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This guide covers every Elicit feature:
- Iniziare — Crea il tuo account ed effettua la tua prima ricerca
- Come usare un notebook — Chat with papers and build a working research space
- Come utilizzare Data Extractor — Pull key information out of PDFs into a table
- Come utilizzare Paper Researcher — Turn a research question into a sourced report
- Come utilizzare Topic Finder — Map a field before you commit to a research scope
- How to Use Custom Column — Extract any detail you define across every paper
- Come utilizzare gli avvisi di ricerca — Get told when additional papers match your topic
- How to Use Medtech — Screen clinical trials and medical evidence faster
- How to Use AI for Consumer — Run market and consumer research on published data
- How to Use Academic Research — Handle a full systematic review end to end
Tempo necessario: 5 minuti per ogni servizio
In questa guida troverete anche: Consigli professionali | Errori comuni | Risoluzione dei problemi | Prezzi | Alternative
Perché fidarsi di questa guida
I’ve used Elicit for eight months across two literature review projects.
Every screen and setting below comes from my own work, not a vendor demo.
Elicit is an AI research assistente built on language models that automate research tasks.
It searches over 138 million academic papers using semantic understanding, not keyword matching.
IL Elicitare l'IA research assistant can find relevant papers and pull the data straight out of them.
It can automate research workflows that most people still run by hand.
Most users only ever run a search and stop there.
This guide shows you how to use Elicit properly, feature by feature.
Elicita Tutorial
This How to Use Elicit AI tutorial walks through every feature, from your first search to full systematic review workflows.
Suscitare
Ask a research domanda in plain English and get the most relevant papers back in seconds. Elicit reads the PDFs, pulls out key findings with supporting quotes, and cuts systematic review time by up to 80%. Start free — no card needed.
Getting Started with Elicit
Prima di utilizzare qualsiasi funzionalità, completa questa configurazione iniziale.
Ci vogliono circa tre minuti.
Passaggio 1: crea il tuo account
Go to Elicit’s website and click Sign Up.
A free account gives you immediate access to search and basic extraction.
✓ Punto di controllo: Controlla il tuo posta in arrivo per l'email di conferma.
Step 2: Open the Home Page
Elicit runs in the browser, so there is nothing to install.
Log in and you land on the home page with a single search bar.
Ecco come si presenta:
✓ Punto di controllo: You should see the search bar and your empty library.
Passaggio 3: Esegui la tua prima ricerca
Type a full research question in natural language instead of keywords.
Try something like: does sleep deprivation affect working memory in adults?
✅ Fatto: Sei pronto per utilizzare una qualsiasi delle funzioni seguenti.
How to Use Elicit Notebook
Quaderno lets you chat with a set of papers and keep your notes beside the evidence.
Ecco come usarlo passo dopo passo.
Passaggio 1: Creare un blocco appunti
Open Notebook from the sidebar and give your project a short description.
Step 2: Add Papers
Pull results from a search, or upload PDFs you already have on file.
Ecco come si presenta:
✓ Punto di controllo: Your papers appear in a list with an AI summary beside each one.
Passaggio 3: Poni domande
Use the chat box to ask what the papers agree on and where they conflict.
✅ Risultato: A working research space where every answer links back to a source.
💡 Consiglio da professionista: Keep one notebook per research question. Mixed topics make the chat vague and less useful.
How to Use Elicit Data Extractor
Dati Extractor lets you pull key information out of PDFs into a clean, sortable table.
Ecco come usarlo passo dopo passo.
Step 1: Upload PDFs
Drag your PDFs into the extractor, or select papers already saved in your library.
Step 2: Pick Your Fields
Choose sample size, methods and materials, outcome measures, or the conclusion.
Ecco come si presenta:
✓ Punto di controllo: Each row is one paper and each column is one extracted field.
Step 3: Check the Quotes
Click any cell to see the supporting quotes Elicit pulled from the paper.
✅ Risultato: Extracting data from twenty papers now takes minutes instead of an afternoon.
💡 Consiglio da professionista: Elicit hits 94-99% accuracy on empirical research, but always spot-check the numbers you plan to publish.
How to Use Elicit Paper Researcher
Ricercatore di carta lets you turn one research question into a sourced report you can actually cite.
Ecco come usarlo passo dopo passo.
Apri lo strumento Risoluzione dei problemi dalla barra laterale.
Write the question as a sentence so the Assistente AI understands intent, not keywords.
Step 2: Set the Scope
Tell it how deep to go — a quick answer or a full literature review.
Ecco come si presenta:
✓ Punto di controllo: A structured report with inline references to every paper used.
