Elicit

Elicit is an AI-powered research assistant designed to help users systematically search, analyze, and synthesize insights from over 125 million academic papers. It enables researchers, students, and professionals to move beyond keyword searches by using natural language queries to identify relevant literature, even when exact terminology is unknown. Elicit can automatically summarize individual papers, extract key findings, and compare results across multiple studies, helping users quickly understand the state of evidence on a given topic.

The tool supports structured workflows such as literature reviews, evidence synthesis, and exploratory research. Users can generate and refine research questions, screen and prioritize papers, and extract data points such as sample sizes, methods, outcomes, and effect sizes into customizable tables. Elicit also offers a chat interface that allows users to ask detailed questions about specific papers or topics, with responses grounded in cited sources.