Is PubMed Citation Bar safe to use?

PubMed Citation Bar has a security risk score of 100/100 (CRITICAL risk). Our security analysis detected 423 findings. Review the detailed security assessment below to understand the specific risks before installation.

What are the security risks of PubMed Citation Bar?

Based on our automated security analysis, PubMed Citation Bar presents critical risk level. The extension is analyzed for malware patterns, secret exposure, network communications, permissions, and supply chain vulnerabilities.

How is the security score calculated?

Risky Plugins calculates security scores using weighted categories: severity of findings (25 points max), malware detections (35 points), secret exposure (28 points), network communications (10 points), and obfuscation (10 points). Scores range from 0-100, with higher scores indicating greater risk.

What does CRITICAL, HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW, MINIMAL risk mean?

CRITICAL (80-100): Severe security issues like malware. HIGH (60-79): Significant vulnerabilities. MEDIUM (40-59): Moderate security concerns. LOW (20-39): Minor issues. MINIMAL (0-19): Very low risk. Always review findings before installing any extension.

Is "PubMed Citation Bar" on Chrome Web Store Safe to Install?

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The PubMed Citation Bar adds key metrics to each search result with zero user tracking. This extension enhances your PubMed experience by providing instant access to critical publication metrics and filtering tools, saving you valuable research time. Key Features: - Citation metrics and impact scores for rapid paper evaluation - Altmetric scores to gauge broader research impact - Filter search results by impact score to quickly find influential papers - Smart highlighting of high-impact research - Medline indexing status and journal metrics - One-click access to Google Scholar - Direct links to detailed citation analyses - Trending article indicators - New publication highlights Save hours of research time by seeing all critical metrics at a glance. No more switching between multiple tabs or manually checking impact factors - everything you need is right there in your search results. For medical professionals, researchers, and students, this tool transforms literature review by instantly surfacing the metrics that matter most. Make better decisions about which papers to read, faster and more efficiently than ever before. All data is pulled directly from public sources with no user tracking or data collection

Risk Assessment

Analyzed

100

out of 100

CRITICAL

423 security findings detected across all analyzers

Chrome extension requesting 39 permissions

Severity Breakdown

Critical

High

318

Medium

105

Low

Info

Finding Categories

Network

236

IoC Indicators

YARA Rules Matched

9 rules(105 hits)

postinstall file manipulation postinstall system command postinstall obfuscation postinstall network communication postinstall file download postinstall crypto operations postinstall persistence mechanism AlertStatementsShouldNotBeUsed NoUseEval

Requested Permissions

39 permissions

management

Manage other installed extensions

Dangerous

activeTab

Medium

tabs

Medium

browsingData

Medium

bookmarks

Medium

storage

Low

scripting

Low

system.memory

Low

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/*

Low

https://www.nlm.nih.gov/*

Low

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/*

Low

https://icite.od.nih.gov/*

Low

https://api.crossref.org/*

Low

https://api.datacite.org/*

Low

https://api.japanlinkcenter.org/*

Low

https://api.medra.org/*

Low

https://api.semanticscholar.org/*

Low

https://www.semanticscholar.org/*

Low

https://www.altmetric.com/*

Low

https://www.ebi.ac.uk/*

Low

https://docs.google.com/*

Low

https://script.google.com/*

Low

https://sites.google.com/view/pubmedcitationbar/*

Low

https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/*

Low

https://learn.nlm.nih.gov/*

Low

https://clinicaltrials.gov/*

Low

https://api.openalex.org/*

Low

https://openalex.org/*

Low

https://api.unpaywall.org/*

Low

https://doaj.org/*

Low

https://core.ac.uk/*

Low

https://api.core.ac.uk/*

Low

https://explore.openaire.eu/*

Low

https://api.openaire.eu/*

Low

https://app.dimensions.ai/*

Low

https://search.datacite.org/*

Low

https://portal.issn.org/*

Low

https://doi.org/*

Low

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/*

Low

About This Extension

Detailed Findings

150 total

YARA Rule Matches

9 rules

Indicators of Compromise

Network indicators, suspicious strings, and potential IoCs extracted during analysis

URLs

112

IP Addresses

Domains

123

Strings

236

All Indicators · 236

URL

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XIOC detected URL: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=$

