PubMed Search Engine

Adds the PubMed search engine to the search and address bars.

PubMed Search Engine - Firefox Add-on

PubMed Search Engine is a Firefox add-on that allows you to easily search PubMed from the search and address bars. It also adds a context menu item to search highlighted text. Forked from Google Scholar search engine.

Add-on stats

Manifest V2 Overrides search engine
By: TobiWan54
Daily users: 165
-7
Rating: 5.00
(2)
Version: 1.0 (Last updated: 2022-11-14)
Version code: 5485154
Creation date: 2022-11-13
Weekly download count: 5
Firefox on Android: No
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
Size: 18.78K
Full description: See detailed description

Other platforms

Not available on Chrome
Not available on Android
Not available on Edge

Add-on safety

Risk impact

PubMed Search Engine requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details
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Risk likelihood

PubMed Search Engine has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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