Paper Trends

About

Paper Trends is a concise and practical Chrome extension that turns your new tab page into a smart dashboard for the latest research papers. It is designed for researchers, scholars, students, and tech enthusiasts who want quick access to high-quality academic content without leaving the browser.

Every time you open a new tab, the extension automatically shows the latest papers related to your research interests, helping you stay on top of cutting-edge AI, machine learning, computer vision and other fields while you browse the web.

**Key Features**

- **Curated popular topics out of the box** – instantly see the latest papers on GUI Agent, LLM Agent, Vision Language Action, OCR, and Reinforcement Learning  
- **Custom research topics** – add any keywords you care about (e.g., "multimodal LLM", "graph neural networks", "medical imaging") and track them over time  
- **Smarter academic search** – optimized query handling for multi-word keywords to return more relevant research results  
- **Multiple scholarly sources** – switch between ArXiv, DBLP, and PubMed via the Source selector to view papers from different academic databases  
- **Flexible sorting options** – sort results by latest publication date or by relevance, depending on whether you are scanning trends or doing focused research  
- **Adjustable results per page** – choose to display 10, 20, 30, or 50 papers at a time for quick skimming or deep exploration  
- **Readable abstracts and metadata** – expand or collapse abstracts (or rich metadata when abstracts are not available) for fast overview without opening new tabs  
- **One-click link copy & sharing** – copy paper links with a single click, making it easy to share on social media, in chats, or in your notes  
- **Smart local caching** – search results are cached for 1 hour to reduce repeated requests and speed up loading, especially for frequently checked topics  
- **Responsive UI** – modern, responsive design that works well on laptops, large monitors, and high-resolution displays  

**Simple to Use**

1. Install the extension and open a new tab to immediately see the latest papers for a set of default research topics  
2. Click on popular topics in the left sidebar to quickly switch between different research directions  
3. Use the search bar at the top to look up any keywords, authors, or concepts you are interested in  
4. Use the Source dropdown to toggle between ArXiv, DBLP, and PubMed, depending on your preferred academic database  
5. Click on paper titles to open the corresponding source page (ArXiv, publisher site, DBLP entry, or PubMed record) for full details, PDF links, and citations  

**Perfect For**

- Researchers and scholars tracking the latest publications in AI, machine learning, NLP, computer vision, and related areas  
- Students who want an easy way to follow frontier developments in their field without manually visiting multiple paper websites  
- Engineers and tech enthusiasts who like to scan new ArXiv / DBLP / PubMed papers during daily browsing  
- Anyone who wants a lightweight "research papers new tab" experience inside Chrome  

By seamlessly integrating academic paper discovery into your daily browsing habits, Paper Trends keeps you aware of important new research and reduces the friction of staying up-to-date with the literature.