Journal of American History

Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press
ISSN: 00218723, 19452314

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SCImago
Q1
WOS
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Impact factor
1.2
SJR
0.277
CiteScore
1.2
Categories
History
History and Philosophy of Science
Areas
Arts and Humanities
Years of issue
1964-1992, 1994, 1996-2012, 2014-2025
journal names
Journal of American History
J AM HIST
Publications
35 029
Citations
25 191
h-index
58
Publications
2 358
Citations
7 414
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 countries
USA (4604 publications)
United Kingdom (122 publications)
Canada (103 publications)
USA (1450 publications)
United Kingdom (30 publications)
Canada (25 publications)

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SSRN Electronic Journal
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Law and History Review
184 citations, 0.73%
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169 citations, 0.67%
Labor History
167 citations, 0.66%
Studies in American Political Development
166 citations, 0.66%
Isis
165 citations, 0.65%
Journal of American History
152 citations, 0.6%
Journal of Interdisciplinary History
138 citations, 0.55%
History Compass
125 citations, 0.5%
American Nineteenth Century History
112 citations, 0.44%
Law and Social Inquiry
105 citations, 0.42%
Enterprise and Society
102 citations, 0.4%
Environmental History
100 citations, 0.4%
Religion and American Culture
92 citations, 0.37%
Business History Review
89 citations, 0.35%
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88 citations, 0.35%
Church History
73 citations, 0.29%
American Psychologist
71 citations, 0.28%
International Labor and Working-Class History
70 citations, 0.28%
Theory and Research in Social Education
68 citations, 0.27%
Social Science and Medicine
64 citations, 0.25%
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Rethinking History
61 citations, 0.24%
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61 citations, 0.24%
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59 citations, 0.23%
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53 citations, 0.21%
Historical Archaeology
53 citations, 0.21%
Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences
52 citations, 0.21%
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51 citations, 0.2%
Race Ethnicity and Education
49 citations, 0.19%
American Journal of Sociology
49 citations, 0.19%
Explorations in Economic History
49 citations, 0.19%
International Review of Social History
48 citations, 0.19%
Journal of American Ethnic History
48 citations, 0.19%
Geoforum
47 citations, 0.19%
Modern Intellectual History
45 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Economic History
43 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
41 citations, 0.16%
Comparative Studies in Society and History
41 citations, 0.16%
Historian
41 citations, 0.16%
Political Geography
40 citations, 0.16%
American Political Science Review
39 citations, 0.15%
The Journal of American Culture
39 citations, 0.15%
American Political Thought
39 citations, 0.15%
Labor: Studies in Working-Class History
39 citations, 0.15%
Historical Journal
38 citations, 0.15%
Religions
37 citations, 0.15%
American Behavioral Scientist
37 citations, 0.15%
Urban History
36 citations, 0.14%
Progress in Human Geography
36 citations, 0.14%
American Sociological Review
34 citations, 0.13%
Atlantic Studies : Global Currents
33 citations, 0.13%
Pacific Historical Review
33 citations, 0.13%
Urban Education
33 citations, 0.13%
Du Bois Review
31 citations, 0.12%
Slavery and Abolition
31 citations, 0.12%
Energy Research and Social Science
31 citations, 0.12%
Immigrants and Minorities
30 citations, 0.12%
The Sixties
30 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Cold War Studies
30 citations, 0.12%
Perspectives on Politics
29 citations, 0.12%
Western Journal of Communication
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Agricultural History
29 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Social Studies Research
29 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Historical Geography
28 citations, 0.11%
Historical Methods
28 citations, 0.11%
Transatlantica
28 citations, 0.11%
Presidential Studies Quarterly
27 citations, 0.11%
Sociology Compass
27 citations, 0.11%
The Social Studies
27 citations, 0.11%
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26 citations, 0.1%
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26 citations, 0.1%
Ethnic and Racial Studies
26 citations, 0.1%
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25 citations, 0.1%
