What it is
Elicit provides research workflows around scientific literature, including paper search, structured extraction, reports, and support for systematic-review work. Its official material positions generated synthesis alongside the papers used to produce it.
A rigorous pilot should compare its retrieved set with a documented search strategy, verify extracted fields against full text, and retain human decisions for inclusion, exclusion, and evidence appraisal.
Worth evaluating for
- Early scientific literature discovery and evidence mapping
- Structured extraction from a screened collection of papers
- Research reports that will receive subject-matter review
What to measure
- Recall and precision against a known or independently searched paper set
- Accuracy of extracted study details and sentence-level citations
- Exportability of search, screening, and synthesis decisions for audit
Decision cautions
- No single research database or query establishes a complete evidence set.
- Generated reports do not replace critical appraisal or a registered review protocol.
- Full-text access, database coverage, and workflow features can change.
Sources checked
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