Elicit

Elicit, from Elicit. Finding papers and extracting findings into a table for literature reviews.

What it does well

• Screening papers for a lit review
• Extracting sample sizes and methods into columns

What it does poorly

• Replacing a systematic review protocol
• Fields with thin open-access coverage

What makes it different

Built for academic research: it searches papers, not the web, and extracts structured data from them.

Quick start

1. Ask a research question.
2. Add columns for method, sample and main finding.
3. Open the three most relevant papers and check each extracted cell.

Strengths and limits

• Strength: Paper-first search
• Strength: Structured extraction
• Limit: Coverage gaps
• Limit: Extraction errors on complex papers

Privacy

Low risk for public papers. Be careful with unpublished work.

Academic integrity

Cite the papers, and verify what was extracted.