Paper Renamer

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• Jun 8, 2026
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  🎓 Paper Renamer - Smart PDF Renaming for Researchers
  
  Never deal with "download.pdf" or "paper.pdf" again! Paper Renamer automatically extracts metadata from academic papers and renames them with meaningful filenames during download.
  
  📝 KEY FEATURES
  
  ✅ Automatic Metadata Extraction
    • Extracts title, authors, year, DOI, and journal information
    • Supports major academic publishers and preprint servers
    • Works on any site with standard citation metadata
  
  ✅ Customizable Templates (Pro)
    • Create and save multiple filename templates
    • 12 variables: {title}, {short_title}, {year}, {first_author}, {authors}, {journal}, {doi}, {arxiv_id}, and more
    • Real-time preview before saving
  
  ✅ Site-Specific Rules (Pro)
    • Apply different templates for different journals
    • URL pattern matching with wildcards
    • Priority management for overlapping rules
  
  ✅ Advanced Author Formatting (Pro)
    • Multiple formats: "Smith", "Smith J", "J. Smith", "John Smith"
    • et al. support for multiple authors
    • Customizable max authors limit
  
  ✅ Intelligent Title Shortening (Pro)
    • Remove common stopwords (a, an, the, of, etc.)
    • Preserve acronyms (DNA, RNA, AI, CRISPR)
    • CamelCase conversion for compact filenames
    • Custom stopwords support
    • Adjustable max words (1-20)
  
  🔒 PRIVACY-FIRST DESIGN
  
  • 100% on-device processing - no external servers
  • No personal data collection
  • No tracking or analytics
  • All settings stored locally
  • Open for inspection (GitHub available)
  
  🎯 COMPATIBILITY
  
  ✅ Works with:
    • Major academic journal websites
    • Preprint servers
    • University repositories
    • Any site using citation metadata standards (Dublin Core, Highwire Press, etc.)
  
  Tested on popular academic platforms for reliable metadata extraction.
  
  📦 FREE vs PRO
  
  FREE Version:
    • Fixed template: {year}_{first_author}_{short_title}.pdf
    • All supported sites
    • Basic metadata extraction
    • Default author format (last name only)
    • Default title shortening (5 words)
  
  PRO Version:
    • Custom templates (unlimited)
    • Site-specific rules
    • Advanced author formatting (3x3 options)
    • Advanced title shortening (1-20 words, custom stopwords, CamelCase)
    • AI features (coming in v1.1.0+)*
  
  *AI features are fully implemented and will be activated after Chrome Web Store publication via Origin Trial.
  
  🚀 EXAMPLE OUTPUTS
  
  Default template: {year}_{first_author}_{short_title}.pdf
  
  Before (without extension):
    • download.pdf
    • paper.pdf
    • 1706.03762.pdf
  
  After (with Paper Renamer):
    • 2024_Vaswani_Attention_All_You_Need.pdf
    • 2023_Brown_Language_Models_Few_Shot.pdf
    • 2017_Goodfellow_Generative_Adversarial_Networks.pdf
  
  Custom templates (Pro):
    • {journal}_{year}_{first_author}_{short_title}.pdf
      → Nature_2024_Smith_DiffusionBasedSegmentation.pdf
  
    • {year}_{authors_etal}_{title}.pdf
      → 2024_Smith_et_al_Diffusion-Based_Segmentation_of_Medical_Images.pdf
  
  💡 HOW IT WORKS
  
  1. Download a PDF from an academic site
  2. Paper Renamer automatically extracts metadata from the webpage
  3. The filename is generated based on your template
  4. PDF is saved with a meaningful name - no manual renaming needed!
  
  🔧 TECHNICAL DETAILS
  
  • Built with TypeScript
  • Chrome Manifest V3
  • On-device processing (no external API calls except arXiv fallback)
  • Minimal permissions required
  • Lightweight and fast
  
  📚 PERFECT FOR
  
  • Researchers managing large paper collections
  • PhD students organizing literature reviews
  • Academics building reference libraries
  • Anyone tired of manually renaming downloaded papers
  
  🌟 COMING SOON (v1.1.0+)
  
  AI-powered features using Chrome's Built-in AI (Gemini Nano):
    • Smart title shortening with context understanding
    • Automatic metadata extraction from unsupported PDFs
    • Paper detection (excludes contracts, receipts, etc.)
    • 100% on-device AI processing - no external servers
  
  All AI features are fully implemented and will be activated after Chrome Web Store publication and Origin Trial registration.
  
  📖 SUPPORT
  
  • Privacy Policy: https://hiroalchem.github.io/paper-renamer-privacy/
  • Report Issues: Via Chrome Web Store support tab
  • Documentation: Available in extension options
  
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  Made with ❤️ for researchers worldwide.
  
  Transform your research workflow - install Paper Renamer today!

  🎓 Paper Renamer — Smart PDF Renaming for Researchers
  
  Stop downloading papers called "fulltext.pdf".
  
