/convert/google-scholar

Save Google Scholar as Markdown

Save exports Google Scholar search results and paper-detail pages as clean Markdown with citation counts, authors, and linked PDFs.

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What Save captures from Google Scholar

  • ✓ Search result list with paper titles, authors, and snippets
  • ✓ Citation count and year per result
  • ✓ Journal/conference venue when listed
  • ✓ Links to PDF and publisher page

What gets stripped

  • × Scholar UI chrome and filters
  • × "Cited by", "Related", "Versions" action buttons (as buttons — their targets are kept)

Save uses site-specific AI prompts to tell noise from content. The Markdown you get is optimised for note-taking apps (Obsidian, Notion) and AI context windows (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini).

How to save a Google Scholar page as Markdown

  1. Step 1

    Install Save for Chrome

    Grab the extension from the Chrome Web Store. Free, no account needed for the first 3 saves per month.

  2. Step 2

    Open any Google Scholar page

    Navigate to the page you want to save. Save auto-detects the site and picks the right extraction rule.

  3. Step 3

    Click the Save icon

    Clean Markdown, instantly. Copy to clipboard or download as a .md file.

Install Save for Chrome

Example: Google Scholar → Markdown

Point the extension at https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=markdown and the output is a structured Markdown file with frontmatter metadata, clean headings, and lossless content — ready to drop into Obsidian, Notion, or an LLM prompt.

--- google-scholar.md ---
# Google Scholar · sample content
source: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=markdown
> Save exports Google Scholar search results and paper-detail pages as clean Markdown with citation counts, authors, and linked PDFs.
## What was captured
- Search result list with paper titles, authors, and snippets
- Citation count and year per result
- Journal/conference venue when listed

FAQ — Google Scholar to Markdown

Can I save a specific paper's detail page?

Yes — Save extracts Scholar paper-detail pages with citations and metadata preserved.

What about my Scholar profile page?

Yes, if you're logged in. Your profile page exports as a Markdown list of publications with citation counts.

Also works on

Save supports 300+ sites with site-specific extraction rules. Here are a few close cousins of Google Scholar:

Save arXiv as Markdown
/convert/arxiv/
Save Wikipedia as Markdown
/convert/wikipedia/

Stop copy-pasting from Google Scholar.

Save gives you clean Markdown in one click. Free for 3 saves a month, $5.99/mo for unlimited.

Install Save for Chrome — Free See pricing