Google Scholar PDF Reader

Today, we are launching the Google Scholar PDF Reader to enhance your paper reading. It brings the familiar ease and seamlessness of Scholar to reading PDF papers. In-text citations are now links – with one click, you will see a preview of the cited article and often a version you can read. All of this without losing your place in the paper.

Google Scholar blog

I haven’t tried the Google Scholar PDF Reader extension yet, but it looks like it might be useful so I’m sharing it here for anyone who uses Scholar and is looking for a slightly simpler way to engage with the service.

  • 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.
  • Click in-text figure mentions to see the figure and the back button to keep reading.
  • 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.
Google Scholar PDF Reader browser extension

You can install the Google Scholar PDF Reader extension from the Chrome Web Store.


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