Passaggio 3: Leggere il rapporto
Elicit writes research reports that synthesise evidence across dozens of academic papers.
✅ Risultato: A 10+ page literature review draft built from real sources, not invented ones.
💡 Consiglio da professionista: Ask follow-up questions inside the same report. Elicit keeps your earlier context and builds on it.
How to Use Elicit Topic Finder
Ricerca argomenti lets you map a field visually before you commit to a narrow research question.
Ecco come usarlo passo dopo passo.
Passaggio 1: Inserire un argomento generale
Start wide. Type the general area you want to explore, not your final question.
Step 2: Browse the Clusters
Elicit groups related papers so you can see which sub-topics are crowded.
Ecco come si presenta:
✓ Punto di controllo: A visual map of sub-topics with paper counts beside each one.
Step 3: Pick Your Angle
Choose a cluster with real evidence but few reviews, then narrow your search there.
✅ Risultato: A defensible research scope chosen from data instead of guesswork. You discover gaps Presto and focus your reading.
💡 Consiglio da professionista: Use Topic Finder before your proposal. It surfaces gaps that a plain search will never show you.
How to Add Elicit Custom Column
Colonna personalizzata lets you extract any detail you define across every paper in your results.
Ecco come usarlo passo dopo passo.
Step 1: Click Add Column
Open your results table and choose the option to create a new column.
Step 2: Write the Description
Describe exactly what to extract, such as funding source or dropout rate.
Ecco come si presenta:
✓ Punto di controllo: A new column filled in across every paper in the table.
Step 3: Review Every Row
Scan the column and correct anything wrong — you can manually override any cell.
✅ Risultato: Custom fields no reference manager gives you, ready to analyze in one pass.
💡 Consiglio da professionista: Phrase the column description as a question. Vague labels give vague answers.
How to Use Elicit Research Alerts
Avvisi di ricerca lets you get told when additional papers match a topic you already searched.
Ecco come usarlo passo dopo passo.
Step 1: Save a Search
Run your search, then save it so Elicit remembers the exact query.
Step 2: Turn On Alerts
Enable the alert toggle and choose how often you want to hear about new work.
Ecco come si presenta:
✓ Punto di controllo: A confirmation that the alert is active on that saved search.
Step 3: Triage the Email
Open each alert and send anything relevant straight to your Elicit library.
✅ Risultato: New papers reach you without you running the same search every week.
💡 Consiglio da professionista: Set alerts on your two or three core questions only. More than that and you stop reading them.
How to Use Elicit Medtech
Medtech lets you screen clinical trials and medical evidence far faster than by hand.
Ecco come usarlo passo dopo passo.
Step 1: Filter by Study Type
Restrict results to randomised trials, cohort studies, or meta-analyses.
Step 2: Add Screening Criteria
Write your inclusion and exclusion rules so Elicit can screen titles and abstracts.
Ecco come si presenta:
✓ Punto di controllo: Screened papers marked include or exclude with a reason attached.
Step 3: Export the Set
Send the included papers to CSV, BibTeX, or RIS for your reference manager.
✅ Risultato: Automated screening that can cut up to 80% of manual screening time.
💡 Consiglio da professionista: Always read the excluded pile once. A single bad criterion can drop the trial your review needs.
How to Use Elicit AI for Consumer
AI for Consumer lets you run market and consumer research against published academic evidence.
Ecco come usarlo passo dopo passo.
Step 1: Frame the Business Question
Ask about behaviour, not products — pricing sensitivity or habit formation, for example.
Step 2: Filter by Date
Limit results to recent years so your insights reflect current consumer behaviour.
Ecco come si presenta:
✓ Punto di controllo: A ranked set of studies with plain-language summaries beside each.
Step 3: Summarise the Findings
Have Elicit summarize the key findings into a short brief for your team.
✅ Risultato: Claims backed by peer-reviewed evidence instead of a competitor blog post.
💡 Consiglio da professionista: Search the underlying behaviour rather than your industry. The best evidence usually sits in another field.
How to Use Elicit Academic Researcher
Academic Research lets you run a full systematic review from first search to final data table.
Ecco come usarlo passo dopo passo.
Step 1: Start the Workflow
Open the Systematic Review workflow and enter your protocol question.
Step 2: Screen and Extract
Work through screening, then extract your outcome data into columns.
Ecco come si presenta:
✓ Punto di controllo: A step-by-step checklist showing which stage you are on.
Step 3: Export Everything
Download the table and references, then write your synthesis around them.
