[1.3.2] - 2026-07-07

Added:-
CORE Conference Rankings Integration: Integrated the Computing Research Education Association (CORE) 2026 conference rankings dataset into the database pipeline.
Acronym & Full Title Mapping: Mapped both the full conference titles and their respective acronyms to CORE ranks (A, A, B, C), allowing Google Scholar results matching either format to show ratings.
CORE Badges UI/UX: Added premium styled conference badges (utilizing dark pink/magenta to neon pink for A, indigo for A, teal/emerald for B, and cool slate for C).
CORE Control Toggle: Integrated a CORE toggle inside the dashboard settings panel to enable/disable badge rendering dynamically.
Search Support: Extended the offline search lookup inside the dashboard to search and display CORE conference rankings alongside journals, with updated placeholder count (34,000+ venues).

Changed:-
Version Bump: Bumped version to 1.3.2 across manifest.json, popup.html, and extension packaging.

[1.3.1] - 2026-06-22
Fixed
Journal Merging Collisions: Improved the title normalization process in build_db.py to preserve "&", "the", and subtitles accurately, preventing massive collisions between different journals that share common alphanumeric title structures (e.g., "Engineering").
Ranking Overwrites: Merges in build_db.py now intelligently keep the highest / best ranking from each colliding journal list rather than blindly overwriting the old value with the newest one parsed.
Changed
SJR to Impact Factor Metric: Switched ScimagoJR scoring from extracting the "SJR" index column to the "Citations / Doc. (2years)" column, matching user expectations for actual Impact Factor scores. Updated all UI badges and texts from "SJR Score" to "Impact Factor".
Version Bump: Bumped the extension version to 1.3.1 across configurations (manifest.json, popup.html, and documentation).

Author Citations Page Support: Enabled ranking badges injection directly inside Google Scholar author profile/citations pages (/citations?user=...). The extension now parses .gsc_a_tr row layouts, resolves the titles inside .gsc_a_at, and extracts/cleans the journal details from the .gs_gray metadata.

Added
UTD24 Database Integration: Integrated the University of Texas at Dallas top 24 business journals list into the data compilation pipeline and the extension's database shards.
UTD24 Inline Badges: Injected custom, brand-colored ratings badges (UTD Green with UTD Orange border) next to matching articles on Google Scholar.
UTD24 Control Toggle: Added a dedicated UTD24 toggle inside the popup dashboard to dynamically hide or show the ratings.
UTD24 Lookup Support: Extended the dashboard's offline lookup search engine to display UTD24 badges when searching.

Changed
Version Bump: Bumped the extension version to 1.2.0 across configurations (manifest.json, popup.html, and documentation).