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Citation patterns represent subsequences non-exclusively containing citations shared by the documents compared.[1][2] Factors, including the absolute number or relative fraction of shared citations in the pattern, as well as the probability that citations co-occur in a document are also considered to quantify the patterns’ degree of similarity.[1][2][3][4]。