Political Theory

SAGE
SAGE
ISSN: 00905917, 15527476
SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q2
Impact factor
1.3
SJR
0.673
CiteScore
2.3
Categories
History
Sociology and Political Science
Areas
Arts and Humanities
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1973-2024
journal names
Political Theory
POLIT THEORY
Publications
2 882
Citations
35 871
h-index
83
Publications
305
Citations
13 614
Top-3 citing journals
SSRN Electronic Journal
SSRN Electronic Journal (463 citations)
Political Studies
Political Studies (380 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Harvard University
Harvard University (79 publications)
Yale University
Yale University (66 publications)
University of Chicago
University of Chicago (65 publications)
Cornell University
Cornell University (7 publications)
Harvard University
Harvard University (6 publications)
King's College London
King's College London (6 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (1749 publications)
United Kingdom (198 publications)
Canada (168 publications)
USA (131 publications)
United Kingdom (31 publications)
Canada (14 publications)

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Citing journals

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SSRN Electronic Journal
463 citations, 1.29%
American Political Science Review
414 citations, 1.15%
Political Studies
380 citations, 1.06%
Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy
367 citations, 1.02%
Contemporary Political Theory
360 citations, 1%
Review of Politics
304 citations, 0.85%
European Journal of Political Theory
266 citations, 0.74%
Journal of Politics
239 citations, 0.67%
Perspectives on Politics
213 citations, 0.59%
Philosophy and Social Criticism
205 citations, 0.57%
Polity
196 citations, 0.55%
Political Theory
195 citations, 0.54%
Constellations
156 citations, 0.43%
Political Research Quarterly
148 citations, 0.41%
Res Publica
124 citations, 0.35%
Hypatia
116 citations, 0.32%
American Journal of Political Science
100 citations, 0.28%
Journal of Political Philosophy
100 citations, 0.28%
Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
99 citations, 0.28%
Citizenship Studies
94 citations, 0.26%
Journal of International Political Theory
82 citations, 0.23%
American Political Thought
78 citations, 0.22%
Ethnicities
78 citations, 0.22%
History of European Ideas
77 citations, 0.21%
Canadian Journal of Political Science
76 citations, 0.21%
Annual Review of Political Science
74 citations, 0.21%
International Theory
73 citations, 0.2%
Critical Review
71 citations, 0.2%
Politics, Philosophy and Economics
70 citations, 0.2%
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space
67 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Business Ethics
65 citations, 0.18%
Theory, Culture and Society
65 citations, 0.18%
Review of International Studies
64 citations, 0.18%
British Journal of Politics and International Relations
63 citations, 0.18%
Philosophy Compass
63 citations, 0.18%
Modern Intellectual History
62 citations, 0.17%
European Legacy
61 citations, 0.17%
Representation
61 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Social Philosophy
61 citations, 0.17%
European Journal of Social Theory
61 citations, 0.17%
Ratio Juris
57 citations, 0.16%
European Journal of International Relations
55 citations, 0.15%
Religions
51 citations, 0.14%
Social Philosophy and Policy
50 citations, 0.14%
Political Geography
49 citations, 0.14%
Critical Policy Studies
49 citations, 0.14%
History of the Human Sciences
48 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Global Ethics
47 citations, 0.13%
European Journal of Philosophy
47 citations, 0.13%
Revue Francaise de Science Politique
47 citations, 0.13%
Critical Horizons
46 citations, 0.13%
Politics
43 citations, 0.12%
Environment and Planning A
43 citations, 0.12%
Political Studies Review
41 citations, 0.11%
Thesis Eleven
41 citations, 0.11%
Nations and Nationalism
37 citations, 0.1%
Geoforum
36 citations, 0.1%
Economy and Society
36 citations, 0.1%
European Journal of Political Research
36 citations, 0.1%
Acta Politica
35 citations, 0.1%
Educational Philosophy and Theory
35 citations, 0.1%
Distinktion
33 citations, 0.09%
Global Intellectual History
33 citations, 0.09%
Progress in Human Geography
31 citations, 0.09%
Journal of Philosophy of Education
31 citations, 0.09%
Sustainability
31 citations, 0.09%
Political Theology
31 citations, 0.09%
Politics Groups and Identities
31 citations, 0.09%
Moral Philosophy and Politics
30 citations, 0.08%
Ethics
29 citations, 0.08%
International Political Science Review
29 citations, 0.08%
Signs
28 citations, 0.08%
Antipode
28 citations, 0.08%
