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Data Analysis and Knowledge Discovery  2021, Vol. 5 Issue (12): 14-24    DOI: 10.11925/infotech.2096-3467.2021.0608
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Review of Automatic Citation Classification Based on Machine Learning
Zhou Zhichao()
Health Science Library, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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Abstract  

[Objective] This paper summarizes the application of natural language processing and machine learning technology in automatic citation classification. [Coverage] We searched “citation classification”, “citation polarity”, “citation function” and “feature selection” with Scopus database, and retrieved a total of 46 representative literature. [Methods] These research was reviewed from the perspectives of citation classification process, tasks and methods. Then, we discussed their future development trends and challenges. [Results] The research of citation classification is shifting from multi-class to binary class. Deep learning model can classify sentiments and functions of citations simultaneously. The challenges facing automatic citation classification include single discipline corpus, controversial definition of citation contexts and unbalanced classification data. [Limitations] This review does not discuss many classification systems in the industry. [Conclusions] We need to develop the evaluation method for re-using scientific research data such as codes, data and corpus, which could help to build open science. Combining citation classification and counts could establish a multi-dimensional evaluation model. Based on the user’s search results, the system could recommend documents supporting or objecting the related research for further reading.

Key wordsAutomatic Citation Classification      Natural Language Processing      Citation Content Analysis      Text Classification      Machine Learning     
Received: 20 June 2021      Published: 20 January 2022
ZTFLH:  G353  
Fund:CALIS National Information Center in Medicine(CALIS-2020-01-003)
Corresponding Authors: Zhou Zhichao,ORCID:0000-0003-2498-6532     E-mail: zhouzc1987@bjmu.edu.cn

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Zhou Zhichao. Review of Automatic Citation Classification Based on Machine Learning. Data Analysis and Knowledge Discovery, 2021, 5(12): 14-24.

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代表作者和文献 系统检索 纳入文献范围 研究重点
陆伟等[6] 1965-2013年,中英文文献 对引文内容标注框架的发展历程进行梳理
王文娟等[12] 1977-2015年,中英文文献 对不同引文文本分类标准的特点进行归纳,对不同分类方法的优缺点进行对比梳理
尹莉等[13] 2006-2013年,中英文文献 总结了基于引文上下文进行引文分类研究
王婧[14] 1964-2017年,中英文文献 对引文分类方法和技术的发展历程进行梳理
Bakhti等[15] 2006-2013年,中英文文献 总结了自动引文功能分类中所用的分类器模型
Tahamtan等[16] 2006-2018年,英文文献 梳理了关于引文动机和引文行为调查或访谈的研究
Iqbal等[17] 2006-2019年,英文文献 梳理了引文内容分析、引文分类、引文摘要和引文推荐中运用的技术方法
Published Reviews about Citation Classification
Workflow of Automatic Citation Classification
情感特征抽取 采用的词典/模型 重要结论 代表作者和文献
依存关系+否定词 SVM模型、NB模型、有监督的序列标签技术 4句式引文窗比单句引文的分类效果更好 Athar[19, 33]、Radev等[34]
形容词 机器学习分类器 实验是在小样本中进行的,分类器的表现受到一定影响 Parthasarathy等[35]、Sendhilkumar等[36]
N-grams NB模型 基于N-grams选择词袋作为输入特征,比单纯基于词频,能够取得更好的分类效果 Sula等[30]、Xu等[21]、Kim等[37]
情感词典 SentiWordNet、AFINN和
BingLiu三个词典,NB模型
SentiWordNet词典表现更佳 Sendhilkumar等[36]、Goodarzai等[20]
Methods of Automatic Citation Sentiment Classification
类目代码 功能描述
Weak 本文指出了之前研究的不足
CoCoGM 中立地对研究目标或方法进行对比/比较
CoCo- 本文的研究比引文更加优秀
CoCoR0 中立地对研究结果进行对比/比较
CoCoXY 引文中明确地与其他研究进行对比
PBas 本文以被引文献作为研究基础或研究起点
PUse 本文一成不变地使用了引文的工具/算法/数据/定义
PModi 本文调整或修改了引文的工具/算法/数据/定义
PMot 引文对本文所使用的方法或所解决的问题是积极的,用于激励当前的工作
PSim 本文的研究与引文是相似的
PSup 本文的研究与引文相互兼容/互为支撑
Neut 中立地描述引文的工作,引文功能不属于以上所有类目
Teufel's Annotation Framework for Citation Function Classification
类别 引文分类特征 代表作者和文献 重要结论
结构特征 引文位置 Siddharthan等[28]、Abu-Jbara等[41]、Jha等[42] 结合词汇、语言学和位置特征的STACKING分类器的F1值最大能达到51%
引文强度 Abu-Jbara等[41]、Jha等[42]、Dong等[18] 引用强度和引用位置等结构特征对于引文功能分类至关重要
词汇特征 最近的动词、副词 Abu-Jbara等[41]、Jha等[42] 最接近的动词、副词、主题线索等词汇特征对于引文功能分类至关重要
主、被动语态 Dong等[18] 揭示了施引文献的句法模式特点,如介绍当前工作的背景时通常用主动语态,叙述研究所采用工具和方法时往往用被动语态
命名实体识别 Jochim等[26] 综合运用词汇特征、词汇级语言特征、语言结构特征、位置特征、频率特征、情感特征、自移情特征和命名实体识别等8个新特征取得了较好的分类效果
The Structural and Lexical Features of Citation Functional Classification
模型技术 重要结论 代表作者和文献
LSTM 输入64个引文特征的LSTM模型,区分引文重要性的准确率达到92.5% Hassan等[31]
注意力机制 成分注意力网络CAN能同时实现引文功能和引文情感分类 Munkhdalai等[32]
CNN+RNN 可以同时实现引文极性和引文功能分类任务 Lauscher等[52]、 Yousif等[53]
GloVe、Infersent和BERT 标注了1 000万个引文片段的引文意图,BERT的准确度最高。 Roman等[54]
Application of Deep Learning in Citation Classification
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