# AI for policy research ## Elicit is a research platform helping policy researchers synthesize more evidence ## TRUSTED BY OVER 5 MILLION RESEARCHERS, INCLUDING AT **Use cases** ## Towards evidence-based policymaking Those who make decisions on behalf of a large number of people have the responsibility of being as rigorous and evidence-based as possible. Elicit supports policy researchers across topic areas. ### Health & well-being Impact of Covid-19 on racial and ethnic disparities in preventive health services [Example report](/content/review/2666ab31-7913-4b5e-b19d-084a59bff334/index.html) ### Economics & labor #### Example Uses & Reports What is the estimated impact of AI on employment? [Example report](/content/review/20172d4d-4587-4a13-b797-8673475b57a9/index.html) ### Education #### Example Uses & Reports ##### Comparative effect sizes of early childhood educational interventions [Example report](/content/review/aa875c3c-e214-410d-97e0-b56351d5ceda/index.html) ### Science & technology #### Example Uses & Reports ##### NIH research investments vs. other national research funding agencies [Example report](/content/review/b32cd91d-e975-4026-ba23-0ef8a6e0d374/index.html) ### Society & governance #### Example Uses & Reports ##### Impact of electoral systems on democratic representation and citizen engagement [Example report](/content/review/f87e5921-009e-46ed-80cc-f23294c4dfe1/index.html) ### Housing & communities #### Example Uses & Reports ##### Effects of rent control policies on housing market dynamics and tenant stability [Example report](/content/review/b3e64110-83ee-4fd7-87d8-65a6fe06010b/index.html) ### Environment #### Example Uses & Reports ##### UK net zero incentives vs. approaches in other European countries [Example report](/content/review/ab0097e9-5b62-46b0-aa39-56f695e3e64e/index.html) **Data sources** ## Elicit has all the data you need in one place Elicit is your one-stop shop to search over high-quality research ### Academic papers Search over 138 million academic papers and conference proceedings Updates weekly ### Included sources ### Clinical trials Search over 545,000 trials registered on [clinicaltrials.gov](http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/) Updates in real-time ### Included sources ### BYOData Upload your own documents Integrate company subscriptions to access more full-text papers #### Supported files **Workflows** ## And the tools you need to make sense of it all ### Search Quickly search in natural language over our database of 138+ million papers. ### Reports Elicit can produce detailed literature reviews of 10+ pages to summarize all of the evidence that's been published. ### Data extraction Create tables of up to 20,000 cells to compare information across thousands of documents. ### Systematic reviews Step-by-step workflows that guide you through search, screening, and data extraction for the most comprehensive evidence synthesis **Features** ## Urgency no longer trades off with rigor Policy research can happen under intense time pressure. These features help researchers cover a lot of evidence, fast. ### Sentence-level citations - Elicit cites every AI-generated claim with sentence-level citations from the underlying papers. ### Dynamic screening & extraction - Sometimes you don't know which papers you want, or what information you want from them, until you see what's out there. Elicit's interactive screening & data extraction help you explore the literature in real-time so that you can refine what you're looking for. ### Accuracy & precision - We've rigorously trained and validated Elicit's accuracy. Elicit can analyze detailed quantitative and qualitative information, even distinguishing results or intervention details by experiment arm. ### It’s more than chat - Research is a complicated, multi-step process that branches and burrows in all directions. Researchers love Elicit's multi-step workflows and large, interactive tables that let you go broader and deeper than chat. ## We support enterprises with high-stakes decisions ### Data protection Enterprise customer data is fully redacted. We do not train on this data. Our third party model providers also have zero data retention policies and guarantee no training. ### SSO & SAML We support SSO & SAML-based authentication systems to ensure seamless account management even at 10,000+ users. ### SOC 2 compliant [Elicit's SOC 2 Type II report](https://trust.elicit.com/) did not have any noted exceptions and was issued with a “clean” audit opinion. ### Instant implementation Elicit is immediately available for your researchers to use. There is no lengthy implementation process. But our deployment team can still develop onboarding and success plans to ensure rapid adoption. **Case studies** ## Trusted by top research institutions Our team and our customers have rigorously tested and evaluated Elicit's accuracy - VDI / VDE used Elicit's data extraction for a systematic review informing German education policy. Elicit correctly extracted 1,502 out of 1,511 data points, an accuracy rate of 99.4%. **Data extraction accuracy** 99.4% More evidence considered because of Elicit automation Researchers at CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, compared Elicit to manual data extraction and found that Elicit had near-zero false negatives, meaning it did not miss any key information. **Data points compared to manual extraction** 363 **False negatives; no key information missed** 0 Our team also validates accuracy by comparing Elicit results to the results of published systematic reviews. We compare search, screening, and data extraction steps. **Screening recall** 94-96% **Data extraction accuracy** 94-99% ## FAQ ### Do you have access to paywalled papers or only open access? ### Which AI providers does Elicit use? ### How does Elicit work at the enterprise level? ### Can you extract data from tables and figures? ### Do you train on our data? ### Can you integrate internal company data or journal subscriptions?