roshan-r / ieee-xplore-unlocker

A browser extension to get locked content from ieee xplore using sci-hub

IEEE Xplore Unlocker

A browser extension to get locked content from ieee xplore using sci-hub.

IEEE Xplore Unlocker uses the doi from the Xplore page to insert a button with a link to the corresponding sci-hub page.

Manual Installation

Chromium

• Download and unzip ieee-xplore-unlocker.zip (latest release desirable).
• Rename the unzipped directory to ieee-xplore-unlocker
  • When you later update manually, replace the content of the ieee-xplore-unlocker folder with the content of the latest zipped version.
  • This will ensure that all the extension settings will be preserved
  • As long as the extension loads from same folder path from which it was originally installed, all your settings will be preserved.
• Go to chromium/chrome Extensions.
• Click to check Developer mode.
• Click Load unpacked extension....
• In the file selector dialog:
  • Select the directory ieee-xplore-unlocker which was created above.
  • Click Open.

The extension will now be available in your chromium/chromium-based browser. Remember that you have to update manually also.

Credits

Installation steps taken from uBlock Origin's Readme.