Dialogue-Canadian Philosophical Review
28 citations, 0.08%
Journal of Political Power
28 citations, 0.08%
European Political Science Review
28 citations, 0.08%
Swiss Political Science Review
28 citations, 0.08%
The Western Political Quarterly
28 citations, 0.08%
Historical Journal
27 citations, 0.08%
British Journal of Political Science
27 citations, 0.08%
Globalizations
27 citations, 0.08%
Sociology
26 citations, 0.07%
Participations
26 citations, 0.07%
PS - Political Science and Politics
25 citations, 0.07%
Theoria
25 citations, 0.07%
Global Constitutionalism
25 citations, 0.07%
Revista Brasileira de Ciência Política
25 citations, 0.07%
British Journal for the History of Philosophy
24 citations, 0.07%
Intellectual History Review
24 citations, 0.07%
International Politics
24 citations, 0.07%
International Studies Quarterly
24 citations, 0.07%
Political Philosophy and Public Purpose
24 citations, 0.07%
Philosophia (United States)
24 citations, 0.07%
Ethnic and Racial Studies
23 citations, 0.06%
Studies in Philosophy and Education
23 citations, 0.06%
Review of Social Economy
23 citations, 0.06%
Social Politics
23 citations, 0.06%
American Behavioral Scientist
23 citations, 0.06%
Administration and Society
23 citations, 0.06%
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
23 citations, 0.06%
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Citing publishers

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Cambridge University Press
4962 citations, 13.83%
Taylor & Francis
4215 citations, 11.75%
SAGE
3755 citations, 10.47%
Springer Nature
2548 citations, 7.1%
Wiley
2208 citations, 6.16%
Oxford University Press
1177 citations, 3.28%
Elsevier
721 citations, 2.01%
University of Chicago Press
705 citations, 1.97%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
455 citations, 1.27%
Duke University Press
281 citations, 0.78%
Emerald
268 citations, 0.75%
MDPI
166 citations, 0.46%
Walter de Gruyter
152 citations, 0.42%
CAIRN
151 citations, 0.42%
SciELO
118 citations, 0.33%
Annual Reviews
117 citations, 0.33%
Consortium Erudit
97 citations, 0.27%
OpenEdition
93 citations, 0.26%
IGI Global
86 citations, 0.24%
Frontiers Media S.A.
64 citations, 0.18%
51 citations, 0.14%
Berghahn Books
46 citations, 0.13%
Edinburgh University Press
42 citations, 0.12%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
40 citations, 0.11%
Brill
40 citations, 0.11%
JSTOR
30 citations, 0.08%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
30 citations, 0.08%
University of Westminster Press
30 citations, 0.08%
29 citations, 0.08%
MIT Press
26 citations, 0.07%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
26 citations, 0.07%
Centro de Estudos de Opiniao Publica, Universidade Estadual de Campinas
26 citations, 0.07%
Intellect
24 citations, 0.07%
University of Illinois Press
23 citations, 0.06%
20 citations, 0.06%
Instituto Universitario de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro
19 citations, 0.05%
University of California Press
18 citations, 0.05%
15 citations, 0.04%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
14 citations, 0.04%
Mary Ann Liebert
13 citations, 0.04%
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
12 citations, 0.03%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
12 citations, 0.03%
AOSIS
12 citations, 0.03%
11 citations, 0.03%
Academy of Management
11 citations, 0.03%
Project MUSE
11 citations, 0.03%
Scientific Research Publishing
10 citations, 0.03%
Bristol University Press
10 citations, 0.03%
BMJ
9 citations, 0.03%
Guilford Publications
9 citations, 0.03%
Associazone culturale Pragma
8 citations, 0.02%
8 citations, 0.02%
Revus Klub
8 citations, 0.02%
Equinox Publishing
8 citations, 0.02%
Helsinki University Press
8 citations, 0.02%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
7 citations, 0.02%
7 citations, 0.02%
Noncommercial Partnership Editorial Board Polis
7 citations, 0.02%
National Biological Information Infrastructure
7 citations, 0.02%
Japan Society of Civil Engineers
7 citations, 0.02%
The Pennsylvania State University Press
7 citations, 0.02%
6 citations, 0.02%
IOP Publishing
6 citations, 0.02%
American Anthropological Association
6 citations, 0.02%
National Library of Serbia
6 citations, 0.02%
Indiana University Press
5 citations, 0.01%
Philosophy Documentation Center, Saint Louis University
5 citations, 0.01%
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
5 citations, 0.01%
American Society of Comparative Law
5 citations, 0.01%
Unisa Press
5 citations, 0.01%
American Psychological Association (APA)
5 citations, 0.01%
Ubiquity Press
5 citations, 0.01%
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co, KG
