Numerous works in popular culture have referenced the novel.

These works clearly reference documentary photography, but at the same time contradict it with their photographic fictions.

Other literary works referencing Whitby include:

Consisting of biomorphic predominantly blue forms and drips, these works referenced the pain that resulted from the renal tuberculosis that he suffered in 1961.

Bibliographic coupling occurs when two works reference a common third work in their bibliographies.

It is one of the earliest citation analysis methods for document similarity computation and some have questioned its usefulness, pointing out that two works may reference completely unrelated subject matter in the third.

Kosuth's works frequently reference Sigmund Freud's psycho-analysis and Ludwig Wittgenstein's philosophy of language.

These works reference the utilitarian beauty of Gee's Bend quilts as well as Japanese Boro textiles.

Intelli-sense works by accessing an automatically generated in-memory database of classes, variable names and other constructs defined in or referenced by the application being edited.

His works often reference the visual arts, and in particular surrealist imagery.