Elicit: AI Specialized in Research-Paper Research
Elicit is a tool specialized in searching and extracting from academic papers. It streamlines "comparing papers in a table, item by item."
What It's Good At
- Searching related papers by research theme
- Extracting "method, sample, results" etc. from a body of papers in table form
- Supporting preliminary research and screening for systematic reviews
Workflow
- Clarify the research question (articulate it with a general AI)
- Search related papers in Elicit and build an extraction table
- Always read the original text closely for key papers and verify
- Synthesis and discussion are done by a person
Caution
- Extraction results contain errors and omissions; checking the original is mandatory
- It does not guarantee comprehensiveness; use other searches for key areas too
- Features, scope, and pricing change; confirm officially
Positioning
Elicit "speeds up the legwork of literature review." What guarantees research quality is a human's close reading and critical examination of the original text, which cannot be skipped.
