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Self-Citations Checker Chrome Extension Analysis

Automation & Workflow Efficiency

Chrome extension ID: cdikdlblibjpejgihfghambmclimmgaa

A Chrome extension that automatically calculates and displays self-citation rates on Google Scholar author profiles. It utilizes data from DBLP, OpenCitations, and OpenAlex to provide estimated citation metrics.

Developer:Naveed Bhatti
Version:2.5
Size:5.76MiB
Last updated:
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External:Chrome Web Store

Overview

Installs

4K+

Rating

★ 3.3

10 reviews

Languages

1 locales

Includes English

Market analysis

Review-backed positioning, friction, and market signals for this Chrome extension.

Backed by review samples

Macro category

Automation & Workflow Efficiency

Pricing friction

Low review signal

Complaint intensity

Moderate review signal

Listing & review signals
Observed signals from store listing text and review samples.

Listing positioning

The product is positioned as a tool to enhance academic research transparency by providing instant self-citation rate analysis. It integrates directly into Google Scholar to help users evaluate author influence and citation patterns.

Inferred product pattern

Academic workflow utility that overlays third-party metadata onto Google Scholar to automate metric analysis.

Review-backed pain points

Users reported network errors when connecting to DBLP and significant discrepancies in calculation results between macOS and Windows environments.

Observed feature gaps

A user suggested implementing the proportion or fraction of self-citations as a more informative metric for spotting citation manipulation.

Tags
Academic ResearchCitation CheckerGoogle ScholarResearch Tools
Target users

- Academic Researchers

- Students

- Academic Professionals

Primary use cases

- Analyzing researcher influence

- Detecting potential citation manipulation

- Automating citation metric calculations on Google Scholar

Positive themes

- Simple and effective usage

- Useful for understanding researcher profiles

- Interesting functionality for academic auditing

Negative themes

- Technical network errors

- Inconsistent calculation results across different operating systems

Observed friction

- Performance complaints detected

- No pricing information or friction observed in the provided data.

Evidence boundary: Evidence derived from the product description and user reviews highlighting both functional utility and technical reliability issues. The sample size of reviews is small, which may not represent the full user experience.
Complaint summaries
Review-backed complaint signals grouped by operational area.

Support

No support-related complaints were identified.

Reliability

Users experienced network errors contacting DBLP and reported inconsistent self-citation rates when using different operating systems.

Privacy

No privacy or security complaints were identified.

Access & pricing

- No clear monetization signal

- No account requirement observed

- No clear pricing signal

Store listing facts

Listing assets

- Screenshots: 1

- Videos: 0

- Languages: 1

Trust signals

- Developer contact

Store metadata

- Version: 2.5

- Size: 5.76MiB

- Last updated:

Listing SEO keywords

Search intent keywords
Keyword signals for evaluating how users may discover, compare, or search for this extension category.

Core discovery

self-citation rateGoogle Scholar citation checkeracademic citation analysisauthor influence tool

Comparison

Google Scholar citation metricscitation manipulation detection

Problem

incorrect citation rateDBLP network errorself-citation discrepancy

Alternative

OpenAlex citation toolOpenCitations researcher analysis

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Screenshots

Self-Citations Checker screenshot

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