##  [Citation Network](/citation-network) 

  ##  [Citation Network](https://information.quantumdictionary.io/citation-network-0) 

  

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**Information & Communication Dictionary**

 







 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

Definition

A directed graph model whose nodes represent scholarly entities (e.g., articles, books, datasets, patents) and whose edges represent citation acts or references, used to analyze relationships of influence, lineage, and topical connectivity among scholarly outputs.