  Paper Renamer automatically extracts metadata from academic papers and renames
  them with meaningful filenames the moment you download — no clicks, no manual
  typing. Your Downloads folder stays readable, sortable, and searchable.
  
  Before:  download.pdf · paper.pdf · 1706.03762.pdf
  After:   2024_Vaswani_Attention_All_You_Need.pdf
  
  🔒 Your PDFs stay on your device — no account needed to start renaming.
  
  
  📝 KEY FEATURES
  
  ✅ Automatic Metadata Extraction
    • Title, authors, year, DOI, and journal — pulled straight from the page
    • Works on major academic publishers, preprint servers, and any site with
      standard citation metadata (Highwire, Dublin Core, etc.)
  
  ✅ Meaningful Filenames, Automatically
    • Default: {year}_{first_author}_{short_title}.pdf
    • e.g. 2024_Vaswani_Attention_All_You_Need.pdf
    • No more renaming papers by hand
  
  ✅ Auto-Organize into Folders (Free)
    • Optionally sort renamed PDFs into subfolders by journal or by year
    • Keeps a large library tidy with no manual filing
  
  ✅ "Already Downloaded" Badge (Free)
    • Open a paper you've saved before and a badge shows it — with how long ago
      and how many times — so you don't download the same PDF twice
    • Click to reveal the saved file in its folder
  
  ✅ Private Download History (Free)
    • An on-device record of the papers you've saved (never uploaded)
    • Powers duplicate detection; turn it off or clear it anytime in settings
  
  ✅ Reliable on More Sites (Free)
    • Recognizes downloads even when you open the PDF in the browser viewer first
    • Broad coverage across journals, preprint servers, and university repositories
  
  ✅ Customizable Templates (Pro)
    • Multiple saved templates with 12 variables: {title}, {short_title}, {year},
      {first_author}, {authors}, {journal}, {doi}, {arxiv_id}, and more
    • Real-time preview before saving
  
  ✅ Site-Specific Rules (Pro)
    • Different templates for different journals, with URL pattern matching
  
  ✅ Advanced Author Formatting & Title Shortening (Pro)
    • "Smith", "Smith J", "J. Smith", "John Smith", et al. support
    • Stopword removal, acronym preservation (DNA, RNA, CRISPR), CamelCase
  
  ✅ On-Device AI (Pro, experimental)
    • Optional Gemini Nano integration for smarter title shortening
    • Requires Chrome's built-in AI; availability depends on your browser and device
    • Runs entirely on-device — no data leaves your computer
  
  
  🔒 PRIVACY-FIRST DESIGN
  
    • Your PDFs are never uploaded — all renaming happens in your browser
    • Core renaming is free and requires no account or personal data
    • No tracking, no analytics, no ads
    • Optional Pro sign-in uses your Google account only to manage your subscription
    • The only network requests are unauthenticated metadata lookups (e.g. DOI
      via Crossref, arXiv) used to identify a paper — your PDF files are never sent
    • Your download history is stored only on your device and is never uploaded
    • Settings stored locally · Source available on GitHub
  
  
  🎯 COMPATIBILITY
  
    • Major academic journal websites
    • Preprint servers
    • University repositories
    • Any site using standard citation metadata (Highwire Press, Dublin Core, etc.)
  
  
  🚀 EXAMPLE OUTPUTS
  
  Default template: {year}_{first_author}_{short_title}.pdf
  
    download.pdf        → 2024_Vaswani_Attention_All_You_Need.pdf
    paper.pdf           → 2023_Brown_Language_Models_Few_Shot.pdf
    1706.03762.pdf      → 2017_Goodfellow_Generative_Adversarial_Networks.pdf
  
  Custom templates (Pro):
    {journal}_{year}_{first_author}_{short_title}.pdf
      → Nature_2024_Smith_DiffusionBasedSegmentation.pdf
  
  
  💡 HOW IT WORKS
  
    1. Download a PDF from an academic site
    2. Paper Renamer extracts the paper's metadata from the page
    3. The filename is generated from your template
    4. The PDF is saved with a meaningful name — no manual renaming needed
  
  
  📚 PERFECT FOR
  
    • Researchers managing large paper collections
    • PhD students organizing literature reviews
    • Anyone tired of a Downloads folder full of fulltext.pdf
  
  
  🔧 TECHNICAL
  
    • TypeScript · Chrome Manifest V3 · lightweight and fast
    • Uses only the permissions needed to detect downloads, read page metadata,
      and (optionally) sign in for Pro
    • In-browser processing; no PDF ever leaves your device
  
  
  📖 SUPPORT
  
    • Privacy Policy: https://paper-renamer.web.app/privacy
    • Report issues via the Chrome Web Store support tab
  
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  Made for researchers worldwide. Transform your research workflow — install
  Paper Renamer today.

• Jun 8, 2026
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  Automatically rename research paper PDFs during download with customizable templates

  Auto-rename research PDFs on download, sort them into folders, and flag papers you already downloaded. Files stay on your device.

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