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Summary

citation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,976 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: reference[2], written work[3], caption[4]
  • Commons category: Citations[5]
  • Said to be the same as: bibliographic reference[6]
  • Opposite of: uncitedness[7]
  • Equivalent class: http://purl.org/spar/cito/Citation[8]
  • Different from: reference[9], source of information[10], bibliographic record[11], quotation[12]
  • Directs readers to: document[13]

Why It Matters

citation has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] citation is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

bibliographic record document

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). citation. Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/citation-q1713
MLA “citation.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 17 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/citation-q1713.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_citation-q1713_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{citation}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/citation-q1713}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-17}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): citation — https://4ort.xyz/entity/citation-q1713 (retrieved 2026-10-17)

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isocat id → 3111, 5667
    Sitelink count → 47
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'eu', 'f
    Equivalent class → http://purl.org/spar/cito/Citation
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 5667, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7330674|Citation (#7330674)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 22d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://purl.org/spar/cito/Citation
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Equivalent class: https://schema.org/Quotation"
  3. 5w ago · Rose Abrams · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Know your meme numeric id → 1264
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Know your meme numeric id: 1264, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/74365296|Sauce (#74365296)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/2417|Know Your Meme]] #mix'n'"
  4. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0304778-bibliograficke-citace
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0304778-bibliograficke-citace, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  5. 21w ago · Jeb · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → reference, written work, caption
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Subclass of: caption"
  6. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Opposite of → uncitedness
    Aliases → —
    Openstreetmap key → source
    Edam ontology id → data_0970
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007284606805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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