✅ Risultato: A systematic review that took weeks now takes days, with the audit trail intact.
💡 Consiglio da professionista: Elicit can save researchers up to five hours a week here. Log your search dates as you go.
Elicit Pro Tips and Shortcuts
After eight months of using Elicit daily, these are the habits that save time on every project.
The first one is simple: let it summarize long articles before you decide to read them.
Scorciatoie da tastiera
| Azione | Scorciatoia |
|---|---|
| Nuova ricerca | Ctrl / Cmd + K |
| Save paper to library | S |
| Open chat panel | Ctrl / Cmd + J |
| Close a paper view | Esc |
Funzionalità nascoste che la maggior parte delle persone non nota
- Load more results: Find Papers shows a first page only. Keep loading to reach 100 papers.
- Elicit’s content sources: Search draws on Semantic Scholar, so open access coverage is wider than you expect.
- Citation count filters: Filter by publication date, study type, and citations to tighten a messy result set.
- Export to RIS: Push references into Zotero or EndNote instead of retyping them by hand.
One more thing worth knowing about how Elicit works.
It ranks by meaning, so it surfaces relevant papers that are not a perfect keyword match.
Here’s my own workflow in practice:
I start broad, filter hard, then extract only the fields my write-up actually needs.
Elicit Common Mistakes to Avoid
Mistake #1: Searching With Keywords
❌ Sbagliato: Typing “sleep memory adults” like it is a database search.
✅ A destra: Ask a full research question in natural language and let the AI research assistant read intent.
Mistake #2: Trusting Summaries Without Checking
❌ Sbagliato: Quoting an AI-generated summary straight into your own work.
✅ A destra: Open the supporting quotes and verify every claim against the original paper.
Mistake #3: Extracting Everything
❌ Sbagliato: Adding fifteen columns because the tool makes extracting data easy.
✅ A destra: Extract only what your analysis needs. Fewer columns means fewer errors to check.
Elicit Troubleshooting
Problem: Search Returns Off-Topic Papers
Causa: Your question is too broad or mixes two separate ideas.
Aggiustare: Split it into two questions and add a date filter to narrow the scope.
Problem: A Column Comes Back Empty
Causa: The papers genuinely do not report that field, or your description was ambiguous.
Aggiustare: Rewrite the column as a direct question, then manually override the rows you can fill yourself.
Problem: A PDF Will Not Process
Causa: Scanned PDFs without a testo layer cannot be read by any AI assistant.
Aggiustare: Run the file through OCR first, then upload it again.
📌 Nota: If none of these fix your issue, contact Elicit support.
Che cos'è Elicit?
Suscitare is an AI research assistant that automates the slow parts of the research process.
Think of it like a research assistant who has already read every paper in your field.
Guarda questa breve panoramica:
The video walks through the interface before we get into the detail.
Elicit uses artificial intelligence to find papers, rank them, and pull data out of them.
Include le seguenti caratteristiche principali:
- Quaderno: Chat with a set of papers and keep your notes beside the evidence
- Estrattore dati: Pull key information out of PDFs into a clean, sortable table
- Ricercatore di articoli: Turn one research question into a sourced report you can actually cite
- Ricerca argomenti: Map a field visually before you commit to a narrow research question
- Custom Column: Extract any detail you define across every paper in your results
- Avvisi di ricerca: Get told when additional papers match a topic you already searched
- Medtech: Screen clinical trials and medical evidence far faster than by hand
- AI for Consumer: Run market and consumer research against published academic evidence
- Academic Research: Run a full systematic review from first search to final data table
Per una recensione completa, consulta la nostra Elicit review.
In 2026 it remains the default tool for automating systematic review work and data extraction.
Determinare il prezzo
Here’s what Elicit costs in 2026:
| Piano | Prezzo | Ideale per |
|---|---|---|
| Base (gratuito) | $0 | Trying search and light extraction |
| Di base | $9 | Students running one review at a time |
| Standard | $12 | Regular literature review work |
| Professionista | $19 | Heavy extraction and research reports |
| Impresa | Contatta le vendite | Labs and teams needing shared access |
Prova gratuita: Yes — the free plan runs indefinitely with monthly credit limits.
Garanzia di rimborso: Not advertised, but paid plans cancel at any time.
💰 Miglior rapporto qualità-prezzo: Pro — the extraction credits are what make the tool pay for itself.
