Elicit

Elicit

An AI-powered research assistant designed to streamline research workflows, discover relevant papers, generate summaries, and extract key data efficiently.

About Elicit

Elicit leverages advanced language models to automate key research tasks, including literature reviews, paper discovery, summarization, and data extraction. It can identify relevant studies even without exact keyword matches, summarize findings tailored to your questions, and extract essential information from papers. Ideal for researchers aiming to accelerate their research process, brainstorm ideas, and analyze scientific evidence efficiently.

How to Use

Simply input your research questions in natural language. Elicit will search, summarize, extract data, and analyze over 125 million papers to provide accurate answers and insights quickly and effectively.

Features

Rapid research summaries
AI-powered systematic reviews
Research report generation
Question answering capabilities
Quote extraction from sources
Upload and analyze PDFs

Use Cases

Automating systematic literature reviews
Extracting data for meta-analyses
Exploring new research domains
Accelerating literature review processes

Best For

StudentsScientistsProfessorsAcademic researchersResearch consultantsData analystsResearch teams

Pros

Handles complex academic concepts with accuracy
Identifies high-impact research opportunities
Reduces research time significantly
Delivers comprehensive, well-supported answers
Provides citations with supporting quotes
Analyzes evidence systematically
Offers transparent screening criteria

Cons

Limited to questions based on academic literature
Approximately 90% answer accuracy; verification needed
Less effective for purely theoretical or non-empirical topics
Language models may occasionally generate inaccurate responses

Pricing Plans

Choose the perfect plan for your needs. All plans include 24/7 support and regular updates.

Basic

Free

Ideal for casual exploration and learning

Most Popular

Plus

$10/month, billed annually

Suitable for in-depth research activities

Pro

$42/month, billed annually

Designed for comprehensive systematic reviews

Team

$65 per user/month, billed annually

Perfect for collaborative research teams

Enterprise

Custom pricing

Tailored solutions for organizations and educational institutions

Frequently Asked Questions

Find answers to common questions about Elicit

How do researchers typically utilize Elicit?
Researchers use Elicit to accelerate literature reviews, find hard-to-locate papers, automate systematic reviews, and learn about new research areas, especially in empirical fields involving experiments.
What are the limitations of Elicit?
Elicit is less effective for questions not related to academic papers or facts outside written research, such as sales figures or purely theoretical topics.
What types of data can Elicit search and extract?
Elicit searches over 125 million academic papers from the Semantic Scholar database, extracting data from full texts or abstracts when available.
How reliable are Elicit's answers?
While generally accurate around 90%, users should verify key information, as the system highlights sources to facilitate fact-checking.
Are uploaded papers kept private?
Yes, any papers uploaded to Elicit remain confidential and are not shared with third parties.