Publication Finder

Annotates web pages of digital libraries with direct links to online research publications.
What is Publication Finder?
Publication Finder is a Chrome extension that annotates digital library web pages with direct links to research publications. It is a great tool for finding research articles online while browsing digital libraries.

Extension stats

This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2022-06-16
Users: 2,000+
Rating: 4.50 (12)
Version: 1.3 (Last updated: 2012-07-21)
Creation date: 2012-07-21
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • http://scholar.google.com/scholar?*
Size: 112.64K

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Extension summary

Publication Finder is a Chrome extension that annotates digital library web pages with direct links to research publications. It is a great tool for finding research articles online while browsing digital libraries.

If a publication in a digital library can be found using Google Scholar, the web page of the publication is annotated with the following information:

  • a direct download link to the PDF if the publication can be downloaded from another source;
  • a drop-down with a selection of Google Scholar search results matching exactly the publication title;
  • a link to Google Scholar search results.

WARNING: The extension can stop working at any time, depending on the changes in the page structure of the digital library web pages or in Google Scholar.

Currently, the following digital libraries are supported:

More digital libraries can be easily added.

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User reviews

its not working... :(
by A Google user, 2015-02-28

University students, please add this extension! Great!
by Carl Pohl, 2013-03-30

Great and useful. Everything's awesome, right from the required security settings to the UI. Does anyone know if there's similar extensions for some of the PDF readers? Like, it'll be really useful to hover my mouse over a citation, and have the citation's abstract pop-out.
by thanu mad, 2011-12-22
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Publication Finder requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

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

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