Law and Policy

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SCImago
Q2
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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
1 033
Citations
16 231
h-index
63
Publications
111
Citations
5 147
Top-3 citing journals
SSRN Electronic Journal
SSRN Electronic Journal (811 citations)
Law and Policy
Law and Policy (734 citations)
Regulation and Governance
Regulation and Governance (387 citations)
Top-3 countries
USA (387 publications)
Australia (68 publications)
United Kingdom (49 publications)
USA (59 publications)
United Kingdom (8 publications)
Australia (6 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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SSRN Electronic Journal
811 citations, 5%
Law and Policy
734 citations, 4.52%
Regulation and Governance
387 citations, 2.38%
Law and Society Review
134 citations, 0.83%
Law and Social Inquiry
130 citations, 0.8%
Journal of Business Ethics
102 citations, 0.63%
Annual Review of Law and Social Science
95 citations, 0.59%
Sustainability
79 citations, 0.49%
Administration and Society
73 citations, 0.45%
Justice Quarterly
70 citations, 0.43%
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
69 citations, 0.43%
Criminal Justice Policy Review
66 citations, 0.41%
Social and Legal Studies
65 citations, 0.4%
Journal of Economic Psychology
63 citations, 0.39%
Crime and Delinquency
62 citations, 0.38%
Criminology
60 citations, 0.37%
Criminology and Public Policy
60 citations, 0.37%
Journal of Criminal Justice
59 citations, 0.36%
Justice System Journal
53 citations, 0.33%
Safety Science
50 citations, 0.31%
American Journal of Criminal Justice
48 citations, 0.3%
Public Administration
45 citations, 0.28%
Punishment and Society
44 citations, 0.27%
British Journal of Criminology
43 citations, 0.26%
Political Research Quarterly
41 citations, 0.25%
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
41 citations, 0.25%
Criminal Justice and Behavior
37 citations, 0.23%
Crime, Law and Social Change
36 citations, 0.22%
Policy Sciences
35 citations, 0.22%
Social Science and Medicine
35 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies
35 citations, 0.22%
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
35 citations, 0.22%
Social Problems
34 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Quantitative Criminology
32 citations, 0.2%
Policing
31 citations, 0.19%
Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice
31 citations, 0.19%
International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice
31 citations, 0.19%
Violence Against Women
30 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Politics
29 citations, 0.18%
Transnational Environmental Law
29 citations, 0.18%
European Journal of Law and Economics
28 citations, 0.17%
Accounting, Organizations and Society
28 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Law and Courts
28 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
28 citations, 0.17%
PLoS ONE
28 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Crime and Justice
27 citations, 0.17%
American Behavioral Scientist
27 citations, 0.17%
Victims and Offenders
27 citations, 0.17%
International Journal of Law in Context
27 citations, 0.17%
Studies in Law Politics and Society
26 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Cleaner Production
26 citations, 0.16%
Review of Policy Research
26 citations, 0.16%
Critical Perspectives on Accounting
26 citations, 0.16%
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change
26 citations, 0.16%
American Journal of Sociology
26 citations, 0.16%
International Review of Law and Economics
26 citations, 0.16%
Accident Analysis and Prevention
25 citations, 0.15%
Energy Research and Social Science
25 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
25 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law
25 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Marriage and Family
24 citations, 0.15%
International Migration Review
24 citations, 0.15%
Policy and Society
23 citations, 0.14%
Criminal Justice Review
23 citations, 0.14%
Journal of European Public Policy
23 citations, 0.14%
International Journal of Public Administration
23 citations, 0.14%
European Journal of Risk Regulation
23 citations, 0.14%
American Political Science Review
22 citations, 0.14%
Ethnic and Racial Studies
22 citations, 0.14%
Policing and Society
22 citations, 0.14%
European Business Organization Law Review
22 citations, 0.14%
Deviant Behavior
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%
Governance
21 citations, 0.13%
Environmental Politics
20 citations, 0.12%
Current Sociology
20 citations, 0.12%
Ethics, Policy and Environment
20 citations, 0.12%
Sociology Compass
20 citations, 0.12%
Administrative Science Quarterly
20 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
20 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
20 citations, 0.12%
Theoretical Criminology
20 citations, 0.12%
Behavioral Sciences and the Law
19 citations, 0.12%
Social Policy and Administration
19 citations, 0.12%
Policy Studies Journal
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%
Organization Science
18 citations, 0.11%
Legal Studies
18 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Risk Research
18 citations, 0.11%
Public Administration Review
18 citations, 0.11%
Climatic Change
18 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Experimental Criminology
17 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Regulatory Economics
17 citations, 0.1%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
17 citations, 0.1%
Citizenship Studies
17 citations, 0.1%
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Citing publishers

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Wiley
2927 citations, 18.03%
Taylor & Francis
1759 citations, 10.84%
SAGE
1660 citations, 10.23%
Springer Nature
1591 citations, 9.8%
Elsevier
1535 citations, 9.46%
Cambridge University Press
1332 citations, 8.21%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
784 citations, 4.83%
Emerald
463 citations, 2.85%
Oxford University Press
448 citations, 2.76%
MDPI
213 citations, 1.31%
Annual Reviews
171 citations, 1.05%
University of Chicago Press
146 citations, 0.9%
University of California Press
94 citations, 0.58%
IGI Global
82 citations, 0.51%
American Psychological Association (APA)
64 citations, 0.39%
Frontiers Media S.A.
