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Best alternatives to easyScholar (2026)

6 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to easyScholar, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.

easyScholar: reviews, users and permissionsBest Tools extensions

easyScholar today

≈300K users3.9★ from 93 ratingsUpdated in the last day4 permissions

easyScholar alternatives, compared

  1. 1

    OneScholar

    【OneScholar】超级好用的学术科研插件，全方位提高科研工作者的科研效率，支持显示详细文章信息、期刊等级信息、大学分类排名信息、网页翻译、文章引用等功能（原 SciHub Addon）

    ≈20K users4.2★ from 19 ratingsUpdated 2 days ago6 permissions
    • About 15× fewer users than easyScholar
    • Asks for more permissions (6 vs 4)
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  2. 2

    Google Scholar Button

    Lookup scholarly articles as you browse the web.

    ≈3M users4.5★ from 1.4K ratingsNot updated for 2+ years4 permissions
    • About 10× more users than easyScholar
    • Rated 0.6 stars higher
    • Updated less recently
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  3. 3

    Lazy Scholar

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

    ≈20K users4.1★ from 66 ratingsUpdated 10 months ago15 permissions
    • About 15× fewer users than easyScholar
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (15 vs 4)
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  4. 4

    Scholar Spots

    Enhances Google Scholar profile pages with additional publication data and cool visualizations.

    ≈10K users5.0★ from 10 ratingsUpdated 24 months ago4 permissions
    • About 30× fewer users than easyScholar
    • Updated less recently
    • Listed under Education
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  5. 5

    Scholarscope

    自动加载PubMed搜索结果中期刊的信息，助力科学研究，加快科研进展

    ≈90K users3.6★ from 33 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago6 permissions
    • About 3.3× fewer users than easyScholar
    • Rated 0.3 stars lower
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (6 vs 4)
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  6. 6

    EasyBib Toolbar

    Cite web sites with one click using the EasyBib Toolbar and receive advice on the credibility of the web site you're citing.

    ≈900K users3.5★ from 99 ratingsUpdated 24 months ago3 permissions
    • About 3.0× more users than easyScholar
    • Rated 0.4 stars lower
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 4)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
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easyScholar alternatives: questions

What is the best alternative to easyScholar?

By users, the most popular alternative is Google Scholar Button with ≈3M users and a 4.5-star rating. The closest match by what it does is OneScholar.

Which easyScholar alternative has the best rating?

Google Scholar Button has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.5 out of 5 from 1.4K ratings.

Is there a easyScholar alternative that asks for fewer permissions?

EasyBib Toolbar asks for 3 permissions, against 4 for easyScholar.

How many alternatives to easyScholar are there?

We list 6 close alternatives to easyScholar on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.

Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.