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Zotero Connector

by Zotero

v5.0.199 Updated Mar 27, 2026 1.14MiB
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Description

Zotero is a free, easy-to-use, open-source tool to help you collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share research. The Zotero Connector automatically senses content as you browse the web and allows you to save items to Zotero with a single click. If a PDF is available, the Connector can save it to your library to read later, and it can even save snapshots of webpages in case they change or disappear. Whether you're searching for a preprint on arXiv.org, a journal article from JSTOR, a news story from the New York Times, or a book from your university library catalog, Zotero has you covered with support for thousands of sites. Additionally, if you use a web-based proxy to access resources your institution subscribes to, the Zotero Connector can automatically redirect you through the proxy when you follow links to those sites from elsewhere on the web, making sure that you always have access to PDFs and other gated content. While the Connector can save most pages directly to your zotero.org account, for the full Zotero experience be sure to install the Zotero desktop app, which allows you to organize your references efficiently, insert citations automatically into Word, LibreOffice, and Google Docs, and much more. You can download Zotero for free from https://www.zotero.org/download We are happy to help with any issues you encounter with the Zotero Connector, but we cannot do so through the Chrome Web Store. For bug reports, questions, comments, or help, please visit https://www.zotero.org/support/getting_help
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Reviews (200 cached)

★☆☆☆☆2026-03-11
Ray Lillywhite

Doesn't work if you don't give it access to read all websites. That's an unacceptable security risk. Don't use this.

★☆☆☆☆2026-02-19
Anaí Tobias

It worked very well, but yesterday Zotero updated to version 8.0.3 (64-bit), and the new version in text citations is horrendous, the Font format and colour do not follow the text anymore, and the layout is not intuitive anymore. Sadly, I will have to move to another reference management tool :(

★☆☆☆☆2026-02-09
Melissa Robertson

Not user friendly at all, also not reliable

★☆☆☆☆2026-02-07
Animesh

User interface is horrendous, half the times their service doesn't work. Desktop app is even worse

★☆☆☆☆2025-11-26
valeria aguirre

so useless, somehow it always finds a reason to not work

★☆☆☆☆2025-11-13
Nandana Rajendra

cant connect to my google docs

★☆☆☆☆2025-10-19
Colette Maddaford

No longer working with Chrome. Used to love this. Now it only sporadically saves my files.

★☆☆☆☆2025-10-10
Heather Nonnemacher

Also finding that this doesn't do a thing in Chrome -- just a button that does nothing when you click it.

★☆☆☆☆2025-08-10
Alex Ferrena

Zotero tab appears but it just gives a white recangle on chrome. It works in firefox. All up to date, no other extensions. It needs to be fixed

★☆☆☆☆2025-07-29
Adeyanju Ayeni Oluwafunmilayo

Vulnearable and intimidated victim or witness

★☆☆☆☆2025-07-25
Meiyan W

Why does Chrome extension no longer support Zotero Connector??? it was turned off on all my devices. Just so confused. Can anyone explain this?

★☆☆☆☆2025-07-24
Wayne Stephenson

hours trying to get Zotero, does n't work in word - same error over and over despite reloading, restarting, reinstalling back to endnote.

★☆☆☆☆2025-07-06
Ar

This extension has memory leak, and can't be configured to access only specific sites.

★☆☆☆☆2025-06-29
Lisa Ahner

I have spent more time trying to get Zotero to work as I have actually writing my paper, probably 4+ hours total today. I've watched YouTube videos, restarted the computer twice, uninstalled and reinstalled Zotero, redownloaded Connector again and again, Quit Zotero and reopened it, enabled cookies. And then the internet went out for a while. Zotero will insert a citation about 1 of every 5+ times I try it. No idea why it won't work the other 4 to 10 times I try it. I'm getting ready to delete the whole thing and try another citation app!

★☆☆☆☆2025-06-11
Elena Milivinti

it sucks

★☆☆☆☆2025-05-24
Tanzeela Riaz

Very slow work is shown by this software. It also has a lot of error.

★☆☆☆☆2025-01-23
Mark Lynd

Once added to toolbar, clicking "Zotero Connector" just takes me to the "Download Zotero Connector" page. So...doesn't work :(

★☆☆☆☆2025-01-03
Andre

Awful. Chrome extension is nonfunctional. I have tried closing and reopening everything, restarting device, etc. I have had issues with Zotero from day one. Would NOT recommend. Abysmal application. Completely unable to integrate with Google docs. A waste of my time.

★☆☆☆☆2024-11-19
Amy Hovemann

This was fantastic until it just stopped working. I have uninstalled and reinstalled many times and the extension just no longer works mid way through a paper.

★☆☆☆☆2024-11-18
Zoe Connor

Doesn't seem to be working!

★☆☆☆☆2024-11-14
mans the word waxing

doesnt show how to add a zetoro connector or even a download

★☆☆☆☆2024-11-04
Kian

A stupid useless program! for a simple option you need to write code!

★☆☆☆☆2024-10-04
Wanda Criswell

Zotero is really difficult to use, the UI is very complicated and not at all intuitive.