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detected Domain: grant.country

XIOC detected Domain: grant.country

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detected Domain: a.data

XIOC detected Domain: a.data

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Domain

detected Domain: helpmodalcontainer.id

XIOC detected Domain: helpmodalcontainer.id

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Domain

detected Domain: noticemodalcontainer.id

XIOC detected Domain: noticemodalcontainer.id

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Domain

detected Domain: meshmodalcontainer.id

XIOC detected Domain: meshmodalcontainer.id

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Domain

detected Domain: event.target

XIOC detected Domain: event.target

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Domain

detected Domain: modalcontainer.id

XIOC detected Domain: modalcontainer.id

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Domain

detected Domain: tt.new

XIOC detected Domain: tt.new

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Domain

detected Domain: api.elsevier.com

XIOC detected Domain: api.elsevier.com

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Domain

detected Domain: email.com

XIOC detected Domain: email.com

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Domain

detected Domain: window.open

XIOC detected Domain: window.open

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Domain

detected Domain: greenbararticles.map

XIOC detected Domain: greenbararticles.map

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Domain

detected Domain: menu.style.top

XIOC detected Domain: menu.style.top

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Domain

detected Domain: meshterms.map

XIOC detected Domain: meshterms.map

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Domain

detected Domain: b.data

XIOC detected Domain: b.data

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Domain

detected Domain: location.country

XIOC detected Domain: location.country

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Domain

detected Domain: link.click

XIOC detected Domain: link.click

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Domain

detected Domain: link.download

XIOC detected Domain: link.download

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Domain

detected Domain: phases.map

XIOC detected Domain: phases.map

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Domain

detected Domain: i.name

XIOC detected Domain: i.name

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Domain

detected Domain: clinicaltrials.gov

XIOC detected Domain: clinicaltrials.gov

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Domain

detected Domain: api.springer.com

XIOC detected Domain: api.springer.com

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Domain

detected Domain: notification.style.top

XIOC detected Domain: notification.style.top

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Domain

detected Domain: titlelink.target

XIOC detected Domain: titlelink.target

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Domain

detected Domain: checkbox.name

XIOC detected Domain: checkbox.name

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Domain

detected Domain: checkbox.id

XIOC detected Domain: checkbox.id

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Domain

detected Domain: highvaluepmids.map

XIOC detected Domain: highvaluepmids.map

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Domain

detected Domain: popup.style.top

XIOC detected Domain: popup.style.top

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Domain

detected Domain: console.info

XIOC detected Domain: console.info

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Domain

detected Domain: results.map

XIOC detected Domain: results.map

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Domain

detected Domain: journalcurrentstats.free

XIOC detected Domain: journalcurrentstats.free

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Domain

detected Domain: journalcurrentstats.date

XIOC detected Domain: journalcurrentstats.date

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Domain

detected Domain: highvalueitemswithdata.map

XIOC detected Domain: highvalueitemswithdata.map

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Domain

detected Domain: docs.google.com

XIOC detected Domain: docs.google.com

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Domain

detected Domain: batches.map

XIOC detected Domain: batches.map

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Domain

detected Domain: basedata.map

XIOC detected Domain: basedata.map

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Domain

detected Domain: span.free

XIOC detected Domain: span.free

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Domain

detected Domain: a.id

XIOC detected Domain: a.id

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Domain

detected Domain: abstract.search

XIOC detected Domain: abstract.search

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Domain

detected Domain: data.data

XIOC detected Domain: data.data

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Domain

detected Domain: batch.map

XIOC detected Domain: batch.map

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Domain

detected Domain: www.ebi.ac.uk

XIOC detected Domain: www.ebi.ac.uk

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Domain

detected Domain: crossrefdata.message.link

XIOC detected Domain: crossrefdata.message.link

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Domain

detected Domain: result.name

XIOC detected Domain: result.name

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Domain

detected Domain: meshdata.id

XIOC detected Domain: meshdata.id

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Domain

detected Domain: meshdata.name

XIOC detected Domain: meshdata.name

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Domain

detected Domain: date.now

XIOC detected Domain: date.now

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Domain

