Citavi Picker
The Citavi Picker is an extension for Citavi software users (www.citavi.com). The Citavi Picker lets you easily import online information.
Citavi Picker: Online Content Importer for Citavi Software Users
The 'Citavi Picker' add-on for Firefox allows Citavi software users to conveniently import bibliographic information and metadata from a variety of online sources such as PubMed, Google Scholar, arXiv.org and various library catalogs. The tool also provides functionalities to automatically look up bibliographic details for ISBNs and DOIs, and even add webpage metadata to Citavi projects. Users can save selected website content, including text and images, as quotations in a Citavi project.
Add-on stats
Manifest V2
By: Citavi Team
Rating: 4.09 
(23)
Weekly download count: 243
Firefox on Android: Yes
Permissions:
- activeTab
- storage
- nativeMessaging
- identity
- tabs
- clipboardWrite
- contextMenus
- http://*/*
- https://*/*
Size: 1.25M
Email: se*****@citavi.com
URLs: Website ,Privacy policy
Full description: See detailed description
Ranking
# 239
Other platforms
Not available on Android
User reviews
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews.
Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate,
spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Great add-on for scientists, researchers, and writers
- Time-saving citation import
- Convenient for adding literature to the Citavi database
- General satisfaction with functionality in Firefox
Cons
- Does not recognize open projects in Firefox
- Issues with character encoding in non-English languages
- Gets stuck on a loading state during importing
- Slows down certain websites like Threema Web
- Specific version compatibility issues with Firefox
Most mentioned
- Incompatibility with Firefox
- Character encoding issues
- Loading state problem
- Functionality for adding references
- Performance issues on specific websites
User reviews
by Firefox user 18819763, 2025-02-06
by Firefox user 14470796, 2025-01-29
by Firefox user 14714208, 2025-01-11
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Citavi Picker requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk impact analysis details
- Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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