5 citations, 0.01%
Liverpool University Press
4 citations, 0.01%
White Horse Press
4 citations, 0.01%
Pluto Journals
4 citations, 0.01%
Institut fur Asienkunde
4 citations, 0.01%
Stockholm University Press
4 citations, 0.01%
Virtus Interpress
4 citations, 0.01%
American Educational Research Association
4 citations, 0.01%
Cogitatio
4 citations, 0.01%
IOS Press
3 citations, 0.01%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
3 citations, 0.01%
EDP Sciences
3 citations, 0.01%
Philosophy Documentation Center
3 citations, 0.01%
3 citations, 0.01%
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
3 citations, 0.01%
3 citations, 0.01%
Martin Media
3 citations, 0.01%
Cornell University Press
3 citations, 0.01%
3 citations, 0.01%
Institute of International Relations, Prague
3 citations, 0.01%
Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
3 citations, 0.01%
The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE)
3 citations, 0.01%
Center for the Study of the Presidency
3 citations, 0.01%
Copernicus
3 citations, 0.01%
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
3 citations, 0.01%
Presses Universitaires Franc-Comtoises
3 citations, 0.01%
Federal University of Bahia Human Resources Center
3 citations, 0.01%
Vilnius University Press
3 citations, 0.01%
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Harvard University
79 publications, 2.74%
Yale University
66 publications, 2.29%
University of Chicago
65 publications, 2.26%
Johns Hopkins University
58 publications, 2.01%
Northwestern University
48 publications, 1.67%
University of Michigan
48 publications, 1.67%
University of California, Berkeley
44 publications, 1.53%
Princeton University
42 publications, 1.46%
Columbia University
41 publications, 1.42%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
38 publications, 1.32%
Brown University
32 publications, 1.11%
McGill University
31 publications, 1.08%
Cornell University
30 publications, 1.04%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
30 publications, 1.04%
Duke University
28 publications, 0.97%
University of California, Los Angeles
28 publications, 0.97%
University of Notre Dame
28 publications, 0.97%
University of Minnesota
28 publications, 0.97%
University of California, San Diego
22 publications, 0.76%
University of Toronto
22 publications, 0.76%
University of Cambridge
21 publications, 0.73%
Wesleyan University
19 publications, 0.66%
Stanford University
18 publications, 0.62%
University of Amsterdam
18 publications, 0.62%
Indiana University Bloomington
18 publications, 0.62%
University of Oxford
17 publications, 0.59%
Australian National University
16 publications, 0.56%
University of California, Santa Cruz
16 publications, 0.56%
University of Maryland, College Park
16 publications, 0.56%
University of Sydney
15 publications, 0.52%
Dartmouth College
15 publications, 0.52%
University of Florida
15 publications, 0.52%
University of Southampton
14 publications, 0.49%
London School of Economics and Political Science
13 publications, 0.45%
Virginia Tech
13 publications, 0.45%
University of Washington
13 publications, 0.45%
University of Pennsylvania
13 publications, 0.45%
Georgetown University
12 publications, 0.42%
Boston University
12 publications, 0.42%
University of Texas at Austin
12 publications, 0.42%
Vanderbilt University
11 publications, 0.38%
York University
11 publications, 0.38%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
11 publications, 0.38%
Arizona State University
10 publications, 0.35%
Syracuse University
10 publications, 0.35%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
10 publications, 0.35%
Fordham University
10 publications, 0.35%
University of Denver
10 publications, 0.35%
Ohio State University
9 publications, 0.31%
San Francisco State University
9 publications, 0.31%
University of South Florida
9 publications, 0.31%
Queen Mary University of London
8 publications, 0.28%
Michigan State University
8 publications, 0.28%
Washington University in St. Louis
8 publications, 0.28%
New York University
8 publications, 0.28%
University of California, Davis
8 publications, 0.28%
University of California, Irvine
8 publications, 0.28%
Wayne State University
8 publications, 0.28%
University of British Columbia
8 publications, 0.28%
University of Victoria
8 publications, 0.28%
University of Calgary
8 publications, 0.28%
University of Exeter
8 publications, 0.28%
University of Colorado Boulder
8 publications, 0.28%
University of Utah
8 publications, 0.28%
Tel Aviv University
7 publications, 0.24%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
7 publications, 0.24%
King's College London
7 publications, 0.24%
