
Elicit
Research assistant for finding papers and extracting data for literature reviews
Visit Elicit (opens in a new tab)Elicit searches a large index of academic papers and helps you work through them in a structured way. Beyond returning relevant studies, it can summarise findings and pull specific details (sample size, methods, outcomes and so on) into a table, which is usually the slowest part of a systematic or scoping review.
It is aimed at researchers, students, analysts and R&D teams who read a lot of scientific literature and want to screen and compare studies faster. It works best when your question is answered by published research; it is not a general web search tool.
The free Basic plan is enough to try searching and summarising. Paid tiers are priced per user and listed with annual billing: Pro starts at $49/month and adds systematic-review workflows and API access, while Scale and Enterprise add collaboration, admin and custom deployment options.
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