Research Quote Capture

One keystroke saves any web selection with URL, title, timestamp, and DOI into a private, local, searchable library.

Press Ctrl+Shift+Q on any web page. The selected text saves with the URL, page title, capture timestamp, and (for academic pages) the DOI and citation metadata. Your library lives in a private, local IndexedDB with full-text search. Pro users export to BibTeX, CSV, JSON, or Markdown — straight into Zotero, LaTeX, Excel, or Obsidian. Built for graduate students writing literature reviews. A typical PhD reads 200+ papers across the program and ends up quoting 60–80 sentences in the dissertation. The bottleneck isn't reading — it's the work between reading and citing. Lost URLs. Scattered formats. Retyped citations. The night-before-submission scramble. Research Quote Capture closes that gap with one keystroke. HOW IT WORKS 1. Select text on any web page — arXiv, Nature, PubMed, a blog post, anything. 2. Press Ctrl+Shift+Q (Cmd+Shift+Q on Mac). 3. The quote saves locally with URL, title, timestamp, and DOI. 4. Open the toolbar popup anytime to search, browse, edit, or export. WHAT'S FREE FOREVER - Unlimited capture from any web page - Full-text search across your entire library - Edit DOIs and quote metadata - Browse, organize, review - Multi-select for bulk operations - Import from a JSON backup WHAT PRO ADDS (7-day trial — no card required) - Automatic citation enrichment via OpenAlex: authors, year, journal, publication date — populated from the DOI without you typing a thing. - Export to BibTeX — each quote becomes a @article entry; drop the .bib straight into your LaTeX manuscript and cite by key, or import into Zotero / Mendeley / JabRef. - Export to CSV — eleven columns covering text, source, date, DOI, and citation metadata. Open in Excel, Google Sheets, pandas, or R for analysis. - Export to JSON — the lossless backup format. Save monthly to Dropbox; restore on a new machine via the in-popup Import panel. - Export to Markdown — each quote becomes a > blockquote with clickable DOI link. Paste into Obsidian, Logseq, Notion, or your manuscript draft. THE 7-DAY TRIAL IS INDEPENDENT OF PAYMENT No card. No Stripe page. No payment funnel during the trial. Click "Start 7-day trial" inside the extension popup; Pro features unlock immediately for 7 days. Nothing auto-charges because nothing was ever entered. If Pro saved you time, subscribe at the end. If not, the extension stays free forever for capture, browse, and search. PRIVACY — DESIGNED-IN, NOT BOLTED-ON - Your selected text never leaves your computer. Quotes live in your browser's IndexedDB. Local only. - No AI runtime. No inference. No machine learning. Plain regex and DOM APIs. - Scoped permissions: activeTab only. The extension cannot read any tab unless you press the shortcut on it. - License key only is sent to our Cloudflare Worker for validation. - For Pro users on academic pages, only the DOI string is sent to OpenAlex (a public, free academic-citation API operated by OurResearch) — never the selected text, never the URL, never the page title. - No tracking, no analytics, no telemetry inside the extension. Privacy policy: https://www.gradsummit.com/privacy/ PRICING (when you're ready to subscribe) - Monthly: $5/mo - Annual: $39/yr (save $21) - 7-day free trial — no card required - Cancel anytime via the in-extension Manage Subscription link WHO IT'S FOR - STEM graduate students writing in LaTeX (BibTeX export drops into your .bib alongside other references) - Humanities researchers drafting in Word or Google Docs (Markdown export is the synthesis layer) - Systematic reviewers running PRISMA-style screens (CSV export is the queryable database) - Anyone privacy-conscious who doesn't want their reading list on a vendor's server (JSON backup is the offline portability path) SUPPORT - Landing page: https://www.gradsummit.com/tools/research-quote-capture/ - Help & usage guide: https://www.gradsummit.com/tools/research-quote-capture/troubleshooting/ - Support email: support@gradsummit.com