Plug-in: Google Scholar Orderer – Smarter Academic Search with Venue Rankings
Stop guessing about publication quality. Start seeing it at a glance.
If you’ve ever spent hours scrolling through Google Scholar results trying to figure out which papers come from reputable venues, this browser extension is for you.
The Problem
Google Scholar is incredibly powerful for finding academic literature, but it has one major limitation: it tells you nothing about venue quality. A paper from a top-tier conference like NeurIPS appears the same as one from an unknown workshop. You’re left to manually check each venue’s reputation—a tedious process that slows down literature reviews.
The Solution
Google Scholar Orderer is a free browser extension that enhances Google Scholar with:
🏆 Venue Ranking Badges
See color-coded badges instantly showing venue quality from multiple ranking systems:
- CORE Rankings (A*, A, B, C) — The gold standard for computing research venues
- SJR Quartiles (Q1-Q4) — Scimago Journal Rankings based on Scopus data
- JCR Quartiles (Q1-Q4) — Journal Citation Reports impact metrics
- h5-index — Google Scholar’s own 5-year citation metric
📊 Sort by Citations
Reorder any search results by citation count with a single click. Find the most influential papers first, or discover hidden gems with fewer citations.
👤 Author Profile Analysis
Visit any researcher’s profile page and instantly see a visual breakdown of their publication quality distribution. Great for evaluating potential collaborators, reviewers, or candidates.
🔍 Smart Venue Matching
Google Scholar often truncates long venue names with “…”. The extension intelligently matches these partial names against its database. When there’s ambiguity, a simple “?” button lets you fetch the complete venue name with one click.
How It Works
The extension works entirely in your browser. When you search on Google Scholar:
- It extracts venue names from each search result
- Matches them against a local database of 500+ ranked venues
- Displays badges showing all available ranking information
- Provides rich tooltips with full venue details on hover
Privacy-focused: All matching happens locally. No data is sent to external servers.
Who Is This For?
- PhD students conducting literature reviews
- Researchers evaluating where to submit their work
- Hiring committees assessing candidate publication records
- Anyone who wants to quickly gauge publication quality
Get Started
The extension is free and open source. It works with Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Brave, and Opera.
GitHub: https://github.com/Kiguli/Google-Scholar-Orderer
Installation takes under a minute—just download, enable developer mode in your browser, and load the extension.
Have feedback or found a venue that should be included? Open an issue on GitHub or leave a comment below.