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Strengths
- Automatically extract key information from papers (methods, sample size, conclusions, etc.)
- Build a structured literature review form
- Support custom extraction fields
- PDFs can be uploaded for analysis
- Suitable for systematic reviews and meta-analyses
Best for
- systematic literature review
- Quickly understand the key information of multiple papers
- Construct a research comparison table
- Discover research gaps and trends
- Documentation for academic writing
Literature review workflow
The most powerful function of Elicit is to automatically organize information from multiple papers into tables.
Scenario
Construct a literature review form
Prompt example
Steps: 1. Search for research questions in Elicit: "What are the effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance?" 2. The system returns a list of related papers 3. Select the paper to be analyzed (multiple choices are allowed) 4. Click "Extract data" and select the extraction fields: - Study design - Sample size - Intervention - Outcome measures - Key findings 5. Elicit automatically extracts information from each paper 6. Generate structured comparison table
Output / what to expect
Generate a table containing key information about all papers,
You can quickly compare the methods and conclusions of different studies,
Export to CSV for further analysis.
Tips
When customizing extraction fields, the more specific the better, for example "intervention dose" is more valuable than "intervention measure".
Scenario
Upload PDF for analysis
Prompt example
Steps: 1. Click "Upload PDFs" to upload the paper 2. Support batch upload (up to 200 articles) 3. Wait for AI processing (about 1-2 minutes/article) 4. Select all uploaded papers 5. Extract key information Suitable scenarios: - There is already a list of literature that needs to be sorted out quickly - Collection of papers shared by tutors or colleagues - Documents exported from the database
Output / what to expect
Process uploaded papers in batches,
Automatically extract key information,
No need to manually read the full text of each paper.
Tips
Make sure the PDF is in a searchable text format before uploading. Scanned PDFs will have poor extraction results.