Spot every authorship role
Highlight first, co-first, second, corresponding, and last-author papers with a clear, consistent color system.
Author HighlighterBuilt for researchers
See your authorship impact instantly.
Turn any Google Scholar profile into a clear view of authorship roles, role-specific metrics, and the papers that matter to you.
- No account required
- Local processing
- 10,000+ users
What it shows
Your role, your metrics, your view.
Everything appears directly beside the Google Scholar profile you are already reading.
Compare the work you led
Calculate paper count, citations, h-index, and i10-index for the authorship roles and years you choose.
Filter, focus, and share
Narrow by year or role, focus the publication list, then copy or download a clean profile snapshot.
A better question
What does your impact look like for the work you led?
Total profile metrics are useful, but they do not tell the whole story. Select the roles and time range you care about, then see the result immediately.
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Privacy by design
Your research profile stays in your browser.
Author matching and metrics run locally. Screenshots are created only when you click Share, and profile, publication, and screenshot data is not sent to the developer. Only interface preferences may sync through your Chrome profile.
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Questions or something not working?
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FAQ
Good questions, clear answers.
Does it change my Google Scholar profile?
No. It changes only how public profile pages appear in your browser. It does not edit your Scholar account or publication data.
Where is my publication data processed?
Author matching and metrics are processed locally in the browser. Interface preferences use Chrome extension storage and may sync through your signed-in Chrome profile; profile and publication data is not included.
Which Google Scholar sites are supported?
The extension supports the main Google Scholar domain and regional Scholar domains used around the world.
Why can a name or last-author role be missed?
Author Highlighter can analyze only the author names visible in Google Scholar. If a publication’s author list is shortened with an ellipsis, it will not guess that a hidden name is the last author. A paper may also be missed when its abbreviated author name does not match the profile name. Adding that name form to the Google Scholar profile’s Other names (alias) list can help the extension match it.
Is screenshot attribution required?
No. The share preview includes a small attribution footer by default, and you can turn it off before copying or downloading.
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