Law and Policy

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SCImago
Q2
WOS
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Impact factor
1.6
SJR
0.380
CiteScore
1.8
Categories
Law
Sociology and Political Science
Areas
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1979-2025
journal names
Law and Policy
Publications
1 030
Citations
15 718
h-index
61
Publications
108
Citations
4 642
Top-3 citing journals
SSRN Electronic Journal
SSRN Electronic Journal (807 citations)
Law and Policy
Law and Policy (729 citations)
Regulation and Governance
Regulation and Governance (366 citations)
Top-3 countries
USA (384 publications)
Australia (68 publications)
United Kingdom (49 publications)
USA (61 publications)
United Kingdom (9 publications)
Australia (7 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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SSRN Electronic Journal
807 citations, 5.13%
Law and Policy
729 citations, 4.64%
Regulation and Governance
366 citations, 2.33%
Law and Society Review
129 citations, 0.82%
Law and Social Inquiry
126 citations, 0.8%
Journal of Business Ethics
101 citations, 0.64%
Annual Review of Law and Social Science
93 citations, 0.59%
Sustainability
74 citations, 0.47%
Administration and Society
73 citations, 0.46%
Justice Quarterly
69 citations, 0.44%
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
65 citations, 0.41%
Criminal Justice Policy Review
65 citations, 0.41%
Social and Legal Studies
63 citations, 0.4%
Crime and Delinquency
61 citations, 0.39%
Journal of Economic Psychology
61 citations, 0.39%
Criminology and Public Policy
60 citations, 0.38%
Criminology
59 citations, 0.38%
Journal of Criminal Justice
57 citations, 0.36%
Justice System Journal
53 citations, 0.34%
Safety Science
49 citations, 0.31%
American Journal of Criminal Justice
45 citations, 0.29%
Punishment and Society
43 citations, 0.27%
Public Administration
43 citations, 0.27%
British Journal of Criminology
41 citations, 0.26%
Political Research Quarterly
41 citations, 0.26%
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
41 citations, 0.26%
Crime, Law and Social Change
36 citations, 0.23%
Policy Sciences
35 citations, 0.22%
Social Science and Medicine
34 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies
34 citations, 0.22%
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
34 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Quantitative Criminology
32 citations, 0.2%
Social Problems
32 citations, 0.2%
Criminal Justice and Behavior
32 citations, 0.2%
Policing
31 citations, 0.2%
Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice
31 citations, 0.2%
International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice
31 citations, 0.2%
Violence Against Women
30 citations, 0.19%
Transnational Environmental Law
29 citations, 0.18%
European Journal of Law and Economics
28 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Politics
28 citations, 0.18%
Accounting, Organizations and Society
28 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Law and Courts
28 citations, 0.18%
PLoS ONE
28 citations, 0.18%
American Behavioral Scientist
27 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
27 citations, 0.17%
Studies in Law Politics and Society
26 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Cleaner Production
26 citations, 0.17%
Review of Policy Research
26 citations, 0.17%
Critical Perspectives on Accounting
26 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Crime and Justice
26 citations, 0.17%
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change
26 citations, 0.17%
American Journal of Sociology
26 citations, 0.17%
International Review of Law and Economics
26 citations, 0.17%
Accident Analysis and Prevention
25 citations, 0.16%
Energy Research and Social Science
25 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
25 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law
25 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Marriage and Family
24 citations, 0.15%
Victims and Offenders
24 citations, 0.15%
Policy and Society
23 citations, 0.15%
Criminal Justice Review
23 citations, 0.15%
International Journal of Public Administration
23 citations, 0.15%
European Journal of Risk Regulation
23 citations, 0.15%
International Migration Review
23 citations, 0.15%
International Journal of Law in Context
23 citations, 0.15%
American Political Science Review
22 citations, 0.14%
Ethnic and Racial Studies
22 citations, 0.14%
Journal of European Public Policy
22 citations, 0.14%
Policing and Society
22 citations, 0.14%
European Business Organization Law Review
22 citations, 0.14%
Land Use Policy
22 citations, 0.14%
The Western Political Quarterly
22 citations, 0.14%
Forest Policy and Economics
21 citations, 0.13%
Business Strategy and the Environment
