Google Scholar search engine

Adds a search engine for Google Scholar (scholar.google.com).

Google Scholar Search Engine - Firefox Add-on

'Google Scholar search engine' is a Firefox add-on designed to facilitate easy access to scholarly literature from various disciplines and sources. The add-on assimilates the comprehensive Google Scholar search into your browser, allowing you to directly research academic journals, theses, dissertations, scholarly books, and more with ease.
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Add-on stats

Manifest V2 Overrides search engine
Daily users: 3,619
-6
Rating: 5.00
(13)
Version: 1.2 (Last updated: 2021-02-22)
Version code: 5186859
Creation date: 2020-05-01
Weekly download count: 33
Firefox on Android: No
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
Size: 16.20K
URLs: Website

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# 1,451 ▼ 5
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Other platforms

Google Scholar DarkMode (v1.2.1)
4,000 3.83 (6)
Not available on Android
Not available on Edge

User reviews

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Pros
  • Provides a way to add Google Scholar to the search bar options
  • Very helpful for users needing scholarly search capabilities
  • Works as expected and fulfills the intended purpose
Cons
  • Integration of adding search engines into Firefox is lacking
  • Need for a more user-friendly way to manage search engine options without add-ons
Most mentioned
  • The need to add Google Scholar as a search engine option in the Firefox search bar
  • Lack of built-in functionality in Firefox for adding search engines
User reviews
by Firefox user 10601912, 2025-01-28
by LolZoide, 2024-04-24
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Google Scholar search engine requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details
  • High Can change search providers, which could redirect searches to malicious sites, posing moderate risk.
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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Google Scholar search engine. Use it at your own risk.

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