AI 产品解读A browser extension that detects DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers) on academic paper pages and redirects users to configurable external services to find free, legal open-access versions of those papers
Researchers and students frequently encounter paywalls when trying to access academic papers. This extension bypasses paywalls by finding legal, free open-access versions of the same papers from repositories and open-access sources.
1. User visits a page containing an academic paper on any publisher site
2. User clicks the Open Access Button extension icon in the browser toolbar
3. Extension injects a script to extract the DOI from meta tags or page-specific elements
4. Extension opens a new tab to the configured paper download service (default: https://annas-archive.gd/scidb/) with the DOI appended
5. The external service resolves the DOI and provides access to a free/open-access version of the paper
Automatic DOI extraction from academic paper pages via meta tags and publisher-specific selectors (ScienceDirect, IEEE, PubMed, SAGE, Psycnet, Cairn, InderScience, Epistemonikos)One-click redirect to configurable paper download services (default: annas-archive.gd/scidb/)8 configurable paper search services (OpenAccessButton, oaDOI, SemanticScholar, OAmg, Internet Archive Scholar, LibKey, Google Scholar, Google Search)Multi-language support (13+ locales)Content script for Anna's Archive pages
- 目标用户
- Researchers and academics / University students / Librarians / Healthcare professionals / Policy makers needing access to evidence-based research
- Cannot verify the behavior of the default external service (annas-archive.gd/scidb/) or other configurable services—they may have their own auth/payment requirements
- background.js is empty (0 bytes), so no background processing logic to analyze
- The extension's options page allows arbitrary custom URLs for the paper search service, meaning the actual behavior depends on the user's chosen service
付费分析未识别到付费功能
The extension is completely free with no paid tiers, feature gating, or payment processing. The heuristic-detected keywords 'paywall' and 'subscription' appear only in description text describing the PROBLEM the extension solves (accessing papers behind paywalls), not the extension's own pricing. extension-descriptions.md explicitly states: 'Free to Use: Completely free with no hidden costs or premium tiers' (line 37) and 'No subscriptions, no paywalls' (line 88). No Stripe, billing, license, or payment API calls exist in the source code. The external services the extension redirects to (e.g., annas-archive.gd, openaccessbutton.org) may have their own pricing, but the extension itself does not gate any features behind payment.
- 置信度
- 95
- 支付平台
- --
- 来源
- AI / 高
- 需要登录
- 否
- 登录理由
- No login UI, authentication flows, OAuth, or account creation exists in the extension. The extension uses chrome.storage only for local preferences (paperURL, showRating). The core workflow—extract DOI from the current page and redirect to an external paper download service—works entirely without any account or authentication.
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great
made me write this
It opens the abstract, but when I am trying to click the "download this paper" option, it doesnt work and redirects to review and adding extension to chrome. I dont understand why is it so and how can i solve this issue. If someone knows, please let me know.
IVE DONE EVERYTHING THEY MENTIONED. CLICKED ON THE DOWNLOAD THE PAPER BUTTON BUT ITS NOT GETTING DOWNLOADED AT ANY COST.
非常好用!帮了大忙!很喜欢!
Asked for review, so i gave
Works.
EXCELENTE!
I didn't expect it to open even one article but it did straight away, wonderful extension.