Introduction to Elicit
Elicit is an AI research assistant designed to streamline and automate various research workflows, particularly in literature reviews. It leverages advanced language models to assist researchers in finding relevant academic papers, even when keyword matches are not perfect. Elicit can summarize key takeaways from papers tailored to specific research questions and extract essential information efficiently.
Key Features:
- AI-Enabled Systematic Reviews: Automate the process of conducting systematic reviews with AI assistance.
- Research Reports: Generate comprehensive reports based on the literature.
- PDF Uploads: Users can upload their own PDFs for analysis and extraction.
- Quick Summaries: Get concise summaries of lengthy research papers.
- Source Quotes: Easily extract and cite quotes from research papers.
- Question Answering: Engage with over 125 million papers to get answers to research questions.
Use Cases:
- Speeding Up Literature Reviews: Researchers can quickly gather and summarize relevant literature.
- Automating Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: Elicit simplifies the complex process of systematic reviews.
- Learning About New Domains: Ideal for researchers venturing into unfamiliar fields.
- Data Extraction: Efficiently extract data for rigorous systematic literature reviews.