21 citations, 0.13%
Deviant Behavior
21 citations, 0.13%
Governance
21 citations, 0.13%
Environmental Politics
20 citations, 0.13%
Current Sociology
20 citations, 0.13%
Sociology Compass
20 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
20 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
20 citations, 0.13%
Theoretical Criminology
20 citations, 0.13%
Behavioral Sciences and the Law
19 citations, 0.12%
Social Policy and Administration
19 citations, 0.12%
Public Management Review
19 citations, 0.12%
Law and Human Behavior
19 citations, 0.12%
Demographic Research
18 citations, 0.11%
Ethics, Policy and Environment
18 citations, 0.11%
Administrative Science Quarterly
18 citations, 0.11%
Policy Studies Journal
18 citations, 0.11%
Organization Science
18 citations, 0.11%
Legal Studies
18 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Risk Research
18 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Experimental Criminology
17 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Regulatory Economics
17 citations, 0.11%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
17 citations, 0.11%
Citizenship Studies
17 citations, 0.11%
International Journal of the Legal Profession
17 citations, 0.11%
Global Environmental Change
17 citations, 0.11%
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Citing publishers

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Wiley
2863 citations, 18.21%
Taylor & Francis
1705 citations, 10.85%
SAGE
1618 citations, 10.29%
Elsevier
1488 citations, 9.47%
Springer Nature
1482 citations, 9.43%
Cambridge University Press
1196 citations, 7.61%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
785 citations, 4.99%
Emerald
447 citations, 2.84%
Oxford University Press
398 citations, 2.53%
MDPI
197 citations, 1.25%
Annual Reviews
165 citations, 1.05%
University of Chicago Press
142 citations, 0.9%
IGI Global
71 citations, 0.45%
American Psychological Association (APA)
63 citations, 0.4%
Frontiers Media S.A.
53 citations, 0.34%
Walter de Gruyter
50 citations, 0.32%
CAIRN
43 citations, 0.27%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
39 citations, 0.25%
SciELO
39 citations, 0.25%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
36 citations, 0.23%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
31 citations, 0.2%
OpenEdition
31 citations, 0.2%
University of California Press
26 citations, 0.17%
BMJ
26 citations, 0.17%
Academy of Management
25 citations, 0.16%
Mary Ann Liebert
24 citations, 0.15%
Cornell University Press
23 citations, 0.15%
JSTOR
23 citations, 0.15%
Consortium Erudit
23 citations, 0.15%
Duke University Press
21 citations, 0.13%
World Scientific
20 citations, 0.13%
Virtus Interpress
20 citations, 0.13%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
19 citations, 0.12%
Max-Planck Institute for Demographic Research/Max-Planck-institut fur Demografische Forschung
19 citations, 0.12%
American Accounting Association
18 citations, 0.11%
IOP Publishing
17 citations, 0.11%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
15 citations, 0.1%
American Public Health Association
14 citations, 0.09%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
13 citations, 0.08%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
12 citations, 0.08%
F1000 Research
12 citations, 0.08%
Brill
9 citations, 0.06%
MIT Press
9 citations, 0.06%
American Academy of Pediatrics
8 citations, 0.05%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
8 citations, 0.05%
Scientific Research Publishing
8 citations, 0.05%
Bristol University Press
8 citations, 0.05%
Escola Brasileira de Administracao Publica da Fundacao Getulio Vargas
7 citations, 0.04%
Intellect
7 citations, 0.04%
EDP Sciences
6 citations, 0.04%
Indiana University Press
6 citations, 0.04%
American Economic Association
6 citations, 0.04%
Springer Publishing Company
5 citations, 0.03%
PeerJ
5 citations, 0.03%
Masaryk University Press
5 citations, 0.03%
LLC CPC Business Perspectives
5 citations, 0.03%
Ubiquity Press
5 citations, 0.03%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
4 citations, 0.03%
IWA Publishing
4 citations, 0.03%
Hindawi Limited
4 citations, 0.03%
Canadian Science Publishing
4 citations, 0.03%
Thomas Telford
4 citations, 0.03%
American Educational Research Association
4 citations, 0.03%
American Marketing Association
3 citations, 0.02%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
3 citations, 0.02%
Edinburgh University Press
3 citations, 0.02%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
3 citations, 0.02%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
3 citations, 0.02%
The Royal Society
3 citations, 0.02%
National Tax Association
3 citations, 0.02%
Johann Ambrosius Barth
3 citations, 0.02%
3 citations, 0.02%
Southern Public Administration Education Foundation, Inc.