detected Domain: www.semanticscholar.org

XIOC detected Domain: www.semanticscholar.org

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Domain

detected Domain: api.semanticscholar.org

XIOC detected Domain: api.semanticscholar.org

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Domain

detected Domain: content.id

XIOC detected Domain: content.id

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Domain

detected Domain: e.target

XIOC detected Domain: e.target

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Domain

detected Domain: styles.id

XIOC detected Domain: styles.id

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Domain

detected Domain: support.icite.nih.gov

XIOC detected Domain: support.icite.nih.gov

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Domain

detected Domain: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

XIOC detected Domain: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Domain

detected Domain: www.nlm.nih.gov

XIOC detected Domain: www.nlm.nih.gov

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Domain

detected Domain: pmidlist.map

XIOC detected Domain: pmidlist.map

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Domain

detected Domain: result.id

XIOC detected Domain: result.id

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Domain

detected Domain: clients2.google.com

XIOC detected Domain: clients2.google.com

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Domain

detected Domain: chrome.storage

XIOC detected Domain: chrome.storage

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Domain

detected Domain: rankeditems.map

XIOC detected Domain: rankeditems.map

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Domain

detected Domain: topitems.map

XIOC detected Domain: topitems.map

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Domain

detected Domain: tab.id

XIOC detected Domain: tab.id

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Domain

detected Domain: banner.id

XIOC detected Domain: banner.id

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Domain

detected Domain: limitedbasedata.map

XIOC detected Domain: limitedbasedata.map

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Domain

detected Domain: api.unpaywall.org

XIOC detected Domain: api.unpaywall.org

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Domain

detected Domain: openalex.org

XIOC detected Domain: openalex.org

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Domain

detected Domain: learn.nlm.nih.gov

XIOC detected Domain: learn.nlm.nih.gov

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Domain

detected Domain: sites.google.com

XIOC detected Domain: sites.google.com

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detected Domain: script.google.com

XIOC detected Domain: script.google.com

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Domain

detected Domain: api.medra.org

XIOC detected Domain: api.medra.org

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Domain

detected Domain: api.japanlinkcenter.org

XIOC detected Domain: api.japanlinkcenter.org

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Domain

detected Domain: search.datacite.org

XIOC detected Domain: search.datacite.org

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Domain

detected Domain: app.dimensions.ai

XIOC detected Domain: app.dimensions.ai

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Domain

detected Domain: api.openaire.eu

XIOC detected Domain: api.openaire.eu

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Domain

detected Domain: explore.openaire.eu

XIOC detected Domain: explore.openaire.eu

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Domain

detected Domain: api.core.ac.uk

XIOC detected Domain: api.core.ac.uk

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Domain

detected Domain: core.ac.uk

XIOC detected Domain: core.ac.uk

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Domain

detected Domain: doaj.org

XIOC detected Domain: doaj.org

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Domain

detected Domain: clock.name

XIOC detected Domain: clock.name

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Domain

detected Domain: info.extensionsinfo.total

XIOC detected Domain: info.extensionsinfo.total

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Domain

detected Domain: info.memoryinfo.free

XIOC detected Domain: info.memoryinfo.free

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Domain

detected Domain: info.memoryinfo.total

XIOC detected Domain: info.memoryinfo.total

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Domain

detected Domain: public.tableau.com

XIOC detected Domain: public.tableau.com

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Domain

detected Domain: types.search

XIOC detected Domain: types.search

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Domain

detected Domain: result.open

XIOC detected Domain: result.open

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Domain

detected Domain: newtab.id

XIOC detected Domain: newtab.id

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Domain

detected Domain: data.mesh.name

XIOC detected Domain: data.mesh.name

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Domain

detected Domain: data.mesh.id

XIOC detected Domain: data.mesh.id

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Domain

detected Domain: lastauthor.email

XIOC detected Domain: lastauthor.email

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Domain

detected Domain: firstauthor.email

XIOC detected Domain: firstauthor.email

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Domain

detected Domain: author.email

XIOC detected Domain: author.email

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Domain

detected Domain: json.data

XIOC detected Domain: json.data

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://orcid.org/$

XIOC detected URL: https://orcid.org/$

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/efetch.fcgi?db=pubmed&id=$

XIOC detected URL: https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/efetch.fcgi?db=pubmed&id=$

