CORE Discovery

One-click access to free copies of research papers whenever you hit the paywall

CORE Discovery - Find Free Research Papers

CORE Discovery is a Firefox add-on that helps users discover freely accessible copies of research papers. It reduces the time it takes to access full texts, providing the highest coverage of free articles.

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By: CORE Developers Team

Daily users: 178

Version: 1.0.4 (Last updated: 2020-10-02)

Version code: 5109156

Creation date: 2019-08-21

Weekly download count: 3

Firefox on Android: No

Risk:

Permissions:

storage
*://core.ac.uk/*
*://*.core.ac.uk/*
*://api.unpaywall.org/*

Size: 233.86K

Email: th*****@core.ac.uk

URLs: Website

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 7,763 ▲ 41

Other rankings

#6 in discover keyword 28

#8 in cover keyword 10 ▲ 1

#25 in score keyword 19

#48 in discord keyword 29

#74 in hover keyword 14 ▲ 1

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Other platforms

Not available on Chrome

Not available on Android

Not available on Edge

Add-on safety

Risk impact

CORE Discovery requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

CORE Discovery has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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