyword 68

#34 in school keyword 29 ▼ 1

#58 in hold keyword 3 ▲ 1

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Google Scholar DarkMode (v1.2.1)

5,000 3.83

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User reviews

Users appreciate this add-on for enabling Google Scholar search directly from Firefox's search bar, filling a gap as Firefox lacks native support for adding such search engines. The add-on works well and meets expectations, though several users expressed frustration that Firefox does not integrate this functionality by default, necessitating reliance on third-party add-ons.

Pros

Adds Google Scholar as a search engine option in Firefox search bar.
Functions as expected and meets user needs for searching Google Scholar.
Provides a solution for adding search engines not currently integrated into Firefox by default.

Cons

Firefox does not natively support adding Google Scholar as a search engine, requiring the use of an add-on.
Users wish Firefox had built-in capability to add custom search engines without add-ons.

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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Google Scholar search engine requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

High Can change search providers, which could redirect searches to malicious sites, posing moderate risk.

Risk likelihood

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Google Scholar search engine has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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