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Citation intents make it easier for researchers to navigate and discover research while browsing our citation graph. We categorize citation intents into three different types; Background, Method and Result Extension.

• Background citations provide historical context, justification of importance, and/or additional information directly related to that which exists in a cited paper.
• Method citations use the previously established procedures or experiments to determine whether the results are consistent with findings in related studies.
• Result citations extend on findings from research that was previously conducted.

Note: citation intent data is limited to papers for which we have access to the full text.

If you'd like to learn more about how we're identifying citation intent in scholarly literature, visit “Structural Scaffolds for Citation Intent Classification in Scientific Publications”.