3 citations, 0.02%
Editions Ophrys
3 citations, 0.02%
American Society of Transportation and Logistics
3 citations, 0.02%
CSIRO Publishing
3 citations, 0.02%
JMIR Publications
3 citations, 0.02%
AOSIS
3 citations, 0.02%
Center for Strategic Studies in Business and Finance SSBFNET
3 citations, 0.02%
Duncker & Humblot GmbH
3 citations, 0.02%
Omsk State University
3 citations, 0.02%
Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
3 citations, 0.02%
IOS Press
2 citations, 0.01%
2 citations, 0.01%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2 citations, 0.01%
AIP Publishing
2 citations, 0.01%
American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
2 citations, 0.01%
Society for Judgment and Decision Making
2 citations, 0.01%
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
2 citations, 0.01%
International Association for Energy Economics
2 citations, 0.01%
2 citations, 0.01%
Bononia University Press
2 citations, 0.01%
Pluto Journals
2 citations, 0.01%
American Medical Association (AMA)
2 citations, 0.01%
Francophone Association of Accounting
2 citations, 0.01%
Center for the Study of the Presidency
2 citations, 0.01%
Copernicus
2 citations, 0.01%
Kiel Institute for the World Economy
2 citations, 0.01%
Tyumen State University
2 citations, 0.01%
Facultad de Ciencias Politicas y Sociales, UNAM
2 citations, 0.01%
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Australian National University
28 publications, 2.72%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
18 publications, 1.75%
University of California, Irvine
17 publications, 1.65%
University of California, Berkeley
16 publications, 1.55%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
12 publications, 1.17%
University of Denver
11 publications, 1.07%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
10 publications, 0.97%
University of Washington
10 publications, 0.97%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
10 publications, 0.97%
University of Melbourne
9 publications, 0.87%
University of Michigan
8 publications, 0.78%
York University
8 publications, 0.78%
University of Houston
8 publications, 0.78%
Flinders University
7 publications, 0.68%
Harvard University
7 publications, 0.68%
University of California, Los Angeles
7 publications, 0.68%
University of Toronto
7 publications, 0.68%
Indiana University Bloomington
7 publications, 0.68%
University at Albany, State University of New York
7 publications, 0.68%
Monash University
6 publications, 0.58%
Stanford University
6 publications, 0.58%
Columbia University
6 publications, 0.58%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
6 publications, 0.58%
Syracuse University
6 publications, 0.58%
University of Florida
6 publications, 0.58%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
6 publications, 0.58%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
6 publications, 0.58%
University of Oxford
5 publications, 0.49%
London School of Economics and Political Science
5 publications, 0.49%
Florida State University
5 publications, 0.49%
Griffith University
5 publications, 0.49%
Washington State University
5 publications, 0.49%
Northwestern University
5 publications, 0.49%
George Mason University
5 publications, 0.49%
Virginia Tech
5 publications, 0.49%
Loyola University Chicago
5 publications, 0.49%
Wayne State University
5 publications, 0.49%
University of British Columbia
5 publications, 0.49%
University of Amsterdam
5 publications, 0.49%
University College London
4 publications, 0.39%
Aarhus University
4 publications, 0.39%
Yale University
4 publications, 0.39%
Pennsylvania State University
4 publications, 0.39%
Arizona State University
4 publications, 0.39%
City University of Hong Kong
4 publications, 0.39%
New York University
4 publications, 0.39%
Ohio State University
4 publications, 0.39%
University of California, San Diego
4 publications, 0.39%
University of California, Riverside
4 publications, 0.39%
Queen's University at Kingston
4 publications, 0.39%
University of Minnesota
4 publications, 0.39%
Purdue University
4 publications, 0.39%
University of Miami
4 publications, 0.39%
University of Kentucky
4 publications, 0.39%
University of Colorado Boulder
4 publications, 0.39%
University of Delaware
4 publications, 0.39%
Texas A&M University
4 publications, 0.39%
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
4 publications, 0.39%
University of Kansas
4 publications, 0.39%
Universidade de Brasília
4 publications, 0.39%
Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York
4 publications, 0.39%
Radboud University Nijmegen
3 publications, 0.29%
