What is Unpaywall?
Unpaywall is a productivity chrome extension. it's a free extension , it has 600,000+ active users since released its first version, it earns an average rating of 4.10 from 201 rated user, last update is 1212 days ago.
What’s new in version 3.98?
Get full text of scholarly articles as you browse. When you view a research article, Unpaywall automatically looks for a copy in our index of 20 million free, legal fulltext PDFs. If we find one, click the green tab to read the article.
Unpaywall points you to legal, author-posted manuscripts that are hosted on university and government web servers. We are pointing to versions that have been posted with the full and explicit authorization of the publishers themselves.
These free, author-posted manuscripts are often called "Green Open Access" and are a longstanding and completely legal part of the scholarly communications ecosystem. The majority of scholarly journals permit authors to "self-archive" their papers on university and government web servers. It's these legally self-archived papers that Unpaywall helps users find. Any papers posted outside of publisher permissions are NOT included in our index.
How to install Unpaywall?
You could download the latest version crx file or older version files and install it.
Preview of Unpaywall
Technical Features:
- Latest Version: 3.98
- Requirements: Windows Chrome, Mac Chrome
- License: Free
- Latest update: Thursday, July 29th, 2021
- Author: extension
Unpaywall Available languages:
English.
FAQ
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What about others talk about unpaywall chrome extension?
59% user give 5-star rating, 3% user give 4-star rating, 6% user give 3-star rating, 11% user give 2-star rating, 20% user give 1-star rating. Read reviews of unpaywall
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How could i get help if there is something wrong with unpaywall chrome extension?
You could find more help information from unpaywall support page.
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How could i contact the developer of unpaywall chrome extension?
You could send emails to publisher, or check publisher's website.
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What privacy data unpaywall chrome extension collect?
- Location
- Website content
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What are the required permissions for extensions?
- *://*.oadoi.org/*
- storage
More about manifest_file of unpaywall.
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How could i report abuse of unpaywall chrome extension?
You could click to report abuse of unpaywall.
Reviews of unpaywall:
Doesn't work.
Only tried it on one article, worked first time, gave me the full article without paying. So super happy, thanks.
This extension does NOTHING on sites like New York Times, or Washington Post that all use paywalls.