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To this end, we conducted a data-driven investigation into the characteristics of citation intents utilizing a large-scale dataset of 17,717 academic papers and 2,345,674 citation contexts from 21 Web of Science subject categories. We analyzed five key characteristics:\n                    <jats:italic>i<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) inter-category distribution of citation intents,\n                    <jats:italic>ii<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) average number of citation intents per article,\n                    <jats:italic>iii<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) age distribution of citation intents,\n                    <jats:italic>iv<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) similarity of the age distributions of citation intent, and\n                    <jats:italic>v<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) predictability of the number of citation intents. We found out that there are significant differences in all five characteristics across different research disciplines. Specifically, Philosophy, Sociology, Area, and History prioritize\n                    <jats:italic>Background<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>Motivation<\/jats:italic>\n                    intents while exhibiting minimal engagement with\n                    <jats:italic>Uses<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>Extends<\/jats:italic>\n                    . Conversely, Computer Science AI represents a unique case, characterized by a dominant prevalence of\n                    <jats:italic>Uses<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>Extends<\/jats:italic>\n                    intents alongside the least frequent use of background-oriented citations. Furthermore, the age distributions of citation intents exhibit the lowest similarity in Area, and History. In terms of predictability, Biotechnology and Plant Science exhibit the highest correlation levels in citation intent counts, whereas Sociology, Philosophy, and History yield the lowest correlation coefficients. 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