George Washington University
7 publications, 0.24%
University of Arizona
7 publications, 0.24%
Tulane University
7 publications, 0.24%
Goethe University Frankfurt
7 publications, 0.24%
Trent University
7 publications, 0.24%
Binghamton University
7 publications, 0.24%
Stockholm University
6 publications, 0.21%
University of Edinburgh
6 publications, 0.21%
University of Nottingham
6 publications, 0.21%
University of Hong Kong
6 publications, 0.21%
University of Illinois at Chicago
6 publications, 0.21%
University of California, Santa Barbara
6 publications, 0.21%
Newcastle University
6 publications, 0.21%
Tilburg University
6 publications, 0.21%
Emory University
6 publications, 0.21%
University of Rochester
6 publications, 0.21%
Ege University
5 publications, 0.17%
University of Haifa
5 publications, 0.17%
University College London
5 publications, 0.17%
University of Copenhagen
5 publications, 0.17%
University of Southern California
5 publications, 0.17%
Griffith University
5 publications, 0.17%
San Diego State University
5 publications, 0.17%
University of California, Riverside
5 publications, 0.17%
Loyola University Chicago
5 publications, 0.17%
University of Bristol
5 publications, 0.17%
Keele University
5 publications, 0.17%
Swansea University
5 publications, 0.17%
Queen's University at Kingston
5 publications, 0.17%
Utrecht University
5 publications, 0.17%
Leiden University
5 publications, 0.17%
Temple University
5 publications, 0.17%
University of Alberta
5 publications, 0.17%
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Cornell University
7 publications, 2.3%
King's College London
6 publications, 1.97%
Harvard University
6 publications, 1.97%
University of Cambridge
5 publications, 1.64%
University of Chicago
5 publications, 1.64%
University of Oxford
4 publications, 1.31%
Northwestern University
4 publications, 1.31%
Utrecht University
4 publications, 1.31%
Brown University
4 publications, 1.31%
Yale University
3 publications, 0.98%
Johns Hopkins University
3 publications, 0.98%
University of Sydney
3 publications, 0.98%
University of California, Berkeley
3 publications, 0.98%
University of Michigan
3 publications, 0.98%
McGill University
3 publications, 0.98%
University of British Columbia
3 publications, 0.98%
Dartmouth College
3 publications, 0.98%
Goethe University Frankfurt
3 publications, 0.98%
University of Toronto
3 publications, 0.98%
Wesleyan University
3 publications, 0.98%
University of Haifa
2 publications, 0.66%
Copenhagen Business School
2 publications, 0.66%
London School of Economics and Political Science
2 publications, 0.66%
Victoria University of Wellington
2 publications, 0.66%
Stanford University
2 publications, 0.66%
Washington University in St. Louis
2 publications, 0.66%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2 publications, 0.66%
New York University
2 publications, 0.66%
Ohio State University
2 publications, 0.66%
University of California, Los Angeles
2 publications, 0.66%
San Francisco State University
2 publications, 0.66%
University of Arizona
2 publications, 0.66%
University of Texas at Austin
2 publications, 0.66%
Queen's University at Kingston
2 publications, 0.66%
Leiden University
2 publications, 0.66%
University of Amsterdam
2 publications, 0.66%
University of Exeter
2 publications, 0.66%
Tel Aviv University
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Genoa
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Geneva
1 publication, 0.33%
University of New South Wales
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Milan
1 publication, 0.33%
Nanyang Technological University
1 publication, 0.33%
Queen Mary University of London
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Warwick
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Copenhagen
1 publication, 0.33%
Maastricht University
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Edinburgh
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Southern California
1 publication, 0.33%
Michigan State University
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Southampton
1 publication, 0.33%
Free International University of Social Studies "Guido Carli"
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Otago
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Melbourne
1 publication, 0.33%
Deakin University
1 publication, 0.33%
Griffith University
1 publication, 0.33%
University of the Witwatersrand
1 publication, 0.33%
Columbia University
1 publication, 0.33%
George Washington University
1 publication, 0.33%
Princeton University
1 publication, 0.33%
Western Washington University
1 publication, 0.33%
Seoul National University
