MDPI Filter Chrome Extension

About MDPI Filter #

MDPI Filter is a Chrome extension that helps you identify and manage MDPI publications. It enhances your literature search by allowing you to hide or highlight MDPI results on major search engines (Google, Google Scholar, PubMed, Europe PMC), using direct checks and the NCBI API. Furthermore, it universally styles MDPI citations on any scholarly article you read: visually distinguishing MDPI entries in bibliographies, their inline footnotes, and also within "Cited By" and "Similar Articles" sections. The extension popup provides a quick overview of detected MDPI references, allowing you to see a count, a list, and click to scroll to them in the document.

🔹 Key Features #

• Search-site filtering:
  • Hide or Highlight MDPI links on Google Web Search, Google Scholar, PubMed, and Europe PMC.
• Universal in-page citation styling:
  • Styles MDPI reference numbers (inline footnotes) red.
  • Outlines and bold-reds MDPI entries in bibliographies on any journal site.
• Popup Interaction & Overview:
  • Counts and lists MDPI references found on the current page.
  • Allows clicking a reference in the popup to scroll directly to it.
  • Styles MDPI entries in "Cited By" and "Similar Articles" sections.

📥 Installation #

The extension will be available on the Chrome Web Store soon. For now, you can install it manually:

1. Go to the Releases Page on GitHub.
2. Download the mdpi-filter.zip file from the latest release.
3. Unzip the downloaded file.
4. Open Chrome and navigate to chrome://extensions.
5. Enable Developer mode (toggle in the top right).
6. Click Load unpacked and select the unzipped folder.
7. Pin the icon to your toolbar for easy access!

For developers: If you've cloned the repository, you can load the unpacked extension directly from the source folder. Note that API credentials might be needed for full functionality if not using a pre-built release.

❓ Support & Feedback #

If you encounter any issues, have questions, or would like to suggest a feature, please visit our GitHub Issues page. We appreciate your feedback to help improve the MDPI Filter extension!

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