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Academia Co-Scientist

by Academia, Inc. · Education
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

AI research assistant for Academia.edu. Chat side panel that reads and discusses web pages and your research.

Users
166
+72 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
1
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#69K
#57K among extensions
Version
0.4.19
updated 13 Oct 2026

Users

monthly, 5 months
083166May 2026Aug 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 166 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 5 months
001May 2026Aug 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 1 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Academia Co-Scientist

Academia Co-scientist is an AI research assistant that works alongside you as you browse, allowing you to ask questions in the context of your work and create custom tools tailored for your unique workflow. Open the side panel on any web page, academic paper, or Google Doc to start a conversation with your personal research assistant and discuss. With the Co-scientist extension, you can: • Easily access the tools you create. The side panel follows you as you browse, ready whenever you need it. • Summarize articles, extract key findings, and ask questions about what you are reading. Co-scientist reads the pages you're viewing, even those behind logins or paywalls. • Work in Google Docs and Slides. Discuss drafts, get help writing and editing your work. • Get better tool and paper recommendations. Co-scientist tracks the pages you visit to build awareness of your research interests, so its suggestions stay relevant to your work. Why install it: Save hours of reading and synthesis. Instead of switching between papers, notes, and search tabs, ask Co-scientist to summarize what you're reading, compare findings across sources, or draft sections based on your research. It works on the pages you're already visiting—no copy-pasting into a separate tool. Requires a free Academia.edu account.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days+21+14.5%00.00
30 days+72+76.6%00.00

Version history

15 versions recorded
0.4.1913 Oct 2026
0.4.152 Sep 2026
0.4.131 Sep 2026
0.4.1128 Jul 2026
0.4.1024 Jul 2026
0.4.823 Jul 2026
0.4.712 Jun 2026
0.4.611 Jun 2026

Details

Category
Education
First seen
29 May 2026
Size
285 KB
Languages
en-US
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
academia.edu
Support
support.academia.edu
Extension ID
kdifgpmgfbififkcidjnjehepfhlbbbk

Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 2, likelihood 3
Permissions
sidePanelactiveTabstoragescriptingcookiesalarms
Site access
<all_urls>
Can read and change data on every website you visit.

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