# Science Research Assistant

> Search for scientific information as quickly as possible while researching and writing scientific papers. Its algorithm summarizes the text on any web page, providing the most frequently used keywords and phrases and highlighting key information.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/science-research-assistant](https://chrome-stats.com/d/science-research-assistant)

## Overview

- **ID:** `science-research-assistant`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Science Research Tools
- **Category:** search-tools,other
- **Daily users:** 315
- **Weekly downloads:** 4
- **Rating:** 4.75 / 5 (4 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.3resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2017-05-05
- **Size:** 30 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/science-research-assistant/)
- **Website:** [http://www.steadyhealth.com/science-research-assistant-browser-extension-plugin-addon](http://www.steadyhealth.com/science-research-assistant-browser-extension-plugin-addon)

## Description

Science Research Assistant is a powerful browser extension designed for scientists, journalists, and researchers who want to efficiently navigate vast scientific literature. It summarizes any web page text by extracting frequently used keywords and highlighting critical information, which allows you to quickly grasp lengthy scientific papers.

You can customize the summarization rules to tailor the keyword analysis to your needs. Selecting a keyword enables instant searches across 30+ prestigious scientific journals, including PubMed, Nature, Wiley, and more. The extension emphasizes open access sources while providing comprehensive search tools, meta-search patterns, and trend tracking features. Whether choosing a research hypothesis, analyzing complex data, or keeping up with scientific trends, this tool streamlines the entire research process with easy keyword frequency analysis and search functionalities accessible directly from your browser.

## Rankings

- #6,530 — Overall
- #11 — research
- #26 — algorithm
- #28 — assistant
- #46 — phrase
- #53 — hesitate

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `contextMenus`
- `storage`

## Safety

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

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