Elicit
ExternalElicit is an AI-powered platform that supercharges scientific research with semantic search across 138 million papers and 545,000 clinical trials, bypassing the need for exact keywords. It automates systematic literature reviews, slashing screening and data extraction time by up to 80%, and delivers customizable AI-generated reports backed by transparent sentence-level citations. Trusted by over 5 million researchers in pharma, academia, and biomedicine, Elicit scales to handle 1,000 papers and 20,000 data points, empowering evidence-based decisions at unprecedented speed.
Description
Elicit is an AI-powered platform that supercharges scientific research with semantic search across 138 million papers and 545,000 clinical trials, bypassing the need for exact keywords. It automates systematic literature reviews, slashing screening and data extraction time by up to 80%, and delivers customizable AI-generated reports backed by transparent sentence-level citations. Trusted by over 5 million researchers in pharma, academia, and biomedicine, Elicit scales to handle 1,000 papers and 20,000 data points, empowering evidence-based decisions at unprecedented speed.
Key capabilities
- Semantic search across ~138M papers and ~545k clinical trials
- Automated screening and data extraction for systematic reviews
- AI-generated customizable research reports from up to 80 papers
- Organizing sources in a personal library
- AI-curated alerts for new relevant research
Core use cases
- 1.Conducting systematic literature reviews with 80% time savings
- 2.Extracting data from large paper sets (e.g., 1,600 papers 10x faster)
- 3.Generating research briefs on empirical questions like effects of X on Y
- 4.Analyzing clinical trials alongside academic papers
- 5.Tracking emerging research without noise
Is Elicit Right for You?
Best for
- Pharma and academic researchers for rapid data extraction
- Biomedicine, social science, economics researchers on empirical questions
- Conductors of systematic literature reviews
Not ideal for
- Humanities or arts scholars
- Researchers focused on qualitative or non-empirical analysis
- Users expecting full automation without human verification
Standout features
- No perfect keywords needed for relevant results
- High data extraction accuracy (94-99% reported)
- Transparency via sentence-level citations
- Scales to 1,000 papers and 20,000 data points
- Interactive tables and multi-step workflows
- Recent additions: Keyword search, Research Agents, strict screening
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User Feedback Highlights
Most Praised
- Up to 80% time savings on screening and extraction
- High extraction accuracy (up to 99.4% in case studies)
- Scales efficiently for massive analyses
- Transparent AI claims with citations
- Finds relevant papers semantically beyond keywords
Common Complaints
- Up to 70% inaccurate citations and references
- Generates hallucinations or unsupported claims
- Inconsistent results from query wording
- Hit-or-miss on extractions like limitations