Lazy Scholar

Name: Lazy Scholar
Rating: 4.08 (66 reviews)
Author: Colby Vorland

Academic research assistant - find full-text PDFs, citations, and analyze papers

As of June 2026, Lazy Scholar has 10,000 users and a 4.08/5 rating from 66 reviews in the Productivity category.

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3.0.1

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Tracking since Apr 17, 2026.

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Date	Users	Rating	Reviews	Version
Apr 17, 2026	10.0K	4.12	65	3.0.1
Apr 27, 2026	10.0K	4.12	65	3.0.1
May 7, 2026	10.0K	4.12	65	3.0.1
Now	10.0K	4.08	66	3.0.1

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About

Lazy Scholar - Academic Research Assistant

 Lazy Scholar automatically detects scientific articles as you browse and provides instant access to full-text PDFs, citation and journal metrics, research integrity checks, and much more:

  FIND FULL-TEXT ACCESS
  Stop hitting paywalls. Lazy Scholar searches multiple sources simultaneously:
  • PubMed Central (PMC) - Free official versions
  • Europe PMC - Open access and author manuscripts
  • Open Access repositories
  • Direct PDF links

  CITATION METRICS AT A GLANCE
  • Citation counts from Google Scholar, OpenAlex, and Semantic Scholar
  • Influential citations - papers that heavily cite this work
  • Citation percentile - see how this paper ranks in its field
  • Web attention - mentions on Reddit, Twitter/X, Wikipedia, news, and blogs
  • Related papers recommendations

  JOURNAL CHECKS
  • Scimago Journal Rank (SJR) quartile ratings
  • Predatory journal warnings (Beall's List)
  • Citejacked journal alerts (paper mill detection)

  RESEARCH INTEGRITY
  • Retraction alerts - know immediately if a paper was retracted
  • Expression of Concern notices
  • Published corrections and errata
  • Preregistration detection
  • PubPeer comments - post-publication peer review
  • Hypothesis annotations

  ADVANCED RIGOR ANALYSIS
  • Tortured phrase detection
  • Suspect fingerprint scanning - detects template text, common paper mill patterns
  • Reference verification - checks if cited papers actually exist in CrossRef

  CITATION FORMATTING
  • One-click citations in 6 styles
  • Export to reference managers

  SIDEBAR ANALYSIS PANEL
  • References tab - view all citations, verify they exist, check for retractions
  • Outline extraction - automatic section parsing (Abstract, Methods, Results, etc.)
  • Data & code links - find supplementary materials and repositories
  • Statistical extraction - p-values, confidence intervals, test statistics

  CONVENIENCE FEATURES
  • Right-click to search Google Scholar or PubMed
  • Omnibox search - type "ls" then your query
  • One-click PDF download

  WORKS ON
  • Any scholarly article!

  PERFECT FOR
  • Graduate students and postdocs
  • Faculty and researchers
  • Librarians and information specialists
  • Science journalists
  • Anyone reading academic literature

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Note: Please report bugs! I welcome any feedback:
Colby Vorland: colby.vorland at gmail | @LazyScholarExt | lazyscholar.org