# Systematic Literature Reviews ## The future of evidence synthesis See those asterisks? They’re magical quotation tools. [Try them for yourself →](/content/users/auth?show=signup/index.html) ## State of the art accuracy **80%** **Time savings** **[99.5%](/content/blog/evaluating-elicit-slr/index.html)** **Up to 99.5% screening recall** **[96%](/content/blog/evaluating-elicit-slr/index.html)** **Data extraction accuracy** **[138M](https://support.elicit.com/en/articles/14758040-elicit-s-source-for-papers)** **Papers and clinical trials to include in your review** **how it works** ## Elicit helps accelerate every step of a systematic review ### Step 1 #### Refine your protocol Choosing the right review protocol is half the battle. Use Elicit to refine research questions and search strategies. ### Step 2 #### Gather every source Combine searches across PubMed, ClinicalTrials.gov, Elicit’s corpus of 138 million papers, or import from other databases. Run reproducible keyword searches or use Elicit’s semantic search to ensure you don’t miss any relevant papers. ### Step 3 #### Screen each paper Screen up to 40,000 papers in real-time. Elicit autosuggests screening criteria and recommendations. You can agree, edit, or add your own. Every decision is PRISMA-auditable with exclusion reasons, per-criterion scores, and supporting quotes. Dual review pairs two humans with AI assistance, or uses AI as the second reviewer. ### Step 4 #### Extract data Data extraction is one of Elicit's superpowers. Elicit has the most accurate data extraction of any AI product, including from tables and figures, where most clinical outcomes actually live. We can extract both quantitative and qualitative data. Every extraction is supported by quotes or figures from the source. Iterate with our AI-suggested data extraction templates, or create your own. ### Step 5 #### Synthesize the evidence Elicit generates reports synthesizing across up to 200 papers, with each claim backed by sentence-level citations from the sources. Use one of our built-in templates or customize one for your organization. All reports contain a methods section with PRISMA flow diagrams, tables of paper summaries, and search strategies. **Data sources** ## Synthesize evidence across many sources Elicit is your one-stop shop to search over high-quality scientific sources ### Academic papers Search over 138 million academic papers and conference proceedings. Updates weekly. ### Clinical trials Search over 545,000 trials. Registered on [clinicaltrials.gov](http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/). Updates in real-time. ### BYOData Upload your own documents. Integrate company subscriptions to access more full-text papers. **Features** ## Researchers especially love these features ### Sentence-level citations - Elicit cites every AI-generated claim with the exact sentence or figure from the underlying paper. Other AI tools only link to references. They make you read the entire paper to figure out where the AI answer is coming from. Sometimes, the information is not even in the cited source! ### 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 information such as PFS, adverse effects, and detailed interventions or outcomes by trial arm at levels of accuracy exceeding human extraction. **Case studies** ## Validation & impact 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%. **99.4%** **Data extraction accuracy** **11x** **More evidence considered due to 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. **363** **Data points compared to manual extraction** **0** **False negatives; no key information missed** - Our team also validates accuracy by comparing Elicit results to the results of published systematic reviews. We compare search, screening, and data extraction steps. **99.5%** **Sensitivity** **96%** **Data extraction accuracy** **Testimonials** ## What our users say Being in rare disease, I search for data across decades of research. I need to compare evolving experimental designs, models, and conclusions. Elicit SLR dramatically reduces the time to get a good overview of the available studies. I can spend my valuable time working through the highlighted sources, understanding conclusions, and applying this knowledge to better my research questions. **Heather Richbourg** **PhD, Bioinformatics Scientist** at **Ultragenyx Pharmaceuticals** **Vision** ## Can AI take systematic reviews to the next level? Conforming to today's guidelines is necessary. But some of those guidelines were designed around the constraints of doing work manually. How can AI enable even more impactful evidence synthesis? ### Living reviews Combine Elicit Systematic Reviews and Alerts to create living reviews - easily updating systematic reviews with new information every year, or as needed. ### Transparency for free Once you finish your review, you can share a link to the entire process and intermediate results with anyone, even someone who does not have an Elicit account. The recipient can review every step you took. ### Iterative protocol design It's hard to define your review protocol without knowing what research is or is not out there. An automated approach helps you iterate and test different criteria quickly before committing to one. ### Resuable data The real treasure is the papers we reviewed along the way. Doing your reviews in Elicit makes it easier to reuse some of the papers you painstakingly reviewed in other projects. ## FAQ ### Do you have access to paywalled papers or only open access? ### Can you extract data from tables and figures? ### Are Elicit Systematic Reviews compliant with HTA, IVDR, MDR, or similar regulatory guidelines? ### Can I customize screening and extraction criteria? ### Can I update my review as new papers are published? ### Can I collaborate with a teammate on my systematic review?