Best Research Chrome Extensions

Read&Write for Google Chrome™

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Freemium

Boost reading and writing confidence across all types of content and devices, in class, at work, and at home.

Zotero Connector

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Free

Save papers, citations and PDFs to your library.

Save to Google Drive

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Free

Save web content or screen capture directly to Google Drive.

Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader

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Free

Read aloud the current web-page article with one click, using text to speech (TTS). Supports 40+ languages.

Google Scholar Button

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Free

Lookup scholarly articles as you browse the web.

Google Scholar PDF Reader

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Free

Supercharge your paper reading: follow references, skim outline, jump to figures, cite and save.

Scopus Document Download Manager

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Free

Scopus authenticated users can download PDF files directly from Scopus!

EPUBReader

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Free

Read epub files directly in the browser

Notion Web Clipper

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Free

Save any page straight into a Notion database with one click.

Obsidian Web Clipper

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Free

Save and highlight web pages in a private and durable format that you can access offline. The official extension for Obsidian.

RSS Feed Reader

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Freemium

Get a simple overview of your RSS and Atom feeds in the toolbar

Glasp

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Free

Highlight and annotate the web, then export your notes.

RSS Subscription Extension (by Google)

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Freemium

Adds one-click subscription to your toolbar.

ePub Reader for Google Chrome™

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Freemium

View ePUB files right in your browser.

Reader View

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Free

Removes clutter like buttons, backgrounds, adjusts text size, contrast, and layout for better readability

Wayback Machine

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Free

The Official Wayback Machine Extension - by the Internet Archive.

Hypothesis - Web & PDF Annotation

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Free

Collaboratively annotate, highlight, and tag web pages and PDF documents.

SciSpace: Do hours of research in minutes

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Free

Your AI research assistant for understanding scientific literature.

Just Read

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Free

A feature-packed, customizable reader extension.

Teal - Job Search Companion

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Free

The better way to job search. Save Jobs, Contacts, Companies & Resumes in one place.

Diigo Web Collector - Capture and Annotate

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Free

Bookmark, Archive, Screenshot & Markup - All-In-One Web Collector, must-have research tool

Annotate: Web Annotations with Screen Sharing

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Free

Annotate web pages, PDFs, Google Slides, and Google Docs to improve engagement. Annotate in Google Meet when screen sharing.

Rapid Journal Quality Check

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Free

Displays rankings and h-index for academic journals next to Google Scholar search results.

Weava Highlighter - PDF & Web

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Free

Best highlighting tool for Website and PDF. FREE and easy to use.

ExCITATION – Journal Ranking & Impact Factor for Google Scholar™

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Free

Show SJR, ABS & ABDC journal rankings in Google Scholar. Sort by citations, detect predatory journals & preview abstracts — free.

Lean Library

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Free

A library-approved tool to unlock access to academic papers.

Qwant - Search engine

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Free

Qwant becomes your default search engine! Start your new search experience now using Qwant's artificial intelligence.

Library Extension

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Free

See books, music and more at your local library as you browse the internet

Selection Reader (Text to Speech)

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Free

High quality text-to-speech reader capable of seamlessly reading large amounts of text.

Reader Mode

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Free

An all-in-one, distraction-free reader with dyslexia support, accessibility features, bookmarking, highlighting, and research tools

PDF editor online

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Free

Create and edit PDF files with PDF editor online

Fake news debunker InVID WeVerify VeraAI

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Free

This plugin has been designed as a verification “Swiss army knife” helping journalists, fact-checkers, and human rights defenders.

Highlight This: finds and marks words

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Freemium

Automatically finds and highlights words and phrases on the web page according to your list

Open in PDF Viewer

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Free

Easily open desired links in a PDF viewer.

Archive Page

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Free

Archive webpage with Archive Today

PDF Editor

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Free

PDF Editor - edit, merge and combine PDF documents.

Document Preview Exporter for Google Drive

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Free

Export Google Drive document previews as PNG images, a ZIP archive of PNG images, or a PDF file.

SocialFocus — Hide Feeds, Block Shorts & Remove Distractions

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Freemium

Hide distractions on social media.

AODocs - Universal File Opener

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Free

Edit any of your Google Drive™ files with your local applications.

Inoreader: Read-later and RSS extension

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Freemium

Save articles for later and keep up with your favorite feeds. Discover, preview, and follow RSS feeds while organizing your content.

Search and Replace

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Free

Search for text on a webpage and replace it with different text.

History Trends Unlimited

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Free

Search and analyze your unlimited history.

Multi Find: Highlight Multiple Words

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Free

Highlight multiple words & phrases at once in custom colors. Count occurrences, navigate results, faster than Ctrl+F.

Get RSS Feed URL

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Freemium

Retreive RSS feeds URLs from Website

Bullet Journal - Notes, Lists, Weekly Planner

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Freemium

Beautiful bullet journal for weekly tasks, todos, agendas. Brainstorm, share, and plan your weekly list.

notion-enhancer

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Free

An enhancer/customiser for the all-in-one productivity workspace Notion

PaperPop - Journal Impact & Ranking for Google Scholar, PubMed, etc.

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Freemium

Instantly show journal rankings. Generate mind maps & AI summaries for research papers.

Xodo | PDF Editor, Converter & Merger

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Free

Free PDF tool to edit, convert, compress, merge, combine, crop, and redact PDF files.

Online PDF Converter

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Free

Converter tool that supports PDF, Word, Excel, PPT, JPG. Convert PDF to different formats and vice versa in one click.

Elysian EPUB Reader

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Free

Awesome Reading Experience with Elysian EPUB Reader: Offline, Tailor Font, Size, Color Themes, and Layout for Maximum Enjoyment!

ZetaMarker - PDF & Web Highlighter

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Freemium

Highlight web pages and PDFs. Sync highlights with your ZetaMarker account.

Recall for Obsidian

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Free

See what your notes already say about the pages you visit, select marks, and capture content. Formerly Obsidian Web.

ePub Reader

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Free

View ePub documents right in your browser in a stand-alone popup window.

Search All

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Free

The easiest way to access different search engines.

Subscribe RSS Feeds in Feedly

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Freemium

Subscribe RSS and Atom Feeds in Feedly. Automatically finds feeds on the pages to let you subscribe them in Feedly.

Copy To Notion: Clip anything to Notion

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Free

Easily capture, organize, and access all your online clips directly in Notion.

Digital Signature for PDF Files

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Free

Create beautiful signature with ease and optionally put in a PDF file.

Word to PDF

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Free

Convert Word to PDF for free.

Foxit PDF Editor Cloud: Edit and Convert

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Freemium

Improve your productivity and simplify online PDF processing with Foxit's Chrome extension.

Highlighty: Search, Find, Multi Highlight

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Freemium

Searching and Multi Highlighting made effortless! It's the most efficient way to find and highlight any text on the web.