LYH DOI Tools

LYH DOI Tools

LYH DOI Tools - A Handy Chrome Extension for DOI Operations

LYH DOI Tools is a Chrome extension designed to enhance your experience while dealing with DOIs on webpages. It adds download icons to every DOI on the page, allows for direct and batch downloading of PDFs, and eliminates redundant clicks. The tool also auto-refreshes with 503 error and skips irrelevant waiting periods. Additionally, it provides quick access to the x-mol.com search engine. Essential for anyone frequently accessing and downloading scientific papers.
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By: LYH
Users: 1,000+
Rating: 1.00
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Version: 0.8 (Last updated: 2023-10-09)
Creation date: 2021-10-20
Risk impact: High risk impact
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Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • contextMenus
  • storage
Host permissions:
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
Size: 1.05M

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Extension summary

● A Chrome extension to add Sci-HUB or Lib-Gen download icons to every DOI-link on the page, with various other small changes to make scientific paper downloading less annoying.

● For user guide, source code, etc. : https://github.com/liyuanhe211/LYH_DOI_Tools

● Features: ● Add a download button to every DOI on the page. ● Directly download PDF from citation info with the context menu option or use the shortcut [Ctrl+Shift+S]. ● Batch download PDFs from Lib-Gen for all DOI found in one page. ● Jump unnecessary clicks to make browsing experience smoother: ⚬ [Sci-Hub]: Click the "Open" button for you. ⚬ [Lib-Gen]: Click the "GET" button for you. ⚬ [Lib-Gen]: Auto refresh when 503 is triggered due to download several files at once (very useful for download large batch of files). ⚬ [Wiley]: Skip the Wiley ePDF page and direct download a PDF. ⚬ [x-mol.com]: The totally meaningless waiting period (a few seconds) before redirection when searching references on x-mol.com. ⚬ [Scifinder]: The need to click the single DOI link when opening Other sources on SciFinder.

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User reviews

This kept opening popups to pages with malicious content. Nearly bricked my work laptop.
by John Pike, 2023-08-06
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