*apologies for cross-posting*

Dear members of this list,

The new shared task on the Citation Context Classification ('3C') organised by the researchers at CORE, as part of the 8th International Workshop on Mining Scientific Publications (WOSP 2020) featured the importance of characterising citations based on purpose and influence for research evaluation. More information about the 3C shared task can be found in this blog post. A detailed description of the task, the important highlights and winner details are compiled as an overview paper here.