Elicit tips and best practices

Create a column for each data point you'd like to extract from your papers. Columns can pull data from the papers' body text or from tables in the pa...

Use full-text papers. When Elicit has access to the PDF of the paper, Elicit can search for information from the entire paper. If Elicit does not hav...

Elicit can answer multiple choice questions about papers, choosing one or more options from a list of choices. Create a column, then choose "Answer St...

Elicit's columns will consider any tables within a paper when generating the answers for your columns. If Elicit uses information from a table, it wil...

Extract Data can handle about 3000 answers at once (e.g. 100 papers X 30 columns, or 300 papers X 10 columns). If you're running a large data extract...

When using the Find Papers or Systematic Review workflows, papers can be filtered by the year of publication. Click the Filter button to select f...

Elicit's Find Papers step can handle filter criteria directly in your query to refine your search results. If you try a query like "papers about th...

When searching for papers using the Find Papers or Systematic Review workflow, the "Journal quality" slider under the "Filter" button will allow ...

The results of your query will vary depending on how your query is structured. Elicit will leave out any papers that it thinks are not relevant to yo...

Elicit is optimized and intended for English-language searches and results. We currently use the Semantic Scholar dataset as our primary source for pa...

Advanced search filters are a powerful hidden feature in the Find Papers workflow . You can use them to search within a particular journal, restrict ...

Elicit allows you to search both research papers and clinical trials. This guide explains how to effectively search and filter clinical trial data. To...

Research Reports can be exported as a PDF or Word file, regardless of which Elicit plan you subscribe to. Tables within the steps of a Research Repor...

Whenever possible, Elicit recommends opening exported .csv files using Google Sheets or Numbers (on a Mac), rather than opening them directly in Excel...

Have a typo in your Find Papers query? Spell something wrong? Just want to run lots of queries quickly and see the results?   Edit queries for  Find p...

Have steps you don't need cluttering your Paper Chat or Extract Data workflow? Delete them! Hover your mouse over the top left of each step, to see th...

Every workflow you create is saved to your Recent History so you can return to your research, continue adding steps, and dig even deeper into your t...

To share a workflow with your colleagues, open the workflow and click the "Share" button at the top right. Shared workflows can be read by others but...

Elicit is designed to work with the latest version of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge and the latest versions of Windows or MacOS. Outdated browsers...

We encourage you to evaluate how much Elicit helps with your use-case. You could evaluate: How much time does Elicit save you in screening studies or ...

If you've already created a table using an Extract Data workflow, you can add additional PDFs to it by clicking the Add Papers button at the top lef...