Sollecitare vs. alternative
How does Elicit compare? Here’s the competitive landscape:
| Attrezzo | Ideale per | Prezzo | Valutazione |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suscitare | Data extraction at scale | $9/mese | ⭐ 4.3 |
| Consenso | Fast yes/no answers | $ 8,99/mese | ⭐ 4.4 |
| Scite | Contesto della citazione | $20/mese | ⭐ 4.2 |
| SciSpace | Reading dense PDFs | $ 12/mese | ⭐ 4.1 |
| Coniglio da ricerca | Citation mapping | Gratuito | ⭐ 4.3 |
| Studioso di semantica | Open paper search | Gratuito | ⭐ 4.4 |
| Articoli correlati | Visual field maps | 6 dollari al mese | ⭐ 4.0 |
| Perplessità | General research chat | $20/mese | ⭐ 4,5 |
| Litmaps | Tracking new work | 10 dollari al mese | ⭐ 4.0 |
Most research tools stop at search, which is where the real comparison starts.
Scelte rapide:
- Il migliore in assoluto: Elicit — nothing else extracts structured data across papers this well
- Miglior budget: Semantic Scholar — free access to the same underlying paper index
- Ideale per principianti: Consensus — one question, one answer, no setup
- Best for systematic review: Elicit — the screening workflow is built for it
🎯 Sollecita alternative
Looking for Elicit alternatives? Here are the top options:
- 🚀 Consenso: Answers a research question in one line, then shows the studies behind it. Faster than Elicit for quick checks.
- 💰 Studioso di semantica: Free academic search across the same corpus Elicit draws on. No extraction, but excellent coverage.
- 🎨 Documenti correlati: Builds a visual graph of related work from one seed paper. Good for finding what you missed.
- ⚡ SciSpace: Explains dense passages line by line while you read. Strong on making hard papers make sense.
- 🔒 Scite: Shows whether later work supports or disputes a claim. Useful for judging how solid the evidence is.
- 🧠 Perplessità: General AI assistant with academic search built in. Broader scope, less depth on empirical research.
- 👶 Coniglio da ricerca: Free citation explorer with a gentle learning curve. Great first tool for new researchers.
- 📊 Litmaps: Tracks a topic over time and mails you additional papers. Similar idea to research alerts.
Per l'elenco completo, consultare il nostro Suscitare alternative guida.
⚔️ Elicita Confrontato
Ecco come Elicit si posiziona rispetto a ciascun concorrente:
- Sollecitare vs Consenso: Consensus wins on speed. Elicit wins the moment you need a table of extracted data.
- Studioso di elicitazione vs. studioso semantico: Semantic Scholar is free search only. Elicit reads the papers and summarises them for you.
- Documenti stimolanti vs. documenti correlati: Connected Papers maps relationships. Elicit answers the question and extracts key findings.
- Elicit vs SciSpace: SciSpace is better for reading one paper. Elicit is better across a hundred.
- Elicit vs Scite: Scite judges claim reliability. Elicit finds the papers and builds research reports around them.
- Suscitare vs. Perplessità: Perplexity covers everything. Elicit stays on academic papers and cites them properly.
- Coniglio elicitato vs. Coniglio da ricerca: Research Rabbit is free and visual. Elicit adds extraction and screening that Rabbit lacks.
- Elicit vs Litmaps: Litmaps monitors a field. Elicit does that plus the full systematic review workflow.
Start Using Elicit Now
You learned how to use every major Elicit feature:
- ✅ Notebook
- ✅ Estrattore di dati
- ✅ Ricercatore di articoli
- ✅ Ricerca argomenti
- ✅ Custom Column
- ✅ Avvisi di ricerca
- ✅ Medtech
- ✅ AI for Consumer
- ✅ Academic Research
Passo successivo: Scegli una funzionalità e provala subito.
Most researchers start with Paper Researcher.
It takes less than five minutes to see whether the tool fits your work.
Domande frequenti
Come si usa Elicit?
Create a free account, type your research question in natural language, then review the ranked papers. Add columns to extract key information, or open Notebook to chat with the results.
Posso usare Elicit gratuitamente?
Yes. The Basic (Free) plan costs $0 and includes search and limited extraction credits. Paid plans start at $9 and add higher limits for heavier literature review work.
In che modo Elicit genera risultati?
Elicit uses language models and semantic understanding to search over 138 million academic papers. It ranks by meaning, summarises each paper, and shows supporting quotes for every extracted field.
Elicit è adatto alla ricerca?
Yes, especially for empirical research. It reaches 94-99% accuracy on data extraction and can cut systematic review time by up to 80% when you verify its output.
In che modo Elicit è diverso da ChatGPT?
Elicit searches a real academic database and cites the papers it used. ChatGPT generates from training data and can invent references, so it is riskier for citation work.
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