Google Scholar PDF Reader

Name: Google Scholar PDF Reader
Rating: 4.11 (688 reviews)
Author: scholar-chrome-extensions

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

As of June 2026, Google Scholar PDF Reader has 2,000,000 users and a 4.11/5 rating from 688 reviews in the Workflow & Planning category.

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Users+100.0%

2.0M

2,000,000

Rating−0.7%

4.11

688 reviews

Reviews+3.5%

688

Version

0.5.2

Manifest V3

90-day change · In the last 90 days this extension gained 1.0M users, 2 version updates.

History

16 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 1, 2026.

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Date	Users	Rating	Reviews	Version
Apr 1, 2026	1.0M	4.14	665	0.4.9
Apr 5, 2026	2.0M	4.14	665	0.4.9
Apr 8, 2026	1.0M	4.13	667	0.4.9
Apr 16, 2026	1.0M	4.13	668	0.4.9
Apr 23, 2026	2.0M	4.12	672	0.4.10
Apr 26, 2026	2.0M	4.12	673	0.5.0
May 5, 2026	2.0M	4.12	675	0.5.0
May 11, 2026	2.0M	4.11	679	0.5.0
May 13, 2026	2.0M	4.11	681	0.5.0
May 17, 2026	2.0M	4.11	682	0.5.0
May 27, 2026	2.0M	4.10	683	0.5.0
Jun 1, 2026	2.0M	4.10	684	0.5.0
Jun 6, 2026	2.0M	4.10	686	0.5.0
Jun 8, 2026	2.0M	4.10	685	0.5.2
Jun 15, 2026	2.0M	4.11	686	0.5.2
Jun 22, 2026	2.0M	4.11	687	0.5.2
Now	2.0M	4.11	688	0.5.2

Permissions & access

Permissions: webNavigationwebRequestdeclarativeNetRequestscriptingstorageoffscreenclipboardWrite
Host access: <all_urls>

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About

When you install Scholar Reader, PDFs on all sites will have a new look in Chrome. To make this happen, Chrome will ask for permissions to read and change data on all sites. Scholar Reader makes no changes other than the presentation of PDFs.

• Preview references as you read. Click the in-text citation to see a summary and find the PDF.
• Read faster with the AI outline. Get a quick overview and click on interesting bullets to jump within the paper.
• Highlight and comment on PDFs. Highlights are saved to your Scholar library.
• Make it right for your eyes with light, dark, and night modes.
• Copy and paste common citation formats without leaving the paper.
• Save articles to your Scholar Library to read or cite later.
• Click in-text figure mentions to see the figure and the back button to keep reading.

By installing this extension, you agree to the Google Terms of Service and Privacy Policy at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/.