58 citations, 0.36%
Walter de Gruyter
54 citations, 0.33%
CAIRN
49 citations, 0.3%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
42 citations, 0.26%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
39 citations, 0.24%
SciELO
39 citations, 0.24%
Academy of Management
37 citations, 0.23%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
31 citations, 0.19%
OpenEdition
31 citations, 0.19%
Duke University Press
29 citations, 0.18%
BMJ
26 citations, 0.16%
Mary Ann Liebert
24 citations, 0.15%
JSTOR
23 citations, 0.14%
Consortium Erudit
23 citations, 0.14%
American Accounting Association
21 citations, 0.13%
Cornell University Press
21 citations, 0.13%
Virtus Interpress
21 citations, 0.13%
World Scientific
20 citations, 0.12%
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%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
19 citations, 0.12%
IOP Publishing
18 citations, 0.11%
American Public Health Association
14 citations, 0.09%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
14 citations, 0.09%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
12 citations, 0.07%
F1000 Research
12 citations, 0.07%
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%
Intellect
8 citations, 0.05%
Bristol University Press
8 citations, 0.05%
EDP Sciences
7 citations, 0.04%
Escola Brasileira de Administracao Publica da Fundacao Getulio Vargas
7 citations, 0.04%
Indiana University Press
6 citations, 0.04%
American Economic Association
6 citations, 0.04%
LLC CPC Business Perspectives
6 citations, 0.04%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
5 citations, 0.03%
Springer Publishing Company
5 citations, 0.03%
PeerJ
5 citations, 0.03%
Masaryk University Press
5 citations, 0.03%
Ubiquity Press
5 citations, 0.03%
The Royal Society
4 citations, 0.02%
IWA Publishing
4 citations, 0.02%
Hindawi Limited
4 citations, 0.02%
Canadian Science Publishing
4 citations, 0.02%
Thomas Telford
4 citations, 0.02%
American Educational Research Association
4 citations, 0.02%
Aurora Group, s.r.o
4 citations, 0.02%
Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
4 citations, 0.02%
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%
Ural Federal University
3 citations, 0.02%
National Tax Association
3 citations, 0.02%
Johann Ambrosius Barth
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%
Uniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz)
3 citations, 0.02%
Duncker & Humblot GmbH
3 citations, 0.02%
Omsk State University
3 citations, 0.02%
IOS Press
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%
School of Economics and Business in Sarajevo
2 citations, 0.01%
International Association for Energy Economics
2 citations, 0.01%
2 citations, 0.01%
2 citations, 0.01%
Vysoka Skola Ekonomicka
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%
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Australian National University
28 publications, 2.71%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
19 publications, 1.84%
University of California, Irvine
17 publications, 1.65%
University of California, Berkeley
16 publications, 1.55%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
12 publications, 1.16%
University of Denver
11 publications, 1.06%
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, 0.77%
York University
8 publications, 0.77%
Indiana University Bloomington
8 publications, 0.77%
University of Houston
8 publications, 0.77%
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%
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, 0.48%
London School of Economics and Political Science
5 publications, 0.48%
Florida State University
5 publications, 0.48%
Griffith University
5 publications, 0.48%
Washington State University
5 publications, 0.48%
Northwestern University
5 publications, 0.48%
George Mason University
5 publications, 0.48%
Virginia Tech
5 publications, 0.48%
Loyola University Chicago
5 publications, 0.48%
Wayne State University
5 publications, 0.48%
University of British Columbia
5 publications, 0.48%
Purdue University
5 publications, 0.48%
University of Amsterdam
5 publications, 0.48%
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%
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%
Georgetown University
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%
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Purdue University
5 publications, 4.5%
University of Washington
3 publications, 2.7%
University of California, Irvine
3 publications, 2.7%
University of Denver
3 publications, 2.7%
University of Utah
3 publications, 2.7%
Australian National University
2 publications, 1.8%
Queen Mary University of London
2 publications, 1.8%
Stanford University
2 publications, 1.8%
Boston University
2 publications, 1.8%
Washington State University
2 publications, 1.8%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2 publications, 1.8%
Syracuse University
2 publications, 1.8%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2 publications, 1.8%
Temple University
2 publications, 1.8%
University of Delaware
2 publications, 1.8%
Masaryk University
