Is Scite safe?
Scite sends detected DOI and publication reference metadata from visited pages to api.scite.ai.
When a page contains scholarly DOI, reference, or PDF publication metadata, Scite's content script extracts identifiers from meta tags, page titles, URLs, visible references, or PDF text. It sends the detected DOI or, for PDF matching, title and first-author details to Scite API endpoints to fetch citation tallies and paper context.
Who publishes itScite Inc. - no other listings under this identity, 2 shared hostnames
Scite Inc. - no other listings under this identity, 2 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 2 hostnames
Hostnames hardcoded in this extension that few other listings call. That can mean one operator behind both, and it can equally mean a small shared vendor, so it is context rather than a conclusion. Hosts that many listings call are left out: they are services, not connections.
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 1.39.2. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Read and change your data on api.scite.ai
https://api.scite.ai/*
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Store data in your browser
storage
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Scite 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.scite.ai
Scite sends data to api.scite.ai. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.