the paper link 3.0

by Liang Cai · thepaperlink.com · Workflow & Planning

Manifest V3 Free

View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Direct paper links; display Faculty Opinions; Peak authors; etc. Built by Liang Cai

Users

9,000

0 in 30 days

Rating

4.4 / 5

+0.07 in 30 days

Ratings

190

−1 in 30 days

Store rank

#10K

#8,781 among extensions

Version

3.0.3

updated 15 May 2026

Users

monthly, 5 months

Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 9,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 5 months

Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 190 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 the paper link 3.0

THIS EXTENSION USES DATA PROVIDED BY www.thepaperlink.com, FOR FAIR USE ONLY. In addition to PubMed search results, this extension will show links to PDF; display Faculty Opinions, etc. Detailed enhancement includes: * Display the Impact Factor of the Journal, updated yearly from https://jcr.clarivate.com/ * Direct link to its publisher's web page, based on https://www.doi.org/ * Highlight articles published in prestigious journals * Clickable button to add the RIS format reference to the system clipboard * If available, direct link to its Google Scholar page * If available, direct link to its legal fulltext PDF file, most of which are author-posted manuscript files * If available, Faculty 1000 star counts and links to related comment pages * "Peaks" authors, for more details please visit https://2.thepaperlink.com/ Sources of this extension are available at https://github.com/coronin/thepaperlink-chrome Term of Terms of Use and Privacy Policy at https://www.thepaperlink.com/privacy

Growth

Window	Users	Change	Ratings	Rating
7 days	0	+0.0%	0	+0.06
30 days	0	+0.0%	−1	+0.07

Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where the paper link 3.0 appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change

Search phrase	Position	30 days
direct link	#13	+2

Version history

1 versions recorded

3.0.315 May 2026

Details

Category: Workflow & Planning
First seen: 15 May 2026
Size: 229 KB
Languages: en-US
Pricing: Free
Privacy policy: raw.githubusercontent.com
Support: github.com
Extension ID: kgdcooicefdfjcplcnehfpbngjccncko

Permissions and risk

Elevated riskimpact 3, likelihood 3

Permissions

contextMenustabsclipboardWritestoragealarmsidle

Site access

*://www.thepaperlink.com/**://www.thepaperlink.cn/**://pubget-hrd.appspot.com/**://scholar.google.com/**://f1000.com/**://facultyopinions.com/**://connect.h1.co/**://archive.connect.h1.co/**://www.storkapp.me/**://www.biorxiv.org/*and 10 more