★☆☆☆☆2024-08-27
Dany Martinez

It used to work perfectly, but the latest release does not pick book metadata from Amazon books...I cant wait for a fix...

★☆☆☆☆2024-06-08
Ilya Naydov (Eliot the Cougar)

Translation sandbox iframe this extension has been adding to websites recently breaks many websites…

★☆☆☆☆2024-06-07
Yi Cheng

This errors happens with the latest connector. An error occurred saving with IEEE Xplore. Attempting to save using Save as Webpage instead.

★☆☆☆☆2024-06-05
Oscar Villegas

this people make access to references way too complicated

★☆☆☆☆2024-06-04
孙文昊

why does it always get error when I try to grap the articles on science direct??? Does the zotero team has any conflict with Elsevier?

★☆☆☆☆2024-05-21
Haelle Litvak

It never syncs up, wasted 2 hours trying everything I can to add a document and still nothing.

★☆☆☆☆2024-03-10
Nicholas Gomez

Research is a process of systematic inquiry to answer a question that not only the researcher but also others want to solve. In Turabian style, the meaning of research can be articulated as a systematic study conducted to establish facts and reach new conclusions or develop new theories. Creswell defines research as "a process of steps used to collect and analyze information to increase our understanding of a topic or issue" (Creswell 2014, 3). Also, Booth, Colomb, and Williams describe research as "a systematic inquiry into a subject to discover or revise facts, theories, applications, etc." (Booth, Colomb, and Williams 2008, 11).

★☆☆☆☆2024-02-17
Cem Aksoy

You say the problem is Google Docs, but MS Word extension is also dysfunctional right now. This is very bad because the scientific work it is used for is heavily dependent on time schedules. Nobody has time to transfer citations as they take hours to compile already, and Zotero has a really narrow margin of error in terms of operational quality. Now we see it is completely failing. I might have to switch to Mendeley, which is a decision I am not happy with, but obliged to, in order to continue my work. How can we trust Zotero to NOT mess up in a critical time in the future too?

★☆☆☆☆2024-02-15
Karen Buchsbaum

Zotero just ruined all of the citations in my dissertation with whatever bug is going on with google docs. Unreliable nightmare!

★☆☆☆☆2024-02-15
Timothy Davis

Does not work for google docs

★☆☆☆☆2024-02-08
Mariyam Sameeha

There is always an error message. doesn't work at all. I thought Mendeley was bad, but this is worse

★☆☆☆☆2024-01-30
Colin Stepney

Literally doesn't work at all. I thought Mendeley was bad, but I wasn't prepared for this kind of low quality.

★☆☆☆☆2024-01-05
daniel berger

This is the buggiest app i´ve ever used. Less work to do citations by hand.

★☆☆☆☆2023-12-28
Charalee Graydon

I find Zotero the most difficult App I have ever encountered. I do not know how to instal the work plug in and the instructions are not good.

★☆☆☆☆2023-12-08
Katie Mansfield

I have wasted about 4 hours trying to figure out how this works with Word. The instructions on the website are useless

★☆☆☆☆2023-12-08
Yusaf Rahman

dont work when clicking on chrome extentions

★☆☆☆☆2023-12-07
Sekar Afifah

this extension doesn't work on my mac's chrome, please fix

★☆☆☆☆2023-12-07
Adam Wakefield

Does absolutely nothing when I click on the button in my toolbar on Brave Browser (which is the same as Chrome, for all intents and purposes). Not added to my Zotero library - nothing. Pity. This seems like it would be so nice to have.

★☆☆☆☆2023-12-01
Mihály Hideg

Not working on Chrome on Mac.

★☆☆☆☆2023-11-30
Fellipe silva martins

Does not work. Cannot save to Zotero. MacOS

★☆☆☆☆2023-09-30
fulden ercan

doesn't not work

★☆☆☆☆2023-06-20
James Kraus

Somehow this extension managed to make chrome unable to connect to any website. Removing the extension immediately restored access to all websites. Clearly somewhat buggy.

★☆☆☆☆2023-02-08
Rosane Oliveira

It is little bit complicate to use.

★☆☆☆☆2022-10-08
Isa Katchanov

Chrome extension version doesn't work. Doesn't do anything. Haven't tried the computer download version yet.

★☆☆☆☆2022-10-02
James isok

the extension doesn't work

★☆☆☆☆2022-09-08
Olivia Eck

Downloaded the chrome extension and it doesnt even work with google docs. Useless.

★☆☆☆☆2022-07-07
Harry Wang

Does not work.

Permissions (11)

Permissions

clipboardWrite Can write to your clipboard contextMenus Can add items to the right-click menu cookies Can read and modify browser cookies declarativeNetRequest Can block or redirect network requests management Can manage other installed extensions offscreen scripting Can inject scripts into web pages storage Can store data locally in your browser tabs Can see your open tabs and their URLs webNavigation Can monitor navigation events webRequest Can observe and analyze network traffic

Details

Version 5.0.199
Updated Mar 27, 2026
Size 1.14MiB
First Seen Mar 27, 2026