Overview
AI research assistant for academic literature review that finds, extracts, and summarizes findings from millions of papers.
Details
Elicit is an AI research assistant specialized for academic literature review and evidence synthesis. It searches across 125M+ academic papers, extracts structured information (methods, results, sample sizes, populations) into customizable tables, and synthesizes findings across many studies. Elicit is particularly strong at empirical research questions, it can summarize what existing studies say about a hypothesis with citations. The platform supports systematic review workflows, PDF uploads, and citation export. Elicit is widely used by researchers as a faster alternative to manual paper-by-paper review and is one of the most established AI research tools for academia.