Elicit vs Scholarcy

Elicit

Elicit's semantic search capability goes beyond keyword matching to understand the conceptual meaning behind research questions. When users enter a query like 'What interventions reduce anxiety in college students?', the system interprets the underlying research intent and searches across millions of academic papers to find semantically relevant results—even if papers don't contain the exact search terms. The AI understands synonyms, related concepts, and contextual relationships, surfacing papers that traditional keyword searches would miss. Results are ranked by relevance to the specific research question rather than just citation count or recency. Researchers discover more relevant papers faster, including studies they would have missed with traditional keyword-based searches.

✓ Researchers discover more relevant papers faster, including studies they would have missed with traditional keyword-based searches

Scholarcy

Scholarcy's flagship feature automatically generates comprehensive summary flashcards from any uploaded research paper or article. The AI extracts and organizes information into clearly labeled sections including background context, research objectives, methodology, key findings, and conclusions. Each flashcard is interactive, allowing users to expand sections for more detail, view extracted figures and tables, and navigate directly to specific sections of the original document. The system understands academic paper structure and adapts its extraction approach based on the document type—whether it's a systematic review, empirical study, or theoretical paper. Reduces paper assessment time from 30-60 minutes to just 3-5 minutes while retaining critical information.

✓ Reduces paper assessment time from 30-60 minutes to just 3-5 minutes while retaining critical information

Elicit

Elicit's data extraction engine automatically reads through research papers and pulls out structured information based on user-defined columns. Researchers can specify what data points they need—such as sample size, study duration, intervention type, primary outcomes, effect sizes, or limitations—and Elicit will extract this information from each paper in a systematic, tabular format. The system handles variations in how information is presented across different papers and journals, normalizing extracted data for easy comparison. Users can export extracted data to spreadsheets for further analysis or meta-analysis calculations. Transforms weeks of manual data extraction work into hours, enabling more comprehensive systematic reviews with larger paper sets.

✓ Transforms weeks of manual data extraction work into hours, enabling more comprehensive systematic reviews with larger paper sets

Scholarcy

The Scholarcy browser extension seamlessly integrates with Chrome and other major browsers, enabling users to generate summaries of research papers directly from publisher websites, preprint servers like arXiv, and academic databases. When encountering a paper online, users simply click the extension icon to instantly receive a summary flashcard without leaving their browser or manually downloading PDFs. The extension recognizes when users are viewing academic content and offers one-click summarization, making it effortless to quickly assess papers during online research sessions. Enables instant paper summarization during web browsing without disrupting research workflow.

✓ Enables instant paper summarization during web browsing without disrupting research workflow

Elicit

Beyond individual paper analysis, Elicit synthesizes findings across multiple papers to identify patterns, consensus views, and contradictions in the literature. The platform can generate summaries that aggregate key findings from dozens of papers, highlighting where studies agree, where they diverge, and what gaps exist in current research. This synthesis capability helps researchers quickly understand the state of knowledge on a topic without reading every paper in detail. The AI identifies methodological trends, common limitations, and emerging research directions across the literature. Enables researchers to rapidly develop comprehensive understanding of research landscapes and identify opportunities for novel contributions.

✓ Enables researchers to rapidly develop comprehensive understanding of research landscapes and identify opportunities for novel contributions

Scholarcy

Scholarcy automatically extracts all references cited within a paper and presents them in an organized, clickable format. The system identifies which references are most frequently cited within the text, helping users understand which prior works are most central to the paper's arguments. Each extracted reference includes links to find the full paper online, and users can add interesting references directly to their reading queue. This feature is particularly valuable for literature reviews, as it helps researchers quickly identify seminal works and trace the intellectual lineage of research topics. Accelerates literature discovery by mapping citation networks and highlighting influential source materials.

