# Noterva Reference Manager

> Extract citations (APA/MLA/Chicago, RIS/BibTeX) from Google Scholar, web pages, and PDFs. Export bulk citations securely and locally.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `noterva`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** The Writing Project
- **Category:** search-tools,bookmarks,tabs
- **Version:** 2.8.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-13
- **First published:** 2026-07-10
- **Size:** 900 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/noterva/)
- **Website:** [https://community.thewritingproject.me/upgrade](https://community.thewritingproject.me/upgrade)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/noterva/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/noterva/privacy/)

## Description

Noterva is the ultimate reference manager and citation extractor designed specifically for researchers, academics, and students.

Stop manually typing out bibliographies or fighting with paywalls. Noterva seamlessly integrates with your browser to organize your academic research workflow.

Features: • Instantly extract perfectly formatted metadata (Authors, Journal, Volume, Issue, DOI) from Google Scholar and major publisher websites. • Direct PDF downloading and automatic institutional proxy routing (EZProxy). • Cloud Sync: Save your library locally or sync it across devices securely via your licensed account. • Deep PDF parsing: Noterva scans the actual text of PDFs to identify DOIs and pull metadata automatically. • Export citations effortlessly to BibTeX, RIS, or CSV.

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## Rankings

- #131,611 — Overall
- #67 — reference

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `scripting`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `storage`

### Host permissions

- `<all_urls>`
- `https://api.unpaywall.org/*`
- `https://api.openalex.org/*`
- `https://api.crossref.org/*`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

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