Rockstar Scholar

Struggling to identify which papers were cited recently on your Google Scholar profile page? If so, this extension is for you.
What is Rockstar Scholar?
Rockstar Scholar is a Chrome extension designed for researchers who want to track citation count changes on their Google Scholar profile. Simply install the extension, set your profile as the homepage, and easily identify which specific papers have increased or decreased in their citation count since your last visit.

Extension stats

Users: 25 ▲ 1
Rating: 5.00 (1)
Version: 0.20.2 (Last updated: 2024-10-08)
Creation date: 2022-06-07
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • storage
Size: 101.75K

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Extension summary

Researchers! Do you infrequently visit your Google Scholar profile page and struggle to identify which specific papers have increased in their citation count since your last visit? If so, then you are a Rockstar Scholar 🎸

Features: (1) Track citation changes for upto 700 papers on a Google Scholar profile page. (2) Citation tracking synchronized cross-browser via your Google account (if you're logged in to Chrome) (3) Selectively clear citation updates or let them accumulate over time.

To setup the citation tracking on a Google Scholar page: 1 - Install the browser extension: 2- Navigate to the Google Scholar profile that you want to track, and make it your Rockstar Scholar homepage. 3- Wait for the citations to roll in 4- Check back to your Rockstar Scholar homepage to determine the specific papers that increase/decrease in citation count. 5- Clear the reported citation count changes at the click of a button, or let them accumulate over time.

User reviews

Great app, must have it!
by Jia LIU, 2018-03-27
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Rockstar Scholar requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Rockstar Scholar is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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