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Elicit*

What is it?

Elicit is an AI-powered research assistant designed to help users find and synthesize information efficiently. It uses machine learning models to analyze large documents or data, offering summaries, insights, and structured answers tailored to user queries.

What is its purpose?

Elicit is intended to streamline research processes, particularly for literature reviews, hypothesis generation, and evidence synthesis tasks. Leveraging AI reduces manual effort, accelerates workflows, and ensures comprehensive coverage of relevant data.

How do I use it?

Elicit requires users to sign up with an email and log in through its website. It allows users to search questions and build a personalized library for organizing their research.

Why would I use it?

Elicit helps automate literature reviews and evidence synthesis, saving time in research processes.
It uncovers relevant insights or trends in large data sets.
It ensures a thorough examination of information without manual effort.

Usage considerations

Based on their statement, all PDFs you upload remain private to your account and are not shared or accessible to other users.

Quick Facts

Category: AI Tools
Rating Level: Web Search
Website: Elicit*
Last Modified: 29 January 2025
Created: 08 January 2025
License Available: No
More Info

1. The Elicit Plus Plan offers unlimited search across 125+ million papers and summaries, allowing users to chat with up to 4 documents simultaneously. Users can extract data from 10 papers per month, add two columns to tables, view sources for answers, and import references from Zotero, making it ideal for in-depth research. 2. The Elicit Pro Plan includes all Basic features plus advanced capabilities like unlimited summaries and chat with up to 8 full-text papers at once, data extraction from 25 documents per month, and the ability to extract data from tables within papers. It also allows exporting to RIS, CSV, and BIB formats, adding up to 5 columns per table and one high-accuracy column per table, offering powerful tools for detailed research. 3. The Elicit Pro Plan includes all Plus features, with enhanced capabilities like extracting data from 100 papers per month, unlimited high-accuracy columns, and adding up to 10 columns to tables, making it ideal for comprehensive and detailed research projects.
Security Concerns: Yes
Technical Support: Vendor
Platform(s): Web

Ratings Information

CITL Rating

Select any category below for details about the criteria for each rating.

Functionality: ★★☆

Scale:★★☆: Minor Concerns. No campus-wide technical support is available. Technical support is provided by the vendor
Ease of Use:★★★: Works Well.
Tech Support/Help Availability (for Instructors):★★☆: Minor Concerns.
Tech Support/Help Availability (for Students):★★☆: Minor Concerns. No campus-wide technical support is available. Technical support is provided by the vendor
Hypermediality :★☆☆: Serious Concerns.

Accessibility: ★★☆

Accessibility Standards:★☆☆: Serious Concerns.
User-focused participation:: Not Applicable.
Required Equipment:★★★: Works Well.

Technical: ★★★

Integration/Embedding within a Learning Management System (LMS) :: Not Applicable.
Operating Systems:★★☆: Minor Concerns.
Web Browser:★★★: Works Well.
Additional Technical Requirements:★★★: Works Well.

Mobile Design: ★★☆

Access:★☆☆: Serious Concerns. The platform is accessible through a mobile browser; however, due to the scaling of the tables, it is not convenient for mobile devices.
Functionality:★★★: Works Well.
Offline Access:★☆☆: Serious Concerns.

Usage and Account Set Up: ★★☆

Sign Up/Sign In:★☆☆: Serious Concerns. Although all users (instructors and learners) must create an external account or additional login, no personal information is collected or shared in the process.
Cost of Use:★★☆: Minor Concerns.
Archiving, Saving, and Exporting Data :★★☆: Minor Concerns.
Data Privacy and Ownership:★★★: Works Well.

Social Presence: ★☆☆

Collaboration :: Not Applicable.
User Accountability:: Not Applicable.
Diffusion:★☆☆: Serious Concerns.

Teaching Presence: ★★☆

Facilitation:★★☆: Minor Concerns.
Customization:★★☆: Minor Concerns.
Learning Analytics:★☆☆: Serious Concerns.

Cognitive Presence: ★★☆

Enhancement of Cognitive Task(s):★★★: Works Well.
Higher Order Thinking:★★★: Works Well.
Feedback on Learning:★☆☆: Serious Concerns.

Security and Privacy

: The service is not offered by Memorial University and has not been reviewed by Information Management and Protection.

Support Information

Video tutorials are available on YouTube, explaining all the features and advantages of using Elicit for literature review.

The Elicit support center offers a range of resources designed to assist users in getting the most out of the platform. It provides helpful guides on getting started, conducting systematic reviews, tips for best practices, and managing accounts and billing. Users can access feature updates, submit support inquiries, or request new features. If you need any more help, the center encourages users to reach out to their support team via email.

For more details, visit the Elicit Help Center.

Other Note(s)

The Elicit Blog explores AI-assisted research, covering advancements in LLMs, systematic reviews, and AI-driven search. It also shares case studies, engineering insights, and updates on Elicit’s features.

For more details, visit The Elicit Blog.

Elicit is also active on LinkedIn and X (formerly Twitter), where they share updates and insights and engage with their community. These platforms provide users with additional ways to stay informed about Elicit’s developments.

You can visit Elicit’s LinkedIn and X pages for more information.

History

Elicit, developed by Ought in the early 2020s, is an AI-powered tool that simplifies research tasks like literature reviews and evidence synthesis. Ought, founded in 2017, focuses on improving human reasoning through AI. With features like question answering, study ranking, and summary generation, Elicit has become popular among researchers.