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 assistant Edge add-on designed for specialists in academic fields. It promptly searches for a free full text of a research paper as soon as it is opened, provides links to associated information, pulls metrics and comments, and delivers quick citation styles. Perfect for off-campus research, Lazy Scholar can analyze papers and give insight into aspects like measurements, outcomes, funding statements and more. It also has a smart recommendation system based on previous papers you opened, offering personalized research paper suggestions. For greater productivity, the add-on features an option to block non-scholarly websites for one hour, limiting online distractions.

Add-on stats

Users: 5,000 ▲ 35
Rating: 3.00 (3)
Version: 2.6.0 (Last updated: 2020-06-14)
Creation date: 2020-06-14
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: 9.92M

Ranking

Other platforms

Lazy Scholar (v2.7.2)
4.17 (64) 10,000
Lazy Scholar (v2.5.2)
4.00 (11) 526
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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

the problem is it 30% will crash. others are good
by Wan, 2024-11-01

打开后,播放网页视频会产生后台播放,即使页面已经暂停,后台仍然在播放,产生严重干扰,不得已只能停用。 一开始不能确定到底是哪个插件导致的,经过一个个测试才锁定了这个Lazy。
by Dong-xun, 2021-04-20

不好用啊,有的一直不显示
by 子墨, 2020-10-01
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Lazy Scholar requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

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

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