What is Elicit?
Elicit is an AI Research Assistant designed to streamline and enhance the research process for professionals and academics. It leverages advanced AI to analyze research papers at superhuman speed, automate time-consuming tasks, and provide comprehensive insights across a vast database of academic literature.
Features of Elicit
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Automated Research Tasks: Elicit can summarize papers, extract data, and synthesize findings, significantly reducing the time and effort required in research.
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Extensive Database: Access to a database of 125 million academic papers, enabling comprehensive and detailed searches.
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Natural Language Processing: Utilizes natural language to search for and interpret research papers, making it accessible and user-friendly.
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Customizable Summaries: Provides one-sentence abstract summaries and detailed syntheses of themes and concepts across multiple papers.
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Data Extraction: Extracts details from papers into an organized table format, simplifying data analysis and comparison.
How to use Elicit
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Sign Up/Log In: Create an account or log in to access the full features of Elicit.
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Search for Papers: Use natural language to ask research questions and retrieve relevant papers from the database.
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Analyze and Summarize: Select papers to get detailed summaries and syntheses of their content.
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Extract Data: Use the tool to extract specific data points and details from selected papers.
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Review and Export: Save results for later review and export them in various formats for further analysis.
Pricing of Elicit
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Basic Plan: Free access with 5,000 credits for initial exploration.
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Plus Plan: $10 per month (billed annually) or $12 per month (billed monthly) with additional features and 12,000 credits per month.
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Enterprise and Institutions: Custom pricing with additional organizational benefits and support.
Useful tips for using Elicit
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Leverage Natural Language: Use clear and specific questions to get the most relevant results.
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Check Source Accuracy: Always verify critical information by checking the original sources provided by Elicit.
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Utilize Credits Wisely: Plan your research activities to maximize the use of your available credits.
Frequently asked questions about Elicit
How do researchers use Elicit?
Elicit is commonly used to speed up literature reviews, find papers that are difficult to locate through traditional means, automate systematic reviews and meta-analyses, and learn about new research domains.
What is Elicit not a good fit for?
Elicit does not currently handle factual queries not covered in academic papers and tends to be less effective in theoretical or non-empirical domains.
How accurate are the answers in Elicit?
Approximately 90% of the information provided by Elicit is accurate, but users are encouraged to verify critical data by checking the original sources.
What are credits in Elicit?
Credits are the currency used in Elicit to perform various tasks such as searching for papers, extracting data, and synthesizing information. Users start with a set number of credits and can purchase more as needed.
How can you contact the Elicit team?
Users can reach out to the Elicit team via email at help@elicit.com or through their Slack community for support and feedback.