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Hong Kong
1 publication, 0.33%
George Mason University
1 publication, 0.33%
Duke University
1 publication, 0.33%
Syracuse University
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Washington
1 publication, 0.33%
University of California, Davis
1 publication, 0.33%
Northern Illinois University
1 publication, 0.33%
DePaul University
1 publication, 0.33%
University of California, Santa Cruz
1 publication, 0.33%
Loyola Marymount University
1 publication, 0.33%
Southern Methodist University
1 publication, 0.33%
Corvinus University of Budapest
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Bristol
1 publication, 0.33%
National University of General San Martín
1 publication, 0.33%
Swansea University
1 publication, 0.33%
Metropolitan State University
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Münster
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Göttingen
1 publication, 0.33%
Cardiff University
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Leeds
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Wisconsin–Green Bay
1 publication, 0.33%
Temple University
1 publication, 0.33%
Villanova University
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Sheffield
1 publication, 0.33%
Fordham University
1 publication, 0.33%
Trent University
1 publication, 0.33%
Florida International University
1 publication, 0.33%
Florida Atlantic University
1 publication, 0.33%
Murray State University
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Louisville
1 publication, 0.33%
Elon University
1 publication, 0.33%
University of Cincinnati
1 publication, 0.33%
Indiana University Bloomington
1 publication, 0.33%
City College of New York
1 publication, 0.33%
Utah Valley University
1 publication, 0.33%
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USA, 1749, 60.69%
USA
1749 publications, 60.69%
United Kingdom, 198, 6.87%
United Kingdom
198 publications, 6.87%
Canada, 168, 5.83%
Canada
168 publications, 5.83%
Australia, 71, 2.46%
Australia
71 publications, 2.46%
Netherlands, 41, 1.42%
Netherlands
41 publications, 1.42%
Italy, 39, 1.35%
Italy
39 publications, 1.35%
Germany, 22, 0.76%
Germany
22 publications, 0.76%
Israel, 20, 0.69%
Israel
20 publications, 0.69%
Denmark, 12, 0.42%
Denmark
12 publications, 0.42%
China, 9, 0.31%
China
9 publications, 0.31%
New Zealand, 9, 0.31%
New Zealand
9 publications, 0.31%
Sweden, 9, 0.31%
Sweden
9 publications, 0.31%
Republic of Korea, 8, 0.28%
Republic of Korea
8 publications, 0.28%
Singapore, 8, 0.28%
Singapore
8 publications, 0.28%
Turkey, 7, 0.24%
Turkey
7 publications, 0.24%
Finland, 7, 0.24%
Finland
7 publications, 0.24%
France, 6, 0.21%
France
6 publications, 0.21%
Belgium, 5, 0.17%
Belgium
5 publications, 0.17%
Ireland, 5, 0.17%
Ireland
5 publications, 0.17%
Mexico, 5, 0.17%
Mexico
5 publications, 0.17%
Chile, 5, 0.17%
Chile
5 publications, 0.17%
Austria, 2, 0.07%
Austria
2 publications, 0.07%
Argentina, 2, 0.07%
Argentina
2 publications, 0.07%
Hungary, 2, 0.07%
Hungary
2 publications, 0.07%
Switzerland, 2, 0.07%
Switzerland
2 publications, 0.07%
South Africa, 2, 0.07%
South Africa
2 publications, 0.07%
Bulgaria, 1, 0.03%
Bulgaria
1 publication, 0.03%
Brazil, 1, 0.03%
Brazil
1 publication, 0.03%
Greece, 1, 0.03%
Greece
1 publication, 0.03%
Guam, 1, 0.03%
Guam
1 publication, 0.03%
India, 1, 0.03%
India
1 publication, 0.03%
Iraq, 1, 0.03%
Iraq
1 publication, 0.03%
Spain, 1, 0.03%
Spain
1 publication, 0.03%
Malawi, 1, 0.03%
Malawi
1 publication, 0.03%
Norway, 1, 0.03%
Norway
1 publication, 0.03%
Montenegro, 1, 0.03%
Montenegro
1 publication, 0.03%
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USA, 131, 42.95%
USA
131 publications, 42.95%
United Kingdom, 31, 10.16%
United Kingdom
31 publications, 10.16%
Canada, 14, 4.59%
Canada
14 publications, 4.59%
Netherlands, 9, 2.95%
Netherlands
9 publications, 2.95%
Australia, 7, 2.3%
Australia
7 publications, 2.3%
Germany, 5, 1.64%
Germany
5 publications, 1.64%
Italy, 4, 1.31%
Italy
4 publications, 1.31%
France, 3, 0.98%
France
3 publications, 0.98%
Denmark, 3, 0.98%
Denmark
3 publications, 0.98%
Israel, 3, 0.98%
Israel
3 publications, 0.98%
New Zealand, 3, 0.98%
New Zealand
3 publications, 0.98%
Mexico, 2, 0.66%
Mexico
2 publications, 0.66%
Singapore, 2, 0.66%
Singapore
2 publications, 0.66%
China, 1, 0.33%
China
1 publication, 0.33%
Argentina, 1, 0.33%
Argentina
1 publication, 0.33%
Hungary, 1, 0.33%
Hungary
1 publication, 0.33%
Republic of Korea, 1, 0.33%
Republic of Korea
1 publication, 0.33%
Switzerland, 1, 0.33%
Switzerland
1 publication, 0.33%
South Africa, 1, 0.33%
South Africa
1 publication, 0.33%
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