Elicit is an AI research assistant designed specifically for academic and scientific literature review. It searches a database of over 200 million research papers, extracts data from studies, summarises findings, identifies methodological limitations and compares results across multiple papers -- dramatically accelerating the literature review process.
Unlike general AI tools that can hallucinate citations, Elicit grounds every response in real, retrievable papers. Users can ask research questions in plain English and Elicit returns relevant studies with structured data extraction -- pulling out sample sizes, effect sizes, study populations and conclusions automatically.
The tool is particularly powerful for systematic reviews, meta-analyses and any research process that involves processing large numbers of academic papers. It can extract data from PDFs, identify consensus and disagreement across studies, and generate summaries in formats suitable for academic writing.
Elicit is built by Ought, a non-profit research organisation focused on using AI to assist with complex reasoning tasks, and is trusted by researchers at universities, think tanks and policy organisations worldwide.
Academic Researchers, PhD Students, Scientists, Policy Analysts, Medical Professionals, Journalists, Consultants
| Plan | Price | Key features |
|---|---|---|
| Free | £0/month | Limited searches per month, basic paper extraction, summary generation |
| Plus | £12/month | Unlimited searches, full data extraction, PDF upload, export to CSV |
| Enterprise | Custom pricing | Team access, priority support, custom integrations, volume pricing |
Elicit is the best AI tool available for academic research and literature review -- nothing else comes close for processing large numbers of papers accurately. Citation grounding eliminates the hallucination risk that makes general AI unreliable for research. A valuable niche listing for AI Tool Bible that fills a gap in the directory for research-focused users.