Elicit
A research assistant for finding, screening and synthesising academic literature.
Where it fits
A research assistant for finding, screening and synthesising academic literature.
Price and access
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A free option is available for trying real tasks. Paid plans or usage can add higher limits or extra features.
- Pro (billed annually)$49 / monthAs of 2026-09-05 · source ↗
- Scale (billed annually)$169 / monthAs of 2026-09-05 · source ↗
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What it helps with and what to check
Good tasks to start with
- Literature-review workflows
- Comparing evidence across research papers
Keep an eye on
- It does not replace reading the paper
- Check inclusion criteria and extracted fields
How to start
Tick each step as you work. These checks stay on this page only; they do not verify results in the external tool.
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Start with a question you can check
Open Elicit’s official site and choose its paper-search workflow. Check current account and plan requirements before continuing. The product page describes semantic paper search and citations to underlying sources; this lesson does not test search coverage or accuracy. Try this public research question: “Among university students, how does spaced practice compare with one long study session for later recall?” Keep it as a question. Do not assume the search will prove one method better.
Choose one relevant paper, then open its source
Search the question and inspect the returned papers. For one candidate, record the title, authors, year and source link. Check whether it actually studies university students, the two study schedules and a later recall outcome. If it studies children, immediate performance or a different comparison, record that mismatch. Ranking first is not a quality certificate. Open the underlying paper or abstract; if it is unavailable, mark it inaccessible rather than treating the generated summary as the full paper.
Make a six-line evidence note
From the source you can actually read, record: participants; study design; comparison; outcome and when it was measured; main result as reported; limitation or missing information. Add a supporting passage and page, section or paragraph locator for each important claim. Keep reported counts and effect measures exactly as written. An abstract that omits the sample size means sample size not stated in the abstract, not zero participants. Do not fill gaps with likely numbers or general knowledge.
Repair a conclusion that goes beyond the paper
Use this fictional check example, not a search result: a paper reports an association between study spacing and recall, with no random assignment stated in the excerpt. “Spacing caused better learning for all students” goes too far. A bounded note is: “The excerpt reports an association; causal design and applicability to other students are not established here.” For your real paper, use its actual design and result. If random assignment is clearly reported, preserve that fact, but still check the comparison, uncertainty and population limits. Two papers agreeing does not remove the need to read their methods.
Bring the excerpt into the methods worksheet
Open the linked methods guide. Put a permitted excerpt and your six-line note into the source step, keep source labels, and use the draft and human-check steps to explain what the study can support. Move text yourself; AhaDo does not search Elicit or import its library. Copy worksheet text before leaving because it is not saved. Then use the citation-check Task to compare a sentence you want to write with its supporting passage. This exercise is one-paper reading practice, not a systematic review or medical advice.
Platforms
Privacy and human checks
Before you upload
- Remove customer names, passwords, identifying details and company secrets.
- Read the provider’s current retention, training and workspace settings.
Before you use the result
- Verify facts, sources, calculations and code against the original material.
- Have a person review important content or actions before publishing, sending or running them.
Related tasks and guides
Prepare inputs or review results in these AhaDo workflows. Copy permitted material yourself when using an external tool.
Alternatives
A search product focused on answers and summaries grounded in research papers.
View comparison option SciSpaceA research workspace for discovering, reading and understanding academic papers.
View comparison option Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM)A research notebook that answers from the sources you provide and can create source-grounded summaries.
View comparison optionOfficial source and research status
Guide published · Paper-search workflow researched from Elicit’s public product page on 7 September 2026; coverage, retrieved papers and generated claims have not been tested here.
Listed means a published directory entry. Guide published means it also includes dedicated start steps and sourced prices. Neither status means real-user results have been verified.
- Official product source
- Open source ↗
- Last researched
- 2026-09-05
- Real-user evidence
- Not collected yet
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