Lazy Scholar

Automatic check for full text, details, and metrics of scientific articles, plus comments, citations, fast sharing and more.
What is Lazy Scholar?
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

Users: 502 ▲ 5
Rating: 4.00 (11)
Version: 2.5.2 (Last updated: 2020-03-09)
Creation date: 2015-05-19
Weekly download count: 15
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • <all_urls>
  • activeTab
  • tabs
  • notifications
  • contextMenus
  • downloads
  • downloads.shelf
  • storage
  • clipboardWrite
  • sessions
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Size: 16.32M

Other platforms

Lazy Scholar (v2.7.2)
4.17 (64) 10,000
Lazy Scholar (v2.6.0)
2.00 (2) 4,743
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Add-on summary

Lazy Scholar automatically searches for a freely available full text the instant you open a scientific paper. In use, it finds one 36-41% of the time*. NEW: Lazy Scholar can deep link with your institution to find full texts even when you're off campus. In addition, it attempts to extract helpful information about the paper if relevant such as quick links to the population, intervention, outcomes, measurements, funding statement, outline, references, abbreviations, and supplemental documents. Further, it checks for comments on the paper in PubPeer, provides various citation metrics on the paper and journal, and one-click citation styles, including a preformed powerpoint style.

Features in further detail:

-Infobar automatically appears when a paper is opened & tells you if a free full text is available, and provides various metrics & comments, along with fast citations. -This can be turned off and you can click the browser button for these. -Type "LS" in the address bar and quickly query Google Scholar, PubMed, or Web of Science. -Search your paper history with natural language. -Get new PubMed listing recommendations - Lazy Scholar learns your research preferences automatically based on what papers you open. -Citation count (GScholar's, Web of Science, and Altmetric.com score). -PubPeer comment count -Journal ranking -Attempts to find a contact email address for the paper you are searching

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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
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Lazy Scholar is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Lazy Scholar if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Lazy Scholar has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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