AstroAuthorQuery

This is a simple Google Chrome extension to allow quick ADS author queries from the search bar.

To load this extension, clone this repository, and make sure you have installed Google Chrome. Open the Chrome browser, and type in the address bar (which Chrome calls the "omnibox"):

chrome://extensions

Click the check-box next to "developer mode", click "load unpacked extension", and navigate to the AstroAuthorQuery directory containing the manifest.json file.

Once this extension is loaded, you can type "ADS" in the omnibox, followed by an author query.

ScreenShots

Entering the text in the omnibox:

Resulting Page:

Examples

• ADS ^Einstein 1906-1910: Search for papers with the first author "Einstein", published from 1906 to 1910.

• ADS vanderplas & connolly 2009: Search for papers written by vanderplas & connolly (and perhaps other authors) in the year 2009

• ADS ^vanderplas and connolly 2011: Search for papers written by vanderplas & connolly (and perhaps other authors) with vanderplas as the first author, published in the year 2011

Issues

My javascript text parsing skills are pretty minimal, so nothing much more complicated than this is implemented currently. If you have ideas for how to improve this, please let me know!