diff --git a/src/controllers/dataset.controller.ts b/src/controllers/dataset.controller.ts
index b6f2fd0..0b3d439 100644
--- a/src/controllers/dataset.controller.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/dataset.controller.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,20 @@ export class DatasetController {
                     "coverage",
                     "licenses",
                     "references",
+                    // "referenced_by",
                     "project",
+                    {
+                        model: dbContext.Reference,
+                        as: "referenced_by",
+                        include: [
+                            {
+                                model: dbContext.Dataset,
+                                as: "dataset",
+                                foreignKey: "document_id",
+                                include: ["identifier"],
+                            },
+                        ],
+                    },
                     // "files",
                     {
                         model: dbContext.File,
@@ -149,7 +162,20 @@ export class DatasetController {
                     "coverage",
                     "licenses",
                     "references",
+                    // "referenced_by",
                     "project",
+                    {
+                        model: dbContext.Reference,
+                        as: "referenced_by",
+                        include: [
+                            {
+                                model: dbContext.Dataset,
+                                as: "dataset",
+                                foreignKey: "document_id",
+                                include: ["identifier"],
+                            },
+                        ],
+                    },
                     // "files",
                     {
                         model: dbContext.File,
diff --git a/src/models/Reference.ts b/src/models/Reference.ts
index 75923d0..526cd92 100644
--- a/src/models/Reference.ts
+++ b/src/models/Reference.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ class Reference extends Model<InferAttributes<Reference>, InferCreationAttribute
     declare created_at: CreationOptional<Date>;
     // updatedAt can be undefined during creation
     declare updated_at: CreationOptional<Date>;
+    declare related_document_id?: number;
 
     // https://sequelize.org/docs/v6/other-topics/typescript/
     // Since TS cannot determine model association at compile time
diff --git a/src/models/init-models.js b/src/models/init-models.js
index a417d2e..aa13072 100644
--- a/src/models/init-models.js
+++ b/src/models/init-models.js
@@ -210,6 +210,15 @@ export function initModels() {
         foreignKey: "document_id",
         as: "dataset",
     });
+    Dataset.hasMany(Reference, {
+        foreignKey: "related_document_id",
+        as: "referenced_by",
+    });
+    Reference.belongsTo(Dataset, {
+        foreignKey: "related_document_id",
+        as: "new_dataset",
+        include: "identifier"
+    });
 
     //project relations
     Project.hasMany(Dataset, {
@@ -279,6 +288,7 @@ export function initModels() {
         Subject: Subject,
         License: License,
         DocumentPersons: DocumentPersons,
-        File: File
+        File: File,
+        Reference: Reference
     };
 }