They were cited 8,749 times, mostly in physics and other sciences and they cited others 27 times, the articles that they cited can be generally characterized as Science: physics, psychology, mathematics and many more.

The top 3 authors that cite Watts and Strogatz are G.R Chen, B.H Wang and T. Zhou. Articles that are about science, physics and mathematics tend to cite Watts and Strogatz article. The journals that cite Watts and Strogatz the most is Physics Multidisciplinary, moderate citing in the Multidisciplinary Sciences area, and least citing in Biomedical, Nutrition and many more related to that field. It seems that the articles that cite Watts and Strogatz the most are the ones about physics and although other since related topics cite them there is a big difference in the amount of reference to their article.