What is Elicit?

Elicit is an AI-powered research assistant designed for scientific research. It helps researchers search across over 138 million academic papers and 545,000 clinical trials, summarize findings, extract data, and generate literature reviews. The platform supports various research workflows, from quick searches to comprehensive systematic literature reviews, with a focus on accuracy and transparency through sentence-level citations.

How to use Elicit?

To use Elicit, sign up for an account and start by asking a research question. You can search for papers using semantic search, generate AI-powered research reports, conduct systematic literature reviews with screening and data extraction, and organize sources in a library. Elicit also offers alerts to stay updated on new research and an API for integrating its capabilities into custom workflows.

Core features of Elicit

Semantic search across 138M+ academic papers and 545K+ clinical trials
AI-generated research reports with sentence-level citations
Systematic literature review workflow with screening and data extraction
Library and reference manager with deduplication and import from Zotero, EndNote, Mendeley
Research alerts for monitoring new publications
API access for custom integrations and autonomous research engines