✓ Accelerates literature discovery by mapping citation networks and highlighting influential source materials

Elicit

Elicit maintains rigorous academic standards by providing transparent citations and direct links to source documents for all extracted information. Every data point, quote, or finding extracted by the AI includes a citation to the specific paper and often the specific section where the information was found. Users can click through to verify any extracted information against the original source, ensuring accuracy and enabling proper academic citation. The platform also flags when information is uncertain or when papers contain conflicting claims. Maintains academic integrity and enables researchers to confidently cite findings while quickly verifying AI-extracted information.

✓ Maintains academic integrity and enables researchers to confidently cite findings while quickly verifying AI-extracted information

Scholarcy

Every paper summarized through Scholarcy is automatically saved to a personal, searchable research library that grows with each use. Users can organize papers into custom collections, add tags and notes, and search across all their summarized papers using keywords, authors, or concepts. The library retains both the summary flashcards and links to original sources, creating a comprehensive knowledge base. This feature transforms Scholarcy from a simple summarization tool into a long-term research companion that helps users build and navigate their accumulated knowledge. Creates a searchable personal knowledge base that compounds in value over time.

✓ Creates a searchable personal knowledge base that compounds in value over time

Elicit

Elicit supports flexible research workflows that adapt to different research methodologies and project requirements. Users can create custom extraction templates with specific columns tailored to their research questions, save and reuse search strategies across projects, and organize papers into collections for different aspects of their research. The platform supports iterative refinement of searches and extractions, allowing researchers to progressively narrow focus or expand scope as their understanding develops. Collaboration features enable research teams to share workflows and build on each other's work. Adapts to diverse research needs from quick literature scans to comprehensive systematic reviews requiring PRISMA-compliant documentation.

✓ Adapts to diverse research needs from quick literature scans to comprehensive systematic reviews requiring PRISMA-compliant documentation

Scholarcy

The AI automatically identifies and highlights key concepts, technical terms, and important phrases within each paper summary. These highlighted terms are often linked to definitions or Wikipedia entries, helping users quickly understand unfamiliar terminology without leaving the platform. The system also identifies abbreviations used in the paper and provides their full forms, which is particularly helpful in technical fields where acronyms are prevalent. This feature makes dense academic writing more accessible, especially for researchers exploring new fields or students encountering advanced concepts for the first time. Makes complex academic content more accessible by automatically explaining technical terminology.

✓ Makes complex academic content more accessible by automatically explaining technical terminology

Elicit

Approach: Elicit automates the entire outbound prospecting workflow using AI. The platform identifies ideal customer profiles, enriches contact data from multiple sources, and generates personalized email sequences at scale. Sales teams can set targeting criteria and let the AI handle research, outreach, and follow-ups.

Outcome: 70% time savings on prospecting activities, 3x increase in qualified meetings booked, 50% improvement in email response rates through AI personalization.

Scholarcy

Approach: Scholarcy automates the entire outbound prospecting workflow using AI. The platform identifies ideal customer profiles, enriches contact data from multiple sources, and generates personalized email sequences at scale. Sales teams can set targeting criteria and let the AI handle research, outreach, and follow-ups.

Outcome: 70% time savings on prospecting activities, 3x increase in qualified meetings booked, 50% improvement in email response rates through AI personalization.

Elicit

Approach: Elicit uses AI to automatically qualify and score leads based on firmographic data, behavioral signals, and engagement patterns. The system continuously learns from conversion data to improve scoring accuracy and prioritize the highest-value opportunities.

Outcome: 45% increase in lead-to-opportunity conversion, 60% reduction in time spent on unqualified leads, 2x improvement in sales team productivity.

Scholarcy

Approach: Scholarcy uses AI to automatically qualify and score leads based on firmographic data, behavioral signals, and engagement patterns. The system continuously learns from conversion data to improve scoring accuracy and prioritize the highest-value opportunities.

Outcome: 45% increase in lead-to-opportunity conversion, 60% reduction in time spent on unqualified leads, 2x improvement in sales team productivity.