Papers by ReadCube

Name: Papers by ReadCube
Rating: 3.7895 (19 reviews)
Author: Papers

By: Papers

Papers by ReadCube Extension

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Features & Capabilities

The Papers by ReadCube Chrome extension revolutionizes your research experience by allowing seamless importation of articles and webpages directly into your Papers library. It supports effortless discovery across popular academic platforms like PubMed, Google Scholar, and BioRxiv, instantly recognizing papers already in your personal or shared collections to avoid duplicates.

Beyond organization, the extension offers an enhanced PDF reading experience featuring hyperlinked references, annotation and drawing tools, streamed supplemental files, and a high-resolution figure browser. Collaborate with colleagues, share collections, and generate citations and bibliographies effortlessly — all designed to streamline your research lifecycle.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on Education Writing

By:

Papers

Daily users:

2,812 -171

Rating:

3.79

(19)

Version:

6.9.0 Last updated: 2026-06-08

Version code:

6297129

Creation date:

2019-08-07

Risk:

Permissions:

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Content scripts matches:

www.rightfind.com

Size:

2.02MB

Email:

su*****@readcube.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-24

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 1,718 ▼ 57

Other rankings

#201 in Search Tools ▼ 6

#79 in lead keyword 18 ▲

#109 in reference keyword 33 ▼ 2

#161 in library keyword 34 ▼ 4

#164 in feedback keyword 27

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Other platforms

Papers by ReadCube (v6.9.0)

50,000 4.07

(44)

Papers by ReadCube (v3.63)

95,966 3.69

(725)

Papers by ReadCube (v4.01)

3.70

(553)

Papers by ReadCube (v6.9.0)

20,428 3.40

(5)

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Developed by:

Papers

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/readcube-papers/

Email:

su*****@readcube.com

Website:

https://support.readcube.com/support/solutions/30000035227

Permission Change History

2026-03-25: Version 6.4.2 → 6.5.0

Remove Permissions: webRequestBlocking

2024-11-11: Version 4.106 → 5.2.6

Add Host permissions: <all_urls>

Add Permissions: activeTab scripting

Remove Permissions: <all_urls>

2024-01-03: Version 4.97 → 4.98

Add Permissions: webRequestBlocking

User Reviews

Users note that the Firefox version of the 'Papers by ReadCube' extension is missing important functionalities available in the Chrome extension, especially the ability to save PDFs directly to the library rather than just the URL. This limitation reduces its usefulness for Firefox users.

Pros

Cons

The Firefox extension lacks crucial features present in the Chrome version.
It cannot save PDF files directly to the user's library from Firefox's built-in PDF viewer, only saving the URL instead.

Recent reviews

Straight-up does not work when I try to import a PDF file I've opened in Firefox.

by st*****, 2026-03-30

Same experience as user 15218768. This add-on (v6.2.0) creates massive loss of performance (major lags) on all Google-related pages in FireFox.

by Fi*****, 2025-11-14

This extension works well on research sites, but it causes serious performance issues on pages like Amazon and Google when used with Firefox on macOS in Low Power Mode. I ran Firefox Profiler and confirmed that the extension injects scripts that run heavy regular expressions in the background, blocking the main thread and causing tabs to freeze or load very slowly. Disabling the extension or exiting Low Power Mode fixes the issue. Until this is addressed, I recommend only enabling the extension for specific research sites.

by Fi*****, 2025-08-05

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Is Papers by ReadCube Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Papers by ReadCube requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

Papers by ReadCube may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

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