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Elicit
An AI research assistant for finding papers, organizing evidence and extracting information into reviewable tables, with a free Basic plan and paid advanced workflows.
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What you can do with it
What this tool is for
Elicit is built around scientific evidence rather than general-purpose conversation. It helps find relevant papers, organize a research library and turn source material into summaries or structured outputs. Its search uses semantic relevance, making it useful when you know the question you want to investigate but have not yet found the field’s preferred terminology.
A good first project is a focused evidence table: identify relevant studies, record their methods and compare what they actually measured. This makes disagreements visible and gives you a route back to the original papers. A generated report can help organize that work, but should not be confused with a completed, independently validated systematic review.
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Scope a dissertation topic
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Build a methods comparison
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Prepare a reading meeting
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Update an evidence brief
A closer look at the product
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Product interface and examples
Key features, practical tasks
Capabilities in practice
- Semantic paper search: Search with a research question and refine it as you discover relevant terminology. Check whether results address the same population, setting and outcome rather than merely sharing a broad topic.
- Source-linked summaries: Use summaries to decide which papers deserve closer reading. Important claims should be checked in the underlying passage, including qualifications that may be missing from a short description.
- Structured extraction: Supported workflows organize information from papers into tables with custom fields. Define each field precisely, such as sample size, comparison group or measurement period, before asking for extraction.
- Research library: The library provides collections, tags and reference-management paths. Organize sources by project and distinguish a published article from a preprint or duplicate version of the same work.
- Reports: Report workflows synthesize a selected body of evidence. Their useful role is to expose a structure and supporting sources that you can inspect, revise and expand as the project develops.
- Systematic review support: Advanced workflows assist screening and data extraction. Access depends on the plan, and a rigorous review still needs an explicit protocol, documented decisions and appropriate human checks.
- Reference imports and reuse: Official materials describe importing existing references, including Zotero. Reuse a curated collection to avoid starting from scratch, while checking that metadata and accessible full text match the intended publication.
Get started, step by step
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Write the research boundary
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Search and inspect
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Extract a small table first
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Synthesize with a record
A practical first workflow
A practical first workflow
- Write the research boundary. State the population or system, intervention or phenomenon, comparison and outcomes where relevant. Add a time range and explicit exclusions to make screening decisions reproducible.
- Search and inspect. Run a paper search, read titles and abstracts, and open a few representative studies. Refine the question if results consistently interpret the topic differently from your intention.
- Extract a small table first. Define a handful of fields and check several rows manually. Fix ambiguous field descriptions before expanding to a large collection or using a more costly workflow.
- Synthesize with a record. Write conclusions only after checking the evidence table. Preserve source identifiers, exclusions and unresolved issues so another reader can follow how the final brief was produced.
Example prompt or task: Find research on retrieval practice in university courses. Compare study design, population, outcome measures and limitations. Separate direct findings from interpretation and mark unavailable information instead of filling it in.
This is a suggested research task, not a claim that a particular study exists or that Elicit retrieved every relevant publication.
Find the right plan for you
Free Basic plan
Explore official plans ↗Free plan Advanced workflows and usage vary by plan
Basic offers a free starting route. Reports and Research Agent usage are limited; verify export and extraction entitlements before planning a large review.
What is free and what can cost extra
The official Basic plan provides an ongoing free entry for paper search, summaries and chat where full text is accessible. Research Agent and Research Reports have limited usage. These distinctions matter: free discovery does not mean every advanced review or extraction operation has unlimited capacity.
Paid plans expand usage and offer additional workflows or exports. Check the current pricing table for your organization type and billing period rather than relying on a single headline price. A subscription also does not grant universal access to paywalled literature; access rights and available source text remain separate issues.
A few things worth knowing
Frequently asked questions
Is Elicit free?
Yes, Basic is a free plan with specified capabilities and limits. Advanced workflows can require a paid plan.
Can it replace reading the paper?
It can help prioritize and organize reading, but important findings and limitations should be checked in the original source.
Does it unlock paywalled papers?
Not universally. Source access depends on available full text and any legitimate access you already have.
Can I import references?
Official materials describe reference imports, including Zotero. Check the current importer and metadata after importing.
Are all exports included free?
Do not assume that. Export formats and advanced features are plan-dependent on the pricing page.
Is a generated report a systematic review?
Not by itself. A systematic review requires a documented method, screening decisions and appropriate validation.
What should I do with uncertain extraction?
Mark it for review, inspect the source passage and keep uncertainty visible in the evidence table.
The details behind your decision
Explore platforms, inputs and outputs, licensing, and access requirements.
Four useful starting projects
Four useful starting projects
- Scope a dissertation topic: Start with a narrow question and inspect the first set of relevant papers. Record recurring concepts and unresolved disagreements before deciding how broad the final review should become.
- Build a methods comparison: Make columns for study design, participants, setting, outcomes and limitations. Keep definitions consistent so the table does not compare incompatible measures as if they were the same.
- Prepare a reading meeting: Choose a small group of papers and draft a source-linked agenda. Separate what each study found from questions your group still needs to discuss.
- Update an evidence brief: Revisit a saved collection and identify new work relevant to the original question. Record the review date and which sources changed the conclusion rather than replacing the old brief without a trace.
Platforms, inputs, outputs and setup
Platforms, inputs, outputs and setup
Elicit is a hosted research workspace. It can work with its indexed sources and supported material you provide, but coverage is not identical to every disciplinary database. For a comprehensive project, document which databases and search methods were used and where Elicit fits into that process.
Extraction quality depends on the source and the field definition. A missing value may mean the paper did not report it, the relevant passage was inaccessible, or the system failed to find it. Keep these possibilities distinct instead of converting every blank cell into a confident negative result.
Data, permissions and licensing
Data, permissions and licensing
Upload only papers and internal documents you are permitted to provide to a hosted service. Institutional access to a publication does not automatically establish permission for every form of redistribution or third-party processing.
For collaborative projects, agree on which collections can be shared and retain the reviewed evidence outside a transient chat. Use current service policies to decide whether unpublished work, personal data or confidential research material is appropriate for the selected account.
Sources, documentation and help
Official sources and review date
Official sources and review date
Reviewed October 3, 2026. Product facts come from the official sources below. Suggested projects, prompts and review methods are FindGoodAI editorial guidance, not measured performance results.
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