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See a field of papers in one table
Elicit finds academic papers for your question and can line up methods and findings, so a literature review starts with a map.
Who it helps
Elicit is for people doing a literature review who want a first pass across many papers. If you can state a research question, it will search and extract columns you can scan.
It fits students, analysts, and researchers who already know they will read the important PDFs, and want help deciding which ones those are.
A free account is a start. Paid plans raise how many extractions you can run when the review is large.
How it makes life easier
Ask a question. Elicit searches for relevant studies and can extract columns such as the method, the population, and the reported outcome into a table. Add papers you already know so the table includes the work you trust.
The point is to see a set of studies side by side before you choose which ones to read in full. That screening step is usually slow. Here it is a grid you can sort and skim.
You still open the PDF for any row you will cite. Elicit gets you to that PDF with less wandering.
What you get
A question returns a set of papers
Start from the research question instead of guessing keywords and opening tabs one by one.
Columns make papers comparable
Methods and outcomes in a table are easier to scan than ten abstracts in a row, as a first pass.
Add papers you already found
A study you know about can go into the same extraction so the table is not limited to what the search ranked.
Questions
Does this replace reading the paper?
No. The table is a screening aid so you can choose what to read. Open the PDF for any number you will cite. Elicit is there to shorten the path to the right papers.
Can I upload papers I already have?
Yes. Bring known papers into the review and extract the same fields. That is useful when you already saved something the search might have missed.
Who is it for day to day?
Anyone running a literature review, a class paper, or a research scan who wants a structured first look. You ask a question, you get a table, you decide which studies deserve a full read.
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