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AI for Citation Context Extraction: Knowing How a Paper Was Actually Cited
Extract the surrounding context for each citation in a literature set so you understand how others actually use the work.
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- 1The premise
- 2citation analysis
- 3literature context
- 4research synthesis
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Section 1
The premise
A citation count tells you nothing. AI can extract the surrounding sentences across a corpus to show how a paper is actually used — agreement, disagreement, or passing reference.
What AI does well here
- Pull surrounding sentences for each citation
- Categorize as supporting/contesting/contextual
- Build a citation context table
What AI cannot do
- Judge correctness of citing claims
- Resolve disagreements in the literature
- Replace your own reading of the source
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