University of New South Wales
3 publications, 0.29%
King's College London
3 publications, 0.29%
University of Southern California
3 publications, 0.29%
University of California, San Francisco
3 publications, 0.29%
San Diego State University
3 publications, 0.29%
University of Chicago
3 publications, 0.29%
University of Central Florida
3 publications, 0.29%
University of South Florida
3 publications, 0.29%
Temple University
3 publications, 0.29%
University of Victoria
3 publications, 0.29%
University of Utah
3 publications, 0.29%
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
3 publications, 0.29%
Georgia Southern University
3 publications, 0.29%
James Madison University
3 publications, 0.29%
California State University, Long Beach
3 publications, 0.29%
University of Twente
2 publications, 0.19%
University of Haifa
2 publications, 0.19%
Central South University
2 publications, 0.19%
University of Zurich
2 publications, 0.19%
Queen Mary University of London
2 publications, 0.19%
University of Edinburgh
2 publications, 0.19%
University of Manchester
2 publications, 0.19%
University of Nottingham
2 publications, 0.19%
Queensland University of Technology
2 publications, 0.19%
Cornell University
2 publications, 0.19%
University of Sydney
2 publications, 0.19%
University of Queensland
2 publications, 0.19%
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
2 publications, 0.19%
University of Wollongong
2 publications, 0.19%
George Washington University
2 publications, 0.19%
Boston University
2 publications, 0.19%
Princeton University
2 publications, 0.19%
American University
2 publications, 0.19%
North Carolina State University
2 publications, 0.19%
University of Hong Kong
2 publications, 0.19%
University of Illinois at Chicago
2 publications, 0.19%
Duke University
2 publications, 0.19%
DePaul University
2 publications, 0.19%
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University of California, Irvine
5 publications, 4.63%
Purdue University
4 publications, 3.7%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
3 publications, 2.78%
University of Washington
3 publications, 2.78%
University of Denver
3 publications, 2.78%
University of Utah
3 publications, 2.78%
Australian National University
2 publications, 1.85%
Queen Mary University of London
2 publications, 1.85%
University of Melbourne
2 publications, 1.85%
Stanford University
2 publications, 1.85%
Boston University
2 publications, 1.85%
Washington State University
2 publications, 1.85%
Syracuse University
2 publications, 1.85%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2 publications, 1.85%
Temple University
2 publications, 1.85%
University of Delaware
2 publications, 1.85%
Masaryk University
2 publications, 1.85%
Georgia Southern University
2 publications, 1.85%
Sabanci University
1 publication, 0.93%
Islamic Azad University, Mashhad
1 publication, 0.93%
Peking University
1 publication, 0.93%
Bar-Ilan University
1 publication, 0.93%
Radboud University Nijmegen
1 publication, 0.93%
University of New South Wales
1 publication, 0.93%
University College London
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Oxford
1 publication, 0.93%
Liverpool John Moores University
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Oslo
1 publication, 0.93%
King's College London
1 publication, 0.93%
National University of Singapore
1 publication, 0.93%
Cornell University
1 publication, 0.93%
Johns Hopkins University
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Sydney
1 publication, 0.93%
Monash University
1 publication, 0.93%
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.93%
City University of Hong Kong
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Hong Kong
1 publication, 0.93%
George Mason University
1 publication, 0.93%
Harvard University
1 publication, 0.93%
New York University
1 publication, 0.93%
Tufts University
1 publication, 0.93%
University of California, Los Angeles
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Arizona
1 publication, 0.93%
San Diego State University
1 publication, 0.93%
University of California, Santa Cruz
1 publication, 0.93%
Loyola University Chicago
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Chicago
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Texas at Dallas
1 publication, 0.93%
Macau University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.93%
Wayne State University
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Michigan
1 publication, 0.93%
McGill University
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Minnesota
1 publication, 0.93%
Saarland University