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25 citations, 0.1%
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25 citations, 0.1%
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24 citations, 0.1%
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24 citations, 0.1%
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24 citations, 0.1%
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24 citations, 0.1%
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23 citations, 0.09%
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22 citations, 0.09%
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22 citations, 0.09%
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22 citations, 0.09%
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22 citations, 0.09%
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22 citations, 0.09%
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22 citations, 0.09%
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21 citations, 0.08%
Sustainability
21 citations, 0.08%
Women's Studies International Forum
21 citations, 0.08%
History of the Family
21 citations, 0.08%
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Cambridge University Press
4417 citations, 17.53%
Taylor & Francis
3238 citations, 12.85%
Elsevier
1767 citations, 7.01%
Wiley
1717 citations, 6.82%
SAGE
1471 citations, 5.84%
Springer Nature
1160 citations, 4.6%
Oxford University Press
995 citations, 3.95%
Duke University Press
877 citations, 3.48%
University of Chicago Press
573 citations, 2.27%
American Psychological Association (APA)
363 citations, 1.44%
Emerald
334 citations, 1.33%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
300 citations, 1.19%
MIT Press
240 citations, 0.95%
MDPI
183 citations, 0.73%
Brill
149 citations, 0.59%
OpenEdition
131 citations, 0.52%
University of California Press
119 citations, 0.47%
University of Illinois Press
109 citations, 0.43%
Indiana University Press
103 citations, 0.41%
Annual Reviews
90 citations, 0.36%
CAIRN
87 citations, 0.35%
IGI Global
82 citations, 0.33%
Bristol University Press
76 citations, 0.3%
Walter de Gruyter
60 citations, 0.24%
Consortium Erudit
53 citations, 0.21%
Transaction Periodicals Consortium
52 citations, 0.21%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
44 citations, 0.17%
Frontiers Media S.A.
42 citations, 0.17%
American Educational Research Association
42 citations, 0.17%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
41 citations, 0.16%
The Pennsylvania State University Press
36 citations, 0.14%
Agricultural History Society
32 citations, 0.13%
JSTOR
32 citations, 0.13%
SciELO
32 citations, 0.13%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
31 citations, 0.12%
Center for the Study of the Presidency
30 citations, 0.12%
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
27 citations, 0.11%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
25 citations, 0.1%
Intellect
25 citations, 0.1%
Human Kinetics
20 citations, 0.08%
Iron and Steel Institute of Japan
19 citations, 0.08%
American Economic Association
17 citations, 0.07%
American Public Health Association
17 citations, 0.07%
Project MUSE
17 citations, 0.07%
Mary Ann Liebert
16 citations, 0.06%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
14 citations, 0.06%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
13 citations, 0.05%
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E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University
13 citations, 0.05%
12 citations, 0.05%
Academy of Management
11 citations, 0.04%
BMJ
11 citations, 0.04%
Edinburgh University Press
10 citations, 0.04%
Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz
10 citations, 0.04%
African Studies Association
9 citations, 0.04%
F1000 Research
9 citations, 0.04%
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co, KG
9 citations, 0.04%
Berghahn Books
9 citations, 0.04%
Guilford Publications
9 citations, 0.04%
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wroclawskiego
9 citations, 0.04%
North American Society for Sport History
8 citations, 0.03%
The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE)
8 citations, 0.03%
Society of Petroleum Engineers
8 citations, 0.03%
Hindawi Limited
8 citations, 0.03%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
8 citations, 0.03%
Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States
7 citations, 0.03%
IOP Publishing
7 citations, 0.03%
University of Nebraska Press
7 citations, 0.03%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
7 citations, 0.03%
IMR Press
6 citations, 0.02%
EDP Sciences
6 citations, 0.02%
Liverpool University Press
6 citations, 0.02%
