What Is Elicit?
Elicit is an AI research assistant built for scientific research and evidence synthesis. It helps researchers move from a question to relevant papers, structured evidence and cited outputs without forcing every stage of the work into a basic chat interface.
The platform supports a large academic paper search corpus and clinical trial data. Its semantic search can surface relevant research even when the wording in the papers does not exactly match the keywords in a query. This is especially valuable when researchers are exploring unfamiliar terminology or trying to improve recall during early literature discovery.
Systematic Review And Evidence Extraction
Elicit includes dedicated workflows for systematic literature reviews. Researchers can refine a protocol, gather candidate studies, screen titles and abstracts, work through full text screening and extract structured data. The workflow is designed to keep decisions auditable and connected to supporting evidence rather than producing an unexplained AI conclusion.
Research Reports And Structured Analysis
Elicit can turn selected evidence into research reports, tables and other cited artifacts. Users can create custom extraction columns, compare findings across papers and inspect sentence level citations behind AI generated claims. This combination of structured data and source transparency makes Elicit particularly useful for professional evidence review.
Who Is Elicit Best For?
- Academic researchers conducting literature reviews
- Systematic review teams screening and extracting evidence
- Pharma and life science teams working with high stakes research
- Policy and evidence teams comparing scientific studies
- Researchers who need structured outputs instead of a general chatbot response
Key features
Semantic paper search; large academic and clinical trial research corpus; research agent for multi-step evidence tasks and cited artifacts; structured research reports with source-linked findings; systematic review workflow for screening, extraction, and synthesis; structured data extraction; sentence-level citations linked to source evidence; research library and alerts; API and MCP support for custom and agent-based workflows
Use cases
Conducting systematic reviews; reviewing scientific literature; synthesizing research evidence; searching scientific papers; extracting research data; creating research reports; supporting clinical research; conducting academic research
How to use
How To Use Elicit
- Create An Elicit Account: Sign up and choose the research workflow that matches your task.
- Start With A Clear Research Question: Enter the question you want to investigate. Elicit can help clarify broad questions when needed.
- Choose Search Or A Review Workflow: Use Paper Search for discovery, Research Reports for broader synthesis or Systematic Review when you need a guided review process.
- Review The Retrieved Papers: Check the most relevant papers and open source details rather than relying only on the AI generated summaries.
- Build Structured Evidence: Add extraction columns or screening criteria to compare methods, populations, outcomes and other variables across studies.
- Screen And Extract When Running A Systematic Review: Work through title and abstract screening, full text decisions and structured extraction while keeping reasons and supporting quotes visible.
- Generate A Cited Research Output: Create a research report or synthesis using the evidence you have selected.
- Verify Citations And Export: Inspect sentence level sources, correct any research interpretation issues and move the verified output into your final writing or analysis workflow.
Best for
Researchers, Systematic Review Teams, Pharma, Academics, Evidence Analysts
Integrations
Zotero | Elicit API | MCP | Uploaded Documents | Research Alerts
Commercial use
Commercial use is subject to Elicit’s terms and applicable source licenses.
