Elicit searches across 125 million academic papers from the Semantic Scholar corpus, which covers all academic disciplines, but its main strength is in extracting data from them, which makes it most suitable for empirical domains.
First time users are advised to use the Find Papers option, rather than the Research Report option, which is currently the default option. While useful, it can be slow and overwhelm some.
Key features:
Output: Extracts specific information from papers and organizes it into customizable tables for easy comparison and analysis.
Refinement: You can ask follow-up questions about the research, allowing for deeper exploration of specific topics within the literature.
Interaction: You can upload your own PDFs and can ask questions to articles.
Limitations:
Access: Limited free access, requires registration.
Subject Coverage: Currently strongest in biomedical, psychological, and social science topics.
User Friendliness: May not be as beginner-friendly and may appeal more to advanced researchers. The platform’s dynamic growth can make it challenging for users to stay up to date.
