# Open Access Button

> The Open Access Button helps you get the research you want right now, and adds papers you still need to your wishlists.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `openaccessbutton`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** Open Access Button
- **Daily users:** 1,822
- **Weekly downloads:** 16
- **Rating:** 3.63 / 5 (8 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.4.4resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2014-10-12
- **Size:** 24 KB
- **Data as of:** 2025-10-05
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/openaccessbutton/)
- **Website:** [https://openaccessbutton.org/instructions](https://openaccessbutton.org/instructions)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/openaccessbutton/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/openaccessbutton/privacy/)

## Description

**Open Access Button** is a powerful Chrome extension designed to provide immediate access to free and legal research articles. With just a click, users can obtain research papers they need without hassle. It also allows users to automatically request articles directly from authors if they are not freely available yet.

This tool simplifies academic research by breaking down paywalls and enabling users to curate a wishlist of papers they'd like to access. Open Access Button supports researchers, students, and academics in accessing knowledge seamlessly and ethically, promoting open science and wider dissemination of scholarly work.

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `storage`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- This extension is not longer available in the store

## Review summary

### Pros

- Provides a way to access paywalled articles for free
- Links to the website version for functionality

### Cons

- Doesn't work or leads to a bug report page
- Issues with installation and version compatibility
- Firefox sometimes reports the file as corrupt

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