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Domain

detected Domain: x.xxx

XIOC detected Domain: x.xxx

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Domain

detected Domain: error.name

XIOC detected Domain: error.name

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Domain

detected Domain: journal.date

XIOC detected Domain: journal.date

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: journal.free

XIOC detected Domain: journal.free

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URL

detected URL: https://icite.od.nih.gov/iciterest/store-search',

XIOC detected URL: https://icite.od.nih.gov/iciterest/store-search',

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URL

detected URL: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=$

XIOC detected URL: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=$

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/$

XIOC detected URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/$

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URL

detected URL: https://tomlaheyh.github.io/ref-lookup/';

XIOC detected URL: https://tomlaheyh.github.io/ref-lookup/';

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URL

detected URL: https://www.altmetric.com/details.php?doi=$

XIOC detected URL: https://www.altmetric.com/details.php?doi=$

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/esearch.fcgi?db=pubmed&term=$

XIOC detected URL: https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/esearch.fcgi?db=pubmed&term=$

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/';

XIOC detected URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/';

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://api.openalex.org/authors/orcid:$

XIOC detected URL: https://api.openalex.org/authors/orcid:$

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=$

XIOC detected URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=$

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://icite.od.nih.gov/results?searchId=$

XIOC detected URL: https://icite.od.nih.gov/results?searchId=$

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://doi.org/$

XIOC detected URL: https://doi.org/$

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://doi.org/doiRA/$

XIOC detected URL: https://doi.org/doiRA/$

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://api.datacite.org/dois/$

XIOC detected URL: https://api.datacite.org/dois/$

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://api.crossref.org/works/$

XIOC detected URL: https://api.crossref.org/works/$

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/$

XIOC detected URL: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/$

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?linkname=pubmed_pubmed_citedin&from_uid=$

XIOC detected URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?linkname=pubmed_pubmed_citedin&from_uid=$

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URL

detected URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?linkname=pubmed_pubmed&from_uid=$

XIOC detected URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?linkname=pubmed_pubmed&from_uid=$

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Domain

detected Domain: tomlaheyh.github.io

XIOC detected Domain: tomlaheyh.github.io

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://api.unpaywall.org/*

XIOC detected URL: https://api.unpaywall.org/*

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: fulldataset.map

XIOC detected Domain: fulldataset.map

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC$

XIOC detected URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC$

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://icite.od.nih.gov/analysis',

XIOC detected URL: https://icite.od.nih.gov/analysis',

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://www.connectedpapers.com/api/redirect/doi/$

XIOC detected URL: https://www.connectedpapers.com/api/redirect/doi/$

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://openknowledgemaps.org/index',

XIOC detected URL: https://openknowledgemaps.org/index',

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: item.free

XIOC detected Domain: item.free

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/$

XIOC detected URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/$

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/esummary.fcgi';

XIOC detected URL: https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/esummary.fcgi';

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/efetch.fcgi?db=pubmed&id=39180327&retmode=xml')

XIOC detected URL: https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/efetch.fcgi?db=pubmed&id=39180327&retmode=xml')

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/$

XIOC detected URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/$

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/api/v2/studies';

XIOC detected URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/api/v2/studies';

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/europepmc/webservices/rest/search';

XIOC detected URL: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/europepmc/webservices/rest/search';

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://api.crossref.org/works';

XIOC detected URL: https://api.crossref.org/works';

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/$

XIOC detected URL: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/$

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=';

XIOC detected URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=';

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vR1cSks1DarnDUMObWJDeieR7EcgjQ8JewljVEHWyYDys9mCMxRaLssSlbnz2_RUSkA0FkBzxTQlWJI/pub?gid=1331805481&single=true&output=csv');

XIOC detected URL: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vR1cSks1DarnDUMObWJDeieR7EcgjQ8JewljVEHWyYDys9mCMxRaLssSlbnz2_RUSkA0FkBzxTQlWJI/pub?gid=1331805481&single=true&output=csv');

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URL

detected URL: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/$

XIOC detected URL: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/$

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://api.semanticscholar.org/graph/v1/paper/batch?fields=citationCount,influentialCitationCount,paperId';

XIOC detected URL: https://api.semanticscholar.org/graph/v1/paper/batch?fields=citationCount,influentialCitationCount,paperId';

