A citation network for any article will have papers which it cited (or referenced in its bibliography) and papers it may have been cited by (a citation). Depending on the paper of interest and its corresponding cited by PMIDs, these relationships can become perplexing. Below is an infographic providing an example of an article's partial citation network. It includes PMIDs from published papers and their corresponding pub year to describe the fields within a network:
Original article preview and citation network with corresponding colors for Cited (Referenced) and Cited by papers:
* https://isearch.opa-tools.od.nih.gov/results/publications?ID=fa1b91fd-0857-408a-a113-b21059269c0f
^ https://isearch.opa-tools.od.nih.gov/results/publications?ID=8f0bbe5b-abcc-4896-b044-57112f936958
Citation network and iSearch record view with corresponding colors for Cited (Referenced) and Cited by papers: