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LYH DOI Tools

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LYH DOI Tools

Users
1,000
0 in 30 days
Rating
3.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
2
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#30K
#26K among extensions
Version
0.8
updated 9 Oct 2023

Users

monthly, 3 years
2006001,000Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 1,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
012Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 2 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About LYH DOI Tools

● A Chrome extension to add Sci-HUB or Lib-Gen download icons to every DOI-link on the page, with various other small changes to make scientific paper downloading less annoying. ● For user guide, source code, etc. : https://github.com/liyuanhe211/LYH_DOI_Tools ● Features: ● Add a download button to every DOI on the page. ● Directly download PDF from citation info with the context menu option or use the shortcut [Ctrl+Shift+S]. ● Batch download PDFs from Lib-Gen for all DOI found in one page. ● Jump unnecessary clicks to make browsing experience smoother: ⚬ [Sci-Hub]: Click the "Open" button for you. ⚬ [Lib-Gen]: Click the "GET" button for you. ⚬ [Lib-Gen]: Auto refresh when 503 is triggered due to download several files at once (very useful for download large batch of files). ⚬ [Wiley]: Skip the Wiley ePDF page and direct download a PDF. ⚬ [x-mol.com]: The totally meaningless waiting period (a few seconds) before redirection when searching references on x-mol.com. ⚬ [Scifinder]: The need to click the single DOI link when opening Other sources on SciFinder. ● Explanation of required permissions: ⚬ "tabs" permission: The extension needs to know the content and URL of the tabs to find DOIs, and to modify the content of the webpage to add download icons according to the found DOIs. ⚬ "storage" permission: To store settings like preferred sci-hub domain and other options. ⚬ "contextMenus" permission: Add a contextMenu item as a quick way to access x-mol.com search engine.

Growth

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Version history

5 versions recorded
0.88 Oct 2023
0.76 Mar 2022
0.68 Feb 2022
0.524 Oct 2021
0.420 Oct 2021

Details

Category
Tools
First seen
20 Oct 2021
Size
1021 KB
Languages
en-US
Pricing
Free
Support
github.com
Extension ID
khmjbohiflimlmijcimkbpmfglaijkic

Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 3, likelihood 1
Permissions
tabscontextMenusstorage
Site access
http://*/*https://*/*
Can read and change data on every website you visit.

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