1 publication, 0.93%
Utrecht University
1 publication, 0.93%
Leiden University
1 publication, 0.93%
Cardiff University
1 publication, 0.93%
Emory University
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Maryland, College Park
1 publication, 0.93%
Colorado School of Mines
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Warsaw
1 publication, 0.93%
Erasmus University Rotterdam
1 publication, 0.93%
York University
1 publication, 0.93%
United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Barcelona
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Calgary
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Guelph
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Miami
1 publication, 0.93%
Wake Forest University
1 publication, 0.93%
University of North Texas
1 publication, 0.93%
Texas A&M University – San Antonio
1 publication, 0.93%
Weber State University
1 publication, 0.93%
Middle Tennessee State University
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Memphis
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Tennessee
1 publication, 0.93%
Sam Houston State University
1 publication, 0.93%
University of York
1 publication, 0.93%
University College Dublin
1 publication, 0.93%
Canterbury Christ Church University
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
1 publication, 0.93%
Oklahoma State University
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Vermont
1 publication, 0.93%
University at Albany, State University of New York
1 publication, 0.93%
Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York
1 publication, 0.93%
Baruch College
1 publication, 0.93%
California State University, Los Angeles
1 publication, 0.93%
Montclair State University
1 publication, 0.93%
California State University, Long Beach
1 publication, 0.93%
California State University, Dominguez Hills
1 publication, 0.93%
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USA, 384, 37.28%
USA
384 publications, 37.28%
Australia, 68, 6.6%
Australia
68 publications, 6.6%
United Kingdom, 49, 4.76%
United Kingdom
49 publications, 4.76%
Canada, 34, 3.3%
Canada
34 publications, 3.3%
Italy, 28, 2.72%
Italy
28 publications, 2.72%
Netherlands, 20, 1.94%
Netherlands
20 publications, 1.94%
China, 15, 1.46%
China
15 publications, 1.46%
Israel, 14, 1.36%
Israel
14 publications, 1.36%
Germany, 9, 0.87%
Germany
9 publications, 0.87%
Montenegro, 7, 0.68%
Montenegro
7 publications, 0.68%
Brazil, 5, 0.49%
Brazil
5 publications, 0.49%
Denmark, 5, 0.49%
Denmark
5 publications, 0.49%
Japan, 5, 0.49%
Japan
5 publications, 0.49%
Belgium, 4, 0.39%
Belgium
4 publications, 0.39%
Switzerland, 4, 0.39%
Switzerland
4 publications, 0.39%
Austria, 2, 0.19%
Austria
2 publications, 0.19%
Ireland, 2, 0.19%
Ireland
2 publications, 0.19%
Spain, 2, 0.19%
Spain
2 publications, 0.19%
Norway, 2, 0.19%
Norway
2 publications, 0.19%
Singapore, 2, 0.19%
Singapore
2 publications, 0.19%
Czech Republic, 2, 0.19%
Czech Republic
2 publications, 0.19%
Sweden, 2, 0.19%
Sweden
2 publications, 0.19%
Georgia, 1, 0.1%
Georgia
1 publication, 0.1%
Indonesia, 1, 0.1%
Indonesia
1 publication, 0.1%
Iran, 1, 0.1%
Iran
1 publication, 0.1%
Colombia, 1, 0.1%
Colombia
1 publication, 0.1%
New Zealand, 1, 0.1%
New Zealand
1 publication, 0.1%
Palestine, 1, 0.1%
Palestine
1 publication, 0.1%
Poland, 1, 0.1%
Poland
1 publication, 0.1%
Republic of Korea, 1, 0.1%
Republic of Korea
1 publication, 0.1%
Turkey, 1, 0.1%
Turkey
1 publication, 0.1%
Philippines, 1, 0.1%
Philippines
1 publication, 0.1%
Ecuador, 1, 0.1%
Ecuador
1 publication, 0.1%
South Africa, 1, 0.1%
South Africa
1 publication, 0.1%
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USA, 61, 56.48%
USA
61 publications, 56.48%
United Kingdom, 9, 8.33%
United Kingdom
9 publications, 8.33%
Australia, 7, 6.48%
Australia
7 publications, 6.48%
China, 4, 3.7%
China
4 publications, 3.7%
Canada, 4, 3.7%
Canada
4 publications, 3.7%
Netherlands, 4, 3.7%
Netherlands
4 publications, 3.7%
Czech Republic, 2, 1.85%
Czech Republic
2 publications, 1.85%
Germany, 1, 0.93%
Germany
1 publication, 0.93%
Belgium, 1, 0.93%
Belgium
1 publication, 0.93%
Israel, 1, 0.93%
Israel
1 publication, 0.93%
Iran, 1, 0.93%
Iran
1 publication, 0.93%
Ireland, 1, 0.93%
Ireland
1 publication, 0.93%
Spain, 1, 0.93%
Spain
1 publication, 0.93%
Norway, 1, 0.93%
Norway
1 publication, 0.93%
Poland, 1, 0.93%
Poland
1 publication, 0.93%
Singapore, 1, 0.93%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.93%
Turkey, 1, 0.93%
Turkey
1 publication, 0.93%
Philippines, 1, 0.93%
Philippines
1 publication, 0.93%
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