BibTex It!

This extension gets your bibtex citation through your text selection within one-click.

BibTex It! - Simplify your Bibtex Citation Process

'BibTex It!' is a convenient Chrome extension targeted towards streamlining your citation process. By enabling users to fetch Bibtex citations from any selected text or URL using a simple one-click functionality, it caters to the needs of researchers, academicians and anyone in need of referencing sources quickly and accurately. It’s a handy way to speed up your research or academic work and ensure citation accuracy.
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Extension stats

Manifest V2
Users: 5,000+
Rating: 4.76
(17)
Version: 1.1 (Last updated: 2016-09-24)
Creation date: 2016-09-24
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • contextMenus
  • https://scholar.google.com/
Size: 8.97K
URLs: Website
Full description: See detailed description

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Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge

User reviews

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Pros
  • Saves a lot of time when writing reports
  • Works as expected
  • Incredibly useful
  • Convenient for citing sources
Cons
  • Issues with the Google Scholar API thinking users are robots and requiring captcha
  • Missing URLs or DOIs in citations
Most mentioned
  • Time-saving functionality
  • Reliability and effectiveness
  • Problems related to captcha
User reviews
In the modern day and age, I'm expecting every citation to come up with URL or DOI. For some reason, google scholar and therefore this extension misses out on the URLs and/or DOIs.
by Shubhamkar Ayare, 2024-11-14

Works as expected - saves much time :D
by Dominik Braun, 2022-02-26

Incredibly useful and time saving.
by Tibo Geenen, 2022-01-20
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Extension safety

Risk impact

BibTex It! requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details
  • Critical Request access to the following domains: google.com
Risk likelihood

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