2 publications, 1.8%
Georgia Southern University
2 publications, 1.8%
Sabanci University
1 publication, 0.9%
Islamic Azad University, Mashhad
1 publication, 0.9%
Peking University
1 publication, 0.9%
Bar-Ilan University
1 publication, 0.9%
Tongji University
1 publication, 0.9%
Xi'an Jiaotong University
1 publication, 0.9%
Radboud University Nijmegen
1 publication, 0.9%
University of New South Wales
1 publication, 0.9%
University of Oxford
1 publication, 0.9%
Liverpool John Moores University
1 publication, 0.9%
University of Oslo
1 publication, 0.9%
National University of Singapore
1 publication, 0.9%
Cornell University
1 publication, 0.9%
Johns Hopkins University
1 publication, 0.9%
University of Sydney
1 publication, 0.9%
University of Melbourne
1 publication, 0.9%
Monash University
1 publication, 0.9%
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.9%
Georgetown University
1 publication, 0.9%
City University of Hong Kong
1 publication, 0.9%
University of Hong Kong
1 publication, 0.9%
George Mason University
1 publication, 0.9%
Harvard University
1 publication, 0.9%
New York University
1 publication, 0.9%
Tufts University
1 publication, 0.9%
University of California, Los Angeles
1 publication, 0.9%
University of Arizona
1 publication, 0.9%
San Diego State University
1 publication, 0.9%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
1 publication, 0.9%
University of California, Santa Cruz
1 publication, 0.9%
Loyola University Chicago
1 publication, 0.9%
University of Chicago
1 publication, 0.9%
University of Texas at Dallas
1 publication, 0.9%
Macau University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.9%
University of Michigan
1 publication, 0.9%
University of Minnesota
1 publication, 0.9%
Saarland University
1 publication, 0.9%
Utrecht University
1 publication, 0.9%
Leiden University
1 publication, 0.9%
Cardiff University
1 publication, 0.9%
Emory University
1 publication, 0.9%
University of Maryland, College Park
1 publication, 0.9%
Colorado School of Mines
1 publication, 0.9%
University of Warsaw
1 publication, 0.9%
Erasmus University Rotterdam
1 publication, 0.9%
York University
1 publication, 0.9%
United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology
1 publication, 0.9%
University of Barcelona
1 publication, 0.9%
University of Calgary
1 publication, 0.9%
University of Guelph
1 publication, 0.9%
University of Miami
1 publication, 0.9%
Wake Forest University
1 publication, 0.9%
Indiana University Bloomington
1 publication, 0.9%
Texas A&M University – San Antonio
1 publication, 0.9%
Middle Tennessee State University
1 publication, 0.9%
University of Memphis
1 publication, 0.9%
University of Tennessee
1 publication, 0.9%
Sam Houston State University
1 publication, 0.9%
University of York
1 publication, 0.9%
University College Dublin
1 publication, 0.9%
Canterbury Christ Church University
1 publication, 0.9%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
1 publication, 0.9%
Oklahoma State University
1 publication, 0.9%
University of Vermont
1 publication, 0.9%
University at Albany, State University of New York
1 publication, 0.9%
Baruch College
1 publication, 0.9%
California State University, Los Angeles
1 publication, 0.9%
Montclair State University
1 publication, 0.9%
California State University, Long Beach
1 publication, 0.9%
California State University, Dominguez Hills
1 publication, 0.9%
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USA, 387, 37.46%
USA
387 publications, 37.46%
Australia, 68, 6.58%
Australia
68 publications, 6.58%
United Kingdom, 49, 4.74%
United Kingdom
49 publications, 4.74%
Canada, 34, 3.29%
Canada
34 publications, 3.29%
Italy, 28, 2.71%
Italy
28 publications, 2.71%
Netherlands, 20, 1.94%
Netherlands
20 publications, 1.94%
China, 15, 1.45%
China
15 publications, 1.45%
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, 0.48%
Brazil
5 publications, 0.48%
Denmark, 5, 0.48%
Denmark
5 publications, 0.48%
Japan, 5, 0.48%
Japan
5 publications, 0.48%
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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Publishing countries in 5 years

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USA, 59, 53.15%
USA
59 publications, 53.15%
United Kingdom, 8, 7.21%
United Kingdom
8 publications, 7.21%
Australia, 6, 5.41%
Australia
6 publications, 5.41%
China, 4, 3.6%
China
4 publications, 3.6%
Netherlands, 4, 3.6%
Netherlands
4 publications, 3.6%
Canada, 3, 2.7%
Canada
3 publications, 2.7%
Czech Republic, 2, 1.8%
Czech Republic
2 publications, 1.8%
Germany, 1, 0.9%
Germany
1 publication, 0.9%
Belgium, 1, 0.9%
Belgium
1 publication, 0.9%
Israel, 1, 0.9%
Israel
1 publication, 0.9%
Iran, 1, 0.9%
Iran
1 publication, 0.9%
Ireland, 1, 0.9%
Ireland
1 publication, 0.9%
Spain, 1, 0.9%
Spain
1 publication, 0.9%
Norway, 1, 0.9%
Norway
1 publication, 0.9%
Poland, 1, 0.9%
Poland
1 publication, 0.9%
Singapore, 1, 0.9%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.9%
Turkey, 1, 0.9%
Turkey
1 publication, 0.9%
Philippines, 1, 0.9%
Philippines
1 publication, 0.9%
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