Is Rapid Journal Quality Check safe?
Rapid Journal Quality Check sends Google Scholar result titles and citation details to Crossref and DBLP for journal ranking badges.
When you view Google Scholar results, the extension reads result titles, author snippets, and citation text from the page. It sends those publication details to Crossref and DBLP so it can match journals and display ranking badges and DOI links next to results.
AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 4.1.2. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Store data in your browser
storage
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Rapid Journal Quality Check contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.
- api.crossref.org
Rapid Journal Quality Check sends data to api.crossref.org. 2 other extensions we have analysed send data here.
- dblp.org
Rapid Journal Quality Check sends data to dblp.org. 2 other extensions we have analysed send data here.