Lazy Scholar
Automatic check for full text, details, and metrics of scientific articles, plus comments, citations, fast sharing and more.
Lazy Scholar: Smart Scientific Article Research Plugin for Firefox
Lazy Scholar is a comprehensive research tool add-on for Firefox designed for users engaged in scientific studies. It automatically searches for full text versions of scientific articles, provides details about the paper and attempts to extract additional useful information. Lazy Scholar also offers one-click citation styles, explores your paper history with natural language, and learns your research preferences to recommend new PubMed listings. Furthermore, it allows fast sharing of research articles, checks the credibility of journals, and offers features to minimize online distractions, thereby enhancing the research process.
Add-on stats
Manifest V2
By: Lazy Scholar
Rating: 4.08 
(12)
Weekly download count: 10
Firefox on Android: No
Permissions:
- <all_urls>
- activeTab
- tabs
- notifications
- contextMenus
- downloads
- downloads.shelf
- storage
- clipboardWrite
- sessions See more
Size: 16.32M
Email: co*****@gmail.com
URLs: Website ,Privacy policy
Full description: See detailed description
Ranking
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spammy, or outdated.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
- Very handy for searching full articles
- Helpful for researchers in saving time
- The add on is back!
Cons
- Does not work
- Not giving notifications
- Currently unmaintained
Most mentioned
- Searching full-text
- Helpful for researchers
- Does not work
User reviews
by 天灭中共退党团队保平安, 2025-02-17
by Firefox user 17600531, 2023-08-22
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Lazy Scholar requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. 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 analysis details
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