Open Access Button

The Open Access Button helps you get the research you want right now, and adds papers you still need to your wishlists.

Open Access Button - Easy Access to Research Articles

The 'Open Access Button' is a unique Firefox add-on designed to make legal research freely available for users. Upon activation, it delivers research articles at a simple button click, enabling users to keep up to date with their respective fields. This tool also has a feature to auto-request papers from authors, boosting its functionality. It serves as a solution for researchers, academicians, and students in need of an efficient method to access scholarly articles.

Add-on stats

Manifest V2
Daily users: 2,019
9
Rating: 3.78
(9)
Version: 4.4.4resigned1 (Last updated: 2024-04-25)
Version code: 5726290
Creation date: 2014-10-12
Weekly download count: 38
Firefox on Android: No
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • storage
Size: 24.66K
Full description: See detailed description

Other platforms

Open Access Button (voabutton_5.0.0)
40,000 3.33 (21)
Not available on Android
Not available on Edge

User reviews



Doesn't work. Just takes you to a bug report page.
by provoquer, 2024-09-17
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Open Access Button does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk impact analysis details
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Risk likelihood

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Risk likelihood analysis details
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