DOI Helper

A little add-on appending SciHub buttons for some webpages with s c i e n c e.

DOI Helper: Chrome add-on for quick Sci-Hub navigation

'DOI Helper' is a convenient Chrome extension that adds quick links to Sci-Hub pages for given scientific papers. This tool currently supports only a handful of journals but continues to evolve to provide seamless navigation to Sci-Hub for scientific research purposes.
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Extension stats

Manifest V2
Users: 5,000+
Rating: 5.00
(5)
Version: 1.0.2.1 (Last updated: 2020-04-07)
Creation date: 2020-04-07
Size: 88.81K
Full description: See detailed description

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Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge

User reviews

good
by Bereket Tesfu, 2020-09-06

this is great
by solomon ansari, 2020-07-07
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Extension safety

Risk impact

DOI Helper requires very minimum permissions.

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