Max-Planck Institute for Demographic Research/Max-Planck-institut fur Demografische Forschung
6 citations, 0.02%
Cornell University Press
6 citations, 0.02%
Kent State University
6 citations, 0.02%
Alcohol and Drugs History Society
6 citations, 0.02%
CSIRO Publishing
6 citations, 0.02%
JMIR Publications
6 citations, 0.02%
Trans Tech Publications
5 citations, 0.02%
Associacao Nacional dos Professores Universitarios de Historia, ANPUH
5 citations, 0.02%
PERSEE Program
5 citations, 0.02%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
5 citations, 0.02%
MGIMO University
5 citations, 0.02%
AOSIS
5 citations, 0.02%
Equinox Publishing
5 citations, 0.02%
Editorial CSIC
5 citations, 0.02%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
4 citations, 0.02%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
4 citations, 0.02%
American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
4 citations, 0.02%
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
4 citations, 0.02%
American Academy of Pediatrics
4 citations, 0.02%
Maisonneuve et Larose
4 citations, 0.02%
Fundacao Getulio Vargas
4 citations, 0.02%
American College of Physicians
4 citations, 0.02%
Massachusetts Medical Society
4 citations, 0.02%
University of Calgary Press
4 citations, 0.02%
Editions Ophrys
4 citations, 0.02%
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
4 citations, 0.02%
Society for Values in Higher Education
4 citations, 0.02%
Academic Journals
4 citations, 0.02%
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University of Wisconsin–Madison
55 publications, 0.16%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
53 publications, 0.15%
Pennsylvania State University
43 publications, 0.12%
Indiana University Bloomington
43 publications, 0.12%
University of Michigan
39 publications, 0.11%
University of Virginia
36 publications, 0.1%
New York University
35 publications, 0.1%
Princeton University
33 publications, 0.09%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
33 publications, 0.09%
University of California, Santa Barbara
32 publications, 0.09%
University of Texas at Austin
32 publications, 0.09%
University of Pennsylvania
32 publications, 0.09%
Harvard University
30 publications, 0.09%
Ohio State University
30 publications, 0.09%
University of California, Berkeley
28 publications, 0.08%
University of Florida
28 publications, 0.08%
Cornell University
27 publications, 0.08%
Northwestern University
27 publications, 0.08%
University of Connecticut
27 publications, 0.08%
George Mason University
26 publications, 0.07%
George Washington University
25 publications, 0.07%
Boston University
25 publications, 0.07%
Brown University
25 publications, 0.07%
University of Oklahoma
25 publications, 0.07%
Michigan State University
24 publications, 0.07%
Columbia University
24 publications, 0.07%
Arizona State University
24 publications, 0.07%
University of Maryland, College Park
23 publications, 0.07%
Temple University
23 publications, 0.07%
Louisiana State University
23 publications, 0.07%
Brandeis University
23 publications, 0.07%
Smithsonian Institution
23 publications, 0.07%
University of Minnesota
22 publications, 0.06%
Texas A&M University
22 publications, 0.06%
Yale University
21 publications, 0.06%
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
21 publications, 0.06%
University of Missouri
21 publications, 0.06%
Georgetown University
20 publications, 0.06%
Vanderbilt University
20 publications, 0.06%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
20 publications, 0.06%
Wayne State University
20 publications, 0.06%
Purdue University
20 publications, 0.06%
Emory University
20 publications, 0.06%
University of South Carolina
20 publications, 0.06%
American University
19 publications, 0.05%
University of Illinois at Chicago
19 publications, 0.05%
University of Washington
19 publications, 0.05%
University of California, Los Angeles
19 publications, 0.05%
University of Notre Dame
19 publications, 0.05%
University of Delaware
19 publications, 0.05%
Brigham Young University
19 publications, 0.05%
University at Albany, State University of New York
19 publications, 0.05%
Florida State University
18 publications, 0.05%
University of Southern California
18 publications, 0.05%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
18 publications, 0.05%
Georgia State University
18 publications, 0.05%
University of Kentucky
18 publications, 0.05%
University of Colorado Boulder
18 publications, 0.05%
University of Massachusetts Boston
18 publications, 0.05%
Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York
18 publications, 0.05%
Stanford University
17 publications, 0.05%
Duke University
