Elicit tips and best practices
Tips and information to help you get the most out of using Elicit.
Columns
Create and save columns in Elicit
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...
Improve column results
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...
Answer multiple-choice questions about papers
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...
Extracting data from a table within a paper in column answers
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...
Refining and Customizing Your Results
Filtering in Elicit
Elicit provides several ways to narrow your search results: natural language in your query, the Filter button in the UI, and advanced search syntax. T...
Improve search results
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
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
Advanced search filters are a powerful hidden feature in the Find Papers workflow . You can use them to search within a particular journal, restrict ...
Searching for Clinical Trials
Elicit allows you to search both research papers and clinical trials. This guide explains how to effectively search and filter clinical trial data. To...
Export from Elicit (Elicit Plus)
Export your data from Elicit
Research Reports can be exported as a PDF or Word file, regardless of which Elicit plan you subscribe to. Choose your desired format by clicking the...
How to import Elicit .csv files to Excel
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
Edit a Find Papers query
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...
Delete a step from Paper Chat or Extract Data
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...
Delete a workflow
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...
Share your workflows
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
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
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 ...