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URL

detected URL: https://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=$

XIOC detected URL: https://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=$

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URL

detected URL: https://api.openalex.org/works';

XIOC detected URL: https://api.openalex.org/works';

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URL

detected URL: https://icite.od.nih.gov/api/pubs';

XIOC detected URL: https://icite.od.nih.gov/api/pubs';

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URL

detected URL: https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi';

XIOC detected URL: https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi';

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medline/medline_overview.html

XIOC detected URL: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medline/medline_overview.html

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/trending/

XIOC detected URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/trending/

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/meshhome.html

XIOC detected URL: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/meshhome.html

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://tomlaheyh.github.io/ref-lookup/

XIOC detected URL: https://tomlaheyh.github.io/ref-lookup/

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/policy/errata.html

XIOC detected URL: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/policy/errata.html

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/esummary.fcgi?db=mesh&id=$

XIOC detected URL: https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/esummary.fcgi?db=mesh&id=$

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URL

detected URL: https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/esearch.fcgi';

XIOC detected URL: https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/esearch.fcgi';

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URL

detected URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/help/#cited-by

XIOC detected URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/help/#cited-by

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URL

detected URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/guide/howto/find-articles-similar/

XIOC detected URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/guide/howto/find-articles-similar/

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URL

detected URL: https://help.altmetric.com/en/articles/9800513

XIOC detected URL: https://help.altmetric.com/en/articles/9800513

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://www.semanticscholar.org/faq#influential-citations

XIOC detected URL: https://www.semanticscholar.org/faq#influential-citations

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URL

detected URL: https://support.icite.nih.gov/hc/en-us/articles/9062490125083-Metrics

XIOC detected URL: https://support.icite.nih.gov/hc/en-us/articles/9062490125083-Metrics

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URL

detected URL: https://icite.od.nih.gov/

XIOC detected URL: https://icite.od.nih.gov/

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/about/nihpreprints/

XIOC detected URL: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/about/nihpreprints/

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://orcid.org/

XIOC detected URL: https://orcid.org/

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/guide/howto/obtain-full-text/

XIOC detected URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/guide/howto/obtain-full-text/

extracted_from_files

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URL

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URL

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XIOC detected URL: https://scholar.google.com/intl/en/scholar/about.html

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URL

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URL

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URL

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XIOC detected URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Author-level_metrics

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URL

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XIOC detected URL: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10771139/

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URL

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XIOC detected URL: https://api.crossref.org/*

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URL

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XIOC detected URL: https://icite.od.nih.gov/*

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XIOC detected URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/*

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URL

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XIOC detected URL: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/*

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URL

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XIOC detected URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/*

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URL

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XIOC detected URL: https://script.google.com/*

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URL

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XIOC detected URL: https://docs.google.com/*

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URL

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XIOC detected URL: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/*

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URL

detected URL: https://www.altmetric.com/*

XIOC detected URL: https://www.altmetric.com/*

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URL

detected URL: https://www.semanticscholar.org/*

XIOC detected URL: https://www.semanticscholar.org/*

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XIOC detected Domain: textarea.select

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detected URL: https://openalex.org/*

XIOC detected URL: https://openalex.org/*

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URL

detected URL: https://api.openalex.org/*

XIOC detected URL: https://api.openalex.org/*

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URL

detected URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/*

XIOC detected URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/*

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URL

detected URL: https://learn.nlm.nih.gov/*

XIOC detected URL: https://learn.nlm.nih.gov/*

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URL

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XIOC detected URL: https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/*

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XIOC detected URL: https://sites.google.com/view/pubmedcitationbar/*

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URL

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XIOC detected URL: https://search.datacite.org/*

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XIOC detected URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/*

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XIOC detected URL: https://api.openaire.eu/*

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URL

detected URL: https://explore.openaire.eu/*

XIOC detected URL: https://explore.openaire.eu/*

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URL

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XIOC detected URL: https://api.core.ac.uk/*

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URL

detected URL: https://core.ac.uk/*

XIOC detected URL: https://core.ac.uk/*

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XIOC detected URL: https://doaj.org/*

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URL

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XIOC detected URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/collections/$

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URL

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XIOC detected URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/trending/?size=200&page=$

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XIOC detected URL: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/*

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URL

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XIOC detected URL: https://doi.org/*

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URL

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XIOC detected URL: https://portal.issn.org/*

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URL

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XIOC detected URL: https://learn.nlm.nih.gov/documentation/training-packets/T0042010P/

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URL

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XIOC detected URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/)

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URL

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XIOC detected URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?'))