17 publications, 0.05%
Ohio University
17 publications, 0.05%
University of Toronto
17 publications, 0.05%
University of Rhode Island
17 publications, 0.05%
University of Houston
17 publications, 0.05%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
17 publications, 0.05%
University of Pittsburgh
17 publications, 0.05%
California State University, Fullerton
17 publications, 0.05%
Johns Hopkins University
15 publications, 0.04%
Northeastern University
15 publications, 0.04%
Baylor University
15 publications, 0.04%
University of North Texas
15 publications, 0.04%
Middle Tennessee State University
15 publications, 0.04%
University of Georgia
15 publications, 0.04%
University of Iowa
15 publications, 0.04%
University of Mississippi
15 publications, 0.04%
University of Kansas
15 publications, 0.04%
Oregon State University
14 publications, 0.04%
University of California, Irvine
14 publications, 0.04%
University of Chicago
14 publications, 0.04%
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
14 publications, 0.04%
Mississippi State University
14 publications, 0.04%
University of Cincinnati
14 publications, 0.04%
William & Mary
14 publications, 0.04%
University of Tennessee
14 publications, 0.04%
Kennesaw State University
14 publications, 0.04%
Ball State University
14 publications, 0.04%
Washington University in St. Louis
13 publications, 0.04%
Virginia Tech
13 publications, 0.04%
Boston College
13 publications, 0.04%
Tulane University
13 publications, 0.04%
Dartmouth College
13 publications, 0.04%
University of Alabama
13 publications, 0.04%
Texas Christian University
13 publications, 0.04%
University of Maine
13 publications, 0.04%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
12 publications, 0.03%
Washington State University
12 publications, 0.03%
West Virginia University
12 publications, 0.03%
University of Arizona
12 publications, 0.03%
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University of Wisconsin–Madison
16 publications, 0.68%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
15 publications, 0.64%
Pennsylvania State University
14 publications, 0.59%
University of Virginia
13 publications, 0.55%
University of California, Santa Barbara
11 publications, 0.47%
Michigan State University
10 publications, 0.42%
Stanford University
10 publications, 0.42%
Boston University
10 publications, 0.42%
Harvard University
10 publications, 0.42%
New York University
10 publications, 0.42%
University of Texas at Austin
10 publications, 0.42%
University of Pennsylvania
10 publications, 0.42%
University of North Texas
10 publications, 0.42%
Smithsonian Institution
10 publications, 0.42%
George Washington University
9 publications, 0.38%
Princeton University
9 publications, 0.38%
Ohio University
9 publications, 0.38%
University of Michigan
9 publications, 0.38%
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
9 publications, 0.38%
University of Maryland, College Park
9 publications, 0.38%
University of Florida
9 publications, 0.38%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
9 publications, 0.38%
Texas A&M University
9 publications, 0.38%
University of Missouri
9 publications, 0.38%
University of Mississippi
9 publications, 0.38%
University at Albany, State University of New York
9 publications, 0.38%
American University
8 publications, 0.34%
Auburn University
8 publications, 0.34%
West Virginia University
8 publications, 0.34%
Baylor University
8 publications, 0.34%
University of Kentucky
8 publications, 0.34%
Indiana University Bloomington
8 publications, 0.34%
Brigham Young University
8 publications, 0.34%
University of Connecticut
8 publications, 0.34%
Brandeis University
8 publications, 0.34%
Worcester State University
8 publications, 0.34%
University of Oklahoma
8 publications, 0.34%
Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York
8 publications, 0.34%
Northwestern University
7 publications, 0.3%
George Mason University
7 publications, 0.3%
Oregon State University
7 publications, 0.3%
Virginia Tech
7 publications, 0.3%
University of California, Berkeley
7 publications, 0.3%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
7 publications, 0.3%
University of California, Riverside
7 publications, 0.3%
Georgia State University
7 publications, 0.3%
Western Illinois University
7 publications, 0.3%
Dartmouth College
7 publications, 0.3%
Bowie State University
7 publications, 0.3%
University of Delaware
7 publications, 0.3%
Ball State University
7 publications, 0.3%
Florida State University
6 publications, 0.25%
Yale University
6 publications, 0.25%
Georgetown University
6 publications, 0.25%
Arizona State University
6 publications, 0.25%
Ohio State University
