Papers by ReadCube

Easily import articles and webpages to your Papers by ReadCube library.

Papers by ReadCube: Streamline Your Research Workflow

'Papers by ReadCube' is a Chrome extension for browsing and adding articles to your library from multiple platforms like PubMed, Google Scholar and many more. The extension enhances research workflow by providing streamlined access to full-text articles, facilitated reading and annotating, improved sharing and collaboration, and simplified reference and bibliography creation. It ensures organized research by avoiding random PDF pile-ups and supports instant access to previously downloaded papers.

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Extension stats

By: Digital Science

Users: 50,000+

Rating: 4.12

(41)

Version: 5.6.3 (Last updated: 2025-02-05)

Creation date: 2020-06-25

Permissions:

tabs
storage
activeTab
cookies
scripting
webRequest

Host permissions:

*://*.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/*
*://*.readcube.com/*
*://*.papersproxy.com/*
*://*.nih.gov/*
*://*.googleapis.com/*
*://*.google.com/*
*://*.google.hr/*
*://*.google.co.uk/*
*://*.google.de/*
*://*.google.ca/*

Size: 1.50M

Email: su*****@papersapp.com

URLs: Privacy policy

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 3,784 ▲ 76

Other rankings

#318 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 3 #46 in install keyword 75 ▲ 6 #152 in article keyword 22 ▼ 2 #200 in library keyword 25 ▼ 5 #221 in browser extension keyword 75 ▲ 6

Other platforms

Papers by ReadCube (v3.51)

89,435+ 3.88

(715)

Papers by ReadCube (v5.6.3)

3,584+ 4.29

(17)

Papers by ReadCube (v5.6.3)

18,827+ 4.00

(4)

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Great one-solution tool for PDF management, annotation, and reference management.
Helpful for organizing research papers and maintaining references in one place.
Allows for logging in with a proxy for off-campus access to PDFs.
User-friendly interface and easy to save PDFs to the library.

Cons

PDF crashes upon viewing in Chrome.
Lists of papers are not in sync between the extension and the library.
Import functionality frequently fails to work.
No indication if an article is already in the library, leading to duplicates.

Most mentioned

PDF crashes upon viewing in Chrome.
Import functionality does not always work.
Lists are not in sync between extension and library.

User reviews

Great one-solution tool for pdf management, annotation, searching, and so on, as well as using as a reference manager.

K V, 2024-06-07

great tool for research assistance

Miodrag Mišković, 2024-02-12

This is a very good extension normally. However, right now it makes pdf crash upon viewing in chrome. Please fix!!

Brian Seymour, 2023-08-03

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Papers by ReadCube requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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