# Matilda academic search engine

> Adds the Matilda.science academic search engine to your search bar

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/matilda-search](https://chrome-stats.com/d/matilda-search)

## Overview

- **ID:** `matilda-search`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** bardlahn
- **Category:** search-tools
- **Daily users:** 2
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2024-06-26
- **First published:** 2024-06-25
- **Size:** 7.52 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/matilda-search/)

## Description

A simple add-on that adds the search engine <a href="https://matilda.science/?l=en">Matilda.science</a> to the list of search engine options in your search bar.

Matilda is an open alternative to Google Scholar, developed and maintained by the Centre de Sociologie de l’Innovation, Mines Paris PSL. (The add-on is developed independently and is not officially affiliated with Matilda.)

## Rankings

- #68,234 — Overall
- #169 — engine

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Can change search providers, which could redirect searches to malicious sites, posing moderate risk.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/matilda-search)