6 publications, 0.25%
Northeastern University
6 publications, 0.25%
Miami University
6 publications, 0.25%
University of Colorado Boulder
6 publications, 0.25%
Texas Tech University
6 publications, 0.25%
Texas State University
6 publications, 0.25%
University of Tennessee
6 publications, 0.25%
University of Massachusetts Boston
6 publications, 0.25%
Lesley University
6 publications, 0.25%
University of Iowa
6 publications, 0.25%
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
6 publications, 0.25%
University of Pittsburgh
6 publications, 0.25%
Hunter College
6 publications, 0.25%
University of Maine
6 publications, 0.25%
Stony Brook University
5 publications, 0.21%
Cornell University
5 publications, 0.21%
Duke University
5 publications, 0.21%
University of California, Los Angeles
5 publications, 0.21%
Illinois State University
5 publications, 0.21%
Eastern Illinois University
5 publications, 0.21%
Vanderbilt University
5 publications, 0.21%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
5 publications, 0.21%
Central Michigan University
5 publications, 0.21%
Grand Valley State University
5 publications, 0.21%
Boston College
5 publications, 0.21%
University of Minnesota
5 publications, 0.21%
Purdue University
5 publications, 0.21%
Brown University
5 publications, 0.21%
Emory University
5 publications, 0.21%
Temple University
5 publications, 0.21%
Fordham University
5 publications, 0.21%
University of Cincinnati
5 publications, 0.21%
Texas A&M University – San Antonio
5 publications, 0.21%
Texas Christian University
5 publications, 0.21%
William & Mary
5 publications, 0.21%
Binghamton University
5 publications, 0.21%
University of New Hampshire
5 publications, 0.21%
Middle Tennessee State University
5 publications, 0.21%
University of Memphis
5 publications, 0.21%
University of Houston–Victoria
5 publications, 0.21%
Kennesaw State University
5 publications, 0.21%
University of Alaska Anchorage
5 publications, 0.21%
University of Kansas
5 publications, 0.21%
University of Helsinki
4 publications, 0.17%
University of Warwick
4 publications, 0.17%
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USA, 4604, 13.14%
USA
4604 publications, 13.14%
United Kingdom, 122, 0.35%
United Kingdom
122 publications, 0.35%
Canada, 103, 0.29%
Canada
103 publications, 0.29%
Australia, 32, 0.09%
Australia
32 publications, 0.09%
Mexico, 26, 0.07%
Mexico
26 publications, 0.07%
Germany, 16, 0.05%
Germany
16 publications, 0.05%
France, 15, 0.04%
France
15 publications, 0.04%
Japan, 11, 0.03%
Japan
11 publications, 0.03%
Netherlands, 10, 0.03%
Netherlands
10 publications, 0.03%
Finland, 10, 0.03%
Finland
10 publications, 0.03%
Italy, 9, 0.03%
Italy
9 publications, 0.03%
Israel, 7, 0.02%
Israel
7 publications, 0.02%
New Zealand, 7, 0.02%
New Zealand
7 publications, 0.02%
China, 6, 0.02%
China
6 publications, 0.02%
Republic of Korea, 5, 0.01%
Republic of Korea
5 publications, 0.01%
Ireland, 4, 0.01%
Ireland
4 publications, 0.01%
Poland, 4, 0.01%
Poland
4 publications, 0.01%
Sweden, 3, 0.01%
Sweden
3 publications, 0.01%
Denmark, 2, 0.01%
Denmark
2 publications, 0.01%
Singapore, 2, 0.01%
Singapore
2 publications, 0.01%
Turkey, 2, 0.01%
Turkey
2 publications, 0.01%
Algeria, 1, 0%
Algeria
1 publication, 0%
Argentina, 1, 0%
Argentina
1 publication, 0%
Jordan, 1, 0%
Jordan
1 publication, 0%
Cuba, 1, 0%
Cuba
1 publication, 0%
Mali, 1, 0%
Mali
1 publication, 0%
Nepal, 1, 0%
Nepal
1 publication, 0%
Norway, 1, 0%
Norway
1 publication, 0%
Puerto Rico, 1, 0%
Puerto Rico
1 publication, 0%
Czech Republic, 1, 0%
Czech Republic
1 publication, 0%
Switzerland, 1, 0%
Switzerland
1 publication, 0%
South Africa, 1, 0%
South Africa
1 publication, 0%
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USA, 1450, 61.49%
USA
1450 publications, 61.49%
United Kingdom, 30, 1.27%
United Kingdom
30 publications, 1.27%
Canada, 25, 1.06%
Canada
25 publications, 1.06%
Australia, 9, 0.38%
Australia
9 publications, 0.38%
Mexico, 8, 0.34%
Mexico
8 publications, 0.34%
Japan, 6, 0.25%
Japan
6 publications, 0.25%
China, 4, 0.17%
China
4 publications, 0.17%
Finland, 4, 0.17%
Finland
4 publications, 0.17%
France, 3, 0.13%
France
3 publications, 0.13%
Italy, 3, 0.13%
Italy
3 publications, 0.13%
Ireland, 2, 0.08%
Ireland
2 publications, 0.08%
Netherlands, 2, 0.08%
Netherlands
2 publications, 0.08%
Sweden, 2, 0.08%
Sweden
2 publications, 0.08%
Mali, 1, 0.04%
Mali
1 publication, 0.04%
New Zealand, 1, 0.04%
New Zealand
1 publication, 0.04%
Poland, 1, 0.04%
Poland
1 publication, 0.04%
Singapore, 1, 0.04%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.04%
Turkey, 1, 0.04%
Turkey
1 publication, 0.04%
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