The phrase "an influential reference" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing a source or work that has significantly impacted a particular field or topic.
Example: "The book served as an influential reference for many researchers in the field of psychology."
Alternatives: "a significant source" or "a key reference."
Typically, the most influential reference group is the family.
Most importantly, it means getting great referrals from delighted, influential reference accounts.
The Beagle's library included such influential reference texts as Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology, as well as the writings of James Cook, Alexander von Humboldt, and Thomas Pennant (from whose 1793 book, History of Quadrupeds, this picture of a camel is taken).
Noridian's decision to stop coverage is based on a move last month by an influential drug-reference guide, USP DI, to stop recommending Aranesp as a treatment for anemia of cancer, Mangold said.
Asperger's syndrome is to be dropped from the psychiatrists' Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders, the American publication that is one of the most influential references for the profession around the world.
Dr. Ginsberg wrote about the subject in "Physical Properties of High Temperature Superconductors," an influential five-volume series of reference books that he edited in the 1980s and '90s for an audience of physicists, chemists and materials scientists.
Maar, born Henriette Theodora Marković, is most often referenced as an influential muse to Pablo Picasso.
Jan Dubé Peebles I was amazed to see that we have an influential paper noticeably missing out any reference to population in the climate change equation.
The same year, London producer Silkie released an influential album, City Limits Vol. 1, on the Deep Medi label, using 1970s funk and soul reference points, a departure from the familiar strains of dub and UK garage.
Stahl was an influential teacher.
