Elicit: AI for scientific research
AI for Scientific Research
Elicit helps researchers be 10x more evidence-based.
This video demonstrates Elicit's report generation workflow. A researcher types a research question, Elicit searches through millions of academic papers, and automatically generates a structured research report with citations in seconds.
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Stand on the shoulders of giants
Use Elicit to understand more quickly what science already knows, so that you can discover the unknown.
Features
Research takes many forms
Whether you need a quick answer or are planning a multi-month comprehensive review, Elicit can support you from beginning to end.
Search
- Search over 138 million academic papers and 545,000 clinical trials, with more data sources coming soon.
- Elicit's semantic search means you don't have to know all the right keywords to get relevant results.
Research reports
- Elicit generates high-quality research briefs based on a process inspired by systematic reviews.
- Unlike with other AI tools, Elicit Reports can be deeply customized. You can change which papers and what information is covered in the reports.
Systematic literature review
- Elicit can automate screening and data extraction of systematic reviews, while partially supporting search and report generation.
- Researchers report up to 80% time savings using Elicit for systematic reviews.
Library
- As you use Elicit, store and organize the sources that you find so that you can easily reuse them in future projects.
Alerts
- Research is constantly evolving; use Elicit Alerts to stay on top of new research without cluttering your inbox.
How we’re different
There are a lot of AI tools out there. What makes Elicit unique?
Scale
Elicit can find up to 1,000 relevant papers and analyze up to 20,000 data points at once.
Accuracy
Elicit is the most accurate AI product for scientific research. Learn about how we validated Elicit's accuracy.
Transparency
Elicit supports all AI-generated claims with sentence-level citations from the underlying sources.
More than chat
Elicit goes beyond chat to provide rich, interactive tables and multi-step workflows.
Industries
We live in a scientific world
Elicit supports researchers across many domains and industries
Pharmaceuticals
Bring novel drugs to patients faster.
Academia
Push the frontier of science forward.
Medical devices & technology
Design safe and effective products for patients.
Policy & government
Make evidence-based policies.
Consumer goods
Improve products that billions rely on every day.
Industrials
Discover new materials and engineer them at scale.
Example report
Mitigating Temperature Drift in MEMS Sensors
Software & technology
Innovate on user experience, algorithmic performance, and more.
Example report
Energy-Latency Trade-offs in Gesture Recognition Models
New features
Latest releases
Jul 17, 2026
Evaluating Elicit’s Paper Search
Elicit outperformed five other search systems on BioASQ, retrieving more of the papers biomedical experts rely on.](/content/blog/evaluating-elicit-paper-search/index.html)
Jul 15, 2026
The Elicit API and MCP: Powering autonomous research engines
The Elicit API and MCP server bring Elicit’s trusted capabilities to your agents and workflows.](/content/blog/the-elicit-api-and-mcp-powering-autonomous-research-engines/index.html)
Jun 30, 2026
A more powerful Research Agent, with updated usage limits
Our Research Agent can do significantly more work and use more data sources, Elicit is moving from workflow-based limits to a monthly usage pool.](/content/blog/more-powerful-research-agent-with-updated-usage-limits/index.html)
May 6, 2026
Elicit Systematic Review: Now Built for PRISMA 2020
Elicit Systematic Review now supports PRISMA 2020 guidelines, and is reproducible, traceable, and auditable at every step.](/content/blog/systematic-review-for-prisma-2020/index.html)
May 6, 2026
Evaluating Elicit’s Systematic Literature Review Capabilities
Elicit hit 95% search recall, 97% abstract screening, 99% full-text screening, and 96% extraction across 994 Cochrane reviews.](/content/blog/evaluating-elicit-slr/index.html)
Mar 3, 2026
Introducing the Elicit API
Search our 138M+ papers and generate Reports using our API.](/content/blog/elicit-api/index.html)
Dec 19, 2025
Introducing Strict Screening and 80-Paper Reports
Strict screening criteria are now available in Systematic Review. Reports can now contain up to 80 papers.](/content/blog/introducing-strict-screening-and-80-paper-reports/index.html)
Dec 17, 2025
Evaluating Claude Opus 4.5
Claude Opus 4.5 is better than Sonnet 4.5, Google Gemini 3 Pro, and OpenAI GPT 5 at data extraction and writing reports with fewer hallucinations.](/content/blog/evaluating-claude-opus-4-5/index.html)
Case studies
Trusted by top research institutions
Our team and our customers have rigorously tested and evaluated Elicit's accuracy
While developing a clinical asset targeting knee osteoarthritis, Formation Bio used Elicit to assess how end-stage knee osteoarthritis had been defined in clinical trials and previous literature.
1,600 Papers to extract data from
10x Faster in Elicit
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
Oxford PharmaGenesis advises 8 of the top 10 global pharmaceutical companies. With Elicit, they now deliver literature reviews at an unprecedented scale.
500 Papers reviewed
40 Research questions
Read Oxford PharmaGenesis case study
This is an important moment in time
AI has the potential to significantly change the world. Change is complicated. As researchers and scientists, we must direct this technology towards having as positive an impact as possible. We need to move quickly, without sacrificing quality. Our research needs to be more dynamic to stay relevant in a rapidly-changing world.
Scientific rigor, good reasoning, and high-quality research are more important than ever.
We built this to help you. To help you understand the never-ending mysteries of our universe. To help you make breakthroughs that end disease. To help you wrestle with hard questions about how to alleviate poverty, explore new frontiers, or create thriving communities.
Thank you for your curiosity. Your sense of wonder. For your uncompromising commitment to truth and progress. We hope we can make finding that truth just a little bit easier.