Arxiv Citation Redirector

Redirect citation from citation section to google scholar paper search result
What is Arxiv Citation Redirector?
Arxiv Citation Redirector is a Chrome extension that improves the efficiency of reading academic papers by reducing the time it takes to find and access reference papers. It automatically redirects citations from the citation section on arxiv.org to Google Scholar paper search results, eliminating the need to manually copy and paste citation information and scroll back to the original paper.

Extension stats

Users: 22 ▲ 2
Rating: 5.00 (1)
Version: 1.03 (Last updated: 2023-07-25)
Creation date: 2023-07-14
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • scripting
  • webRequest
Host permissions:
  • https://arxiv.org/*
Size: 6.27M

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Extension summary

When researchers read academic paper, they find out certain sentences are hard to understand without further information. So they want to see the source of the sentence, which is the reference paper. On arxiv.org, when people need to read the reference paper. They need to click on the citation internal link annotation, which leads the users to the citation section. They need to copy and paste the citation to google scholar web page and then they could find their paper. When they come back to the original paper, they still need to scroll all the way up to where they were. So this extension reduce the time of looking for the reference paper and improve the efficiency of reading paper, mainly on two parts:

  1. time to copy and paste the citation information to google scholar
  2. time to scroll back to the place of the citation internal link annotation.

Extension safety

Risk impact

Arxiv Citation Redirector may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

Arxiv Citation Redirector has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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