# Two billion citation links in Crossref help research travel further - Crossref

**URL:** <https://community.crossref.org/t/two-billion-citation-links-in-crossref-help-research-travel-further-crossref/15866>\
**Category:** News and current events\
**Tags:** metadata, schema, blog, research-nexus, citation\
**Created:** [26 May 2026 17:34 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/two-billion-citation-links-in-crossref-help-research-travel-further-crossref/15866 "2026-05-26T17:34:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Crossref](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.crossref.org/crossref/32/31_2.png) [@Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/u/Crossref)\
**Post date:** [26 May 2026 17:34 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/two-billion-citation-links-in-crossref-help-research-travel-further-crossref/15866/1 "2026-05-26T17:34:53Z")

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We’ve recently reached an important milestone for the research nexus: the works in our metadata corpus are now connected with over 2 billion citation links! This is a great opportunity to share a dedicated dataset and discuss why these are important for science.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://www.crossref.org/blog/two-billion-citation-links-in-crossref-help-research-travel-further/](https://www.crossref.org/blog/two-billion-citation-links-in-crossref-help-research-travel-further/)

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**Author:** ![rclark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.crossref.org/rclark/32/19_2.png) [@rclark](https://community.crossref.org/u/rclark)\
**Post date:** [26 May 2026 18:15 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/two-billion-citation-links-in-crossref-help-research-travel-further-crossref/15866/2 "2026-05-26T18:15:21Z")

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