Elicit AI
Open siteResearch & Data Analysis
Introduction
AI research assistant for automating workflows.
Elicit AI Product Information
Elicit AI Research Assistant is a research automation tool designed to accelerate systematic reviews and literature research by summarizing papers, extracting data, and synthesizing findings across a vast corpus of academic literature. It enables researchers to screen, organize, and analyze large sets of papers quickly, with transparent sourcing and editorial controls. The platform emphasizes speed, scalability, and traceability, making it suitable for professional researchers conducting evidence syntheses, literature reviews, and research reporting.
How it works
- Upload PDFs or use the built-in database: Drag-and-drop your own PDFs or access Chambers from Elicit's library of 125+ million papers.
- Summarize and extract: Generate quick summaries, extract data from papers (including data in tables), and build structured outputs.
- Orient and explore: Identify key papers in a field, trace claims back to quotes, and navigate citations with inline context.
- Review and export: Use automated systematic review workflows and export data to common formats (RIS, CSV, BIB, etc.).
What you can do with Elicit
- Rapid literature screening and prioritization
- Automated data extraction from large sets of papers
- Systematic reviews and meta-analyses support
- Paper-to-quote traceability for claims
- Field orientation and targeted literature discovery
Features
- Upload and manage PDFs directly in the workspace
- Natural-language search across 125+ million papers
- AI-assisted summaries for multiple papers at once
- Extract data from papers, including tabular data, with configurable columns
- Structure and organize extraction outputs for systematic reviews
- Inline quotes and source traceability for every claim
- Export formats: RIS, CSV, BIB, and table exports
- Personalized workflows for systematic reviews
- Notebooks with live-editing for collaborative work
- Admin and collaboration features for teams
- Noteworthy pricing tiers with scalable options
Use Cases
- Systematic reviews in biomedicine, social sciences, and ML research
- Rapid field orientation when entering a new domain
- Evidence synthesis for clinical trial design and health economics
- Research reporting with traceable sources and quotes
- Team-based literature screening and data extraction
Pricing (as described)
- Basic: For casual exploration (plans in the document include free access with limitations)
- Plus: For deeper research with expanded limits
- Pro: For systematic reviews with advanced extraction and dedicated workflows
- Team/Enterprise: For collaboration and organizational use with admin controls and higher data capacities
Safety and Best Practices
- Elicit provides sources and quotes to back AI-generated answers. Always verify critical data against the original papers.
- Not suitable for non-empirical or purely theoretical questions; excels with empirical literature and data-rich domains.
- Uploads remain private to you unless shared by you.
Why researchers choose Elicit
- Speed: Significantly reduces time spent on screening and data extraction
- Scale: Handles hundreds to thousands of papers efficiently
- Transparency: Full sourcing and quotes tied to outputs
- Collaboration: Notebooks and team features enable shared workflows
Core Benefits
- 125M+ paper search coverage with natural language querying
- Automated, transparent data extraction and summarization
- Rapid setup for new domains with field-oriented discovery
- Structured, exportable outputs for downstream analysis