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| Hello! You can now filter papers in [Elicit](/content/?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=column_filter/index.html) by any information you add in columns. <br>That means you can filter papers based on criteria like: |

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| - Effect direction (positive effect, negative effect, no effect)<br>  <br>- Population characteristics (human vs. rats, children vs. adults)<br>  <br>- Material used<br>  <br>- Biomarkers |

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| And so much more. You can choose from over 30 predefined columns. If you want to filter by something else, add a [custom column](https://support.elicit.com/en/articles/906049). |

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| **Why we built this**<br>Researchers want to be systematic. But it’s horribly time-consuming to go through every single paper and decide whether it’s relevant or not. With this flexible filtering, you can consider a larger set of papers.<br>If you’re screening papers for a systematic review, you can immediately use this to save yourself time. |

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| **How it works**<br>Filters are an exact keyword match. If you add multiple keywords, we will apply an “OR” logic. That means we’ll show you papers that have any of the keywords in your filter. <br>We’ll only filter within the results you have shown on your screen. To consider more papers, click **Load more.**<br>You can format a column to make it easier to filter. Add column instructions like this: |

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| I find it helpful to have one descriptive column and one formatted column so I can review the information side by side. |

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| I hope this helps you find more relevant papers! |