Lazy Scholar

Lazy Scholar is a powerful Chrome extension designed for researchers and academics seeking quick access to scientific literature. When you open a scientific paper, it automatically searches for a freely available full text, successfully locating one about 36-41% of the time. It can seamlessly connect with your institution to access resources off-campus.

Beyond finding full texts, Lazy Scholar extracts important paper information including populations, outcomes, funding, and supplemental data. It offers citation metrics from Google Scholar, Web of Science, and Altmetric.com, shows PubPeer comments, provides journal rankings, and supports one-click citation copying in over 900 styles—including a special PowerPoint citation format. Additional features include quick Google Scholar and PubMed searches from the address bar, personalized paper recommendations, automatic contact email retrieval, Beall's list predatory journal checks, and annotation support via hypothes.is. Users can even block non-scholarly distractions for enhanced focus.

Lazy Scholar streamlines academic research by integrating comprehensive metrics, full-text access, sharing tools, and smart recommendations into a single extension, enhancing productivity and discovery for scholars worldwide.