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URL

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XIOC detected URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/trending/'))

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URL

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XIOC detected URL: https://doi.org/',

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XIOC detected URL: https://orcid.org/',

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URL

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URL

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XIOC detected URL: https://icite.od.nih.gov/api/pubs?pmids=$

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URL

detected URL: https://sites.google.com/view/pubmedcitationbar/home

XIOC detected URL: https://sites.google.com/view/pubmedcitationbar/home

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URL

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Security Analysis Summary

Security Analysis Overview

PubMed Citation Bar is a Chrome Web Store extension published by [email protected]. Version 3.730 has been analyzed by the Risky Plugins security platform, receiving a risk score of 100/100 (CRITICAL risk) based on 423 security findings.

Risk Assessment

This extension presents critical security risk. Severe issues were detected, potentially including malware indicators, exposed secrets, or dangerous behaviors. Installation is strongly discouraged until these issues are addressed.

Findings Breakdown

Medium: 318 finding(s)
Low: 105 finding(s)

What Was Analyzed

The security assessment covers multiple analysis categories:

Malware Detection: YARA rule matching against 2,400+ malware signatures
Secret Detection: Scanning for exposed API keys, tokens, and credentials
Static Analysis: Code-level security analysis for common vulnerability patterns
Network Analysis: Detection of suspicious network communications and endpoints
Obfuscation Detection: Identification of code obfuscation techniques

Developer Information

PubMed Citation Bar is published by [email protected] on the Chrome Web Store marketplace. The extension has approximately 545 users.

Recommendation

This extension is not recommended for installation without thorough manual review. Consider alternatives with lower risk scores, or contact the developer to address the identified security concerns.

Source Code Viewer

Source Code Not Available

Source code is not available for this version of the extension.

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About This Extension

Detailed Findings

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MANIFEST-SENSITIVE-PERM-TABS

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NET-FETCH-citationBarContentScript.js-2418

NET-FETCH-authorData.js-12

NET-FETCH-getTrendingPMIDs.js-56

NET-FETCH-clinicalTrialsResults.js-270

NET-FETCH-citationBarContentScript.js-2366

NET-FETCH-getSJRdata.js-43

NET-FETCH-esummaryData.js-56

NET-FETCH-getStatusMessage.js-21

NET-FETCH-getICiteValues.js-24

NET-FETCH-updateJournalCache.js-77

NET-FETCH-getFullTextLinks.js-47

NET-FETCH-citationBarContentScript.js-182

NET-FETCH-background.js-309

NET-FETCH-gettopJournals.js-21

NET-FETCH-getClinicalTrialsResults.js-62

NET-FETCH-getAltmetricScore.js-15

NET-FETCH-citationBarContentScript.js-1926

NET-FETCH-getICiteValues.js-85

NET-FETCH-getICiteValues.js-263

NET-FETCH-pubmedLookup.js-111

NET-FETCH-getTermAnalysis.js-179

NET-FETCH-citationBarContentScript.js-100

NET-FETCH-getAbstracts.js-69

NET-FETCH-pubmedLookup.js-73

NET-FETCH-citationBarContentScript.js-502

NET-FETCH-citationBarContentScript.js-12

NET-FETCH-getSemanticScholarData.js-42

NET-FETCH-getTermAnalysis.js-262

NET-FETCH-getICiteValues.js-212

NET-FETCH-background.js-220

NET-FETCH-getEU-PMC-Citations.js-39

NET-FETCH-pubmedLookup.js-308

YARA Rule Matches

postinstall file manipulation

postinstall system command

postinstall obfuscation

postinstall network communication

postinstall file download

postinstall crypto operations

postinstall persistence mechanism

AlertStatementsShouldNotBeUsed

NoUseEval

Indicators of Compromise

All Indicators · 236

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What Was Analyzed

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