---
title: "Academia Co-Scientist – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "125 users, rated 5.00 by 1 person. Version 0.4.15, updated 2026-09-02. Requests 7 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/kdifgpmgfbififkcidjnjehepfhlbbbk"
---

# Academia Co-Scientist

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 125
- Rating: 5.00 from 1 rating
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 04:09 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #60,478 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Education: #1,921 of 11,063

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

> AI research assistant for Academia.edu. Chat side panel that reads and discusses web pages and your research.

- Extension ID: `kdifgpmgfbififkcidjnjehepfhlbbbk`
- Developer: [Academia.edu](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/ua73c3f23f3112a5330c6fb20b0c8b88d)
- Trader status: Declared a trader under EU law
- Category: [Productivity › Education](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/education)
- First published: 2026-05-29
- Last updated: 2026-09-02
- Version: `0.4.15`
- Size: 285 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English (United States)
- Support page: `https://support.academia.edu/hc/en-us`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/academia-co-scientist/kdifgpmgfbififkcidjnjehepfhlbbbk>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Fkdifgpmgfbififkcidjnjehepfhlbbbk>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 125 | 5.00 | 1 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-27.

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

**Every website:** it can read and change your data on all the sites you visit.

### Sites

- `<all_urls>`: Every website

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `<all_urls>`: Every website
- `https://docs.google.com/document/d/*`: docs.google.com
- `https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/*`: docs.google.com

### Browser features

- `activeTab`: The tab you're on, only after you click the extension
- `alarms`: Run tasks on a schedule
- `cookies`: Read and change cookies on the sites it can reach
- `scripting`: Run scripts on sites it can reach
- `sidePanel`: Show a side panel
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Academia Core](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/npanapfaceefncgaamokopjmbficegle) | 7 | – | – | Education |

All 2 extensions by [Academia.edu](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/ua73c3f23f3112a5330c6fb20b0c8b88d).

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every month, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-09-27 04:09 UTC; next check around 2026-10-06.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Academia Co-Scientist” (kdifgpmgfbififkcidjnjehepfhlbbbk). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/kdifgpmgfbififkcidjnjehepfhlbbbk. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_kdifgpmgfbififkcidjnjehepfhlbbbk,
  title   = {Academia Co-Scientist (kdifgpmgfbififkcidjnjehepfhlbbbk)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/kdifgpmgfbififkcidjnjehepfhlbbbk},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

---

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