Elicit tips and best practices
Tips and information to help you get the most out of using Elicit.
Columns
Create and Save Custom Columns in Elicit
Edited 7 months ago
If there’s no predefined column that exactly matches what you want or you need to give additional instructions to tweak the results or get the data in...
Improve Column Results
Edited 3 months ago
If you're adding columns in the Find papers workflow, filter to papers that have PDFs, so that Elicit has more information to work with: When Elicit...
High Accuracy Columns
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High-accuracy columns give better results when extracting data. High-accuracy columns are only available to Elicit Plus and Elicit Pro subscribers. ...
Answer multiple-choice questions about papers
Edited 7 months ago
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...
Filter Information by Column
Edited last year
You can filter papers in Elicit by any information you add in columns. That means you can filter papers based on criteria like: Effect direction (po...
Extracting Data from a Table within a Paper in Column Answers
Edited 6 months ago
If you add a high-accuracy column to your table, Elicit will consider any tables within each paper when generating the answers for your columns. If El...
Running Extract from PDFs in batches (Advanced)
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Extract Data from PDFs 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 da...
Refining and Customizing Your Results
Filter Papers by Year of Publication
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When using the Find Papers workflow, papers can be filtered by the year of publication. Search for papers using "Find papers" Use the "Publication y...
Find Papers: Adding filter criteria in natural language
Edited 11 months ago
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...
Filter by Journal Quality
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When searching for papers using the Find Papers workflow, the "Journal quality" slider under the "Filter" button will allow you to filter your resul...
Improve Find Papers Search Results
Edited 4 months ago
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...
Using Elicit with Non-English Papers
Edited last year
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
Edited 9 months ago
Advanced search filters are a powerful hidden feature in "Find papers". You can use them to search within a particular journal, restrict your search t...
Uploading and importing PDFs
Add More PDFs to an Existing Extraction Table
Edited 4 months ago
If you've already created a table using an Extract Data from PDFs step, you can add additional PDFs to it by clicking the Add Papers button at the t...
Delete a PDF from the Library
Edited 3 months ago
To delete an PDF from your library, simply Check the box next to the item you'd like to delete Click on the "Delete" button that appears in the toolba...
Organizing your Library with custom tags
Edited 10 months ago
When uploading PDFs, simply click the "Add tags" button to create a tag or add an existing one to your newly uploaded papers. Then, when starting an ...
Troubleshooting Errors When Uploading PDFs
Edited 3 months ago
If you receive an error while uploading a PDF, hover your mouse over the red error icon and Elicit will tell you the specific error that occurred. If ...
Add PDFs to Your Library in Bulk
Edited 3 months ago
When uploading PDF files to your Elicit Library , we recommend uploading in batches of 75 or fewer papers to maintain the speed of the uploads. If y...
Import Papers from Zotero
Edited last year
Elicit's Zotero integration helps you bring your paper collections into Elicit, where you can extract data and analyze your papers! Go to your Elic...
Zotero Import Limitations and Troubleshooting
Edited last year
Learn how to import papers from Zotero into Elicit here . Zotero import currently has the following limitations: We import all PDF attachments. So, t...
Export from Elicit (Elicit Plus)
Export Your Data From Elicit
Edited 26 days ago
Research Reports can be exported as a PDF, regardless of which Elicit plan you subscribe to. Tables within the steps of a Research Report can only be...
How to Import Elicit .csv Files to Excel
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Whenever possible, Elicit recommends opening exported .csv files using Google Sheets or Numbers (on a Mac), rather than opening them directly in Excel...
General Tips
Delete a Workflow
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Every Systematic Review, Research Report, or Notebook you create is saved to your Recent History so you can return to your research, continue adding...
Delete a Step from a Notebook
Edited 11 months ago
Have steps you don't need cluttering your Notebook? Delete them! Hover your mouse over the top left of each step, to see the trash can icon. Click the...
Edit a Query
Edited 11 months ago
Have a typo in your query? Spell something wrong? Just want to run lots of queries quickly and see the results? You can do that without having to crea...
Share Your Workflows
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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...
Technical Requirements & Troubleshooting
Edited last year
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...
Evaluating Elicit
Edited 9 months ago
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 ...