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SCImago
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WOS
Q1
Impact factor
2.2
SJR
1.295
CiteScore
2.4
Categories
Economics and Econometrics
Law
Areas
Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1978-1989, 1996-2022, 2024
journal names
Journal of Law and Economics
J LAW ECON
Top-3 citing journals

SSRN Electronic Journal
(18491 citations)

Public Choice
(1541 citations)

Journal of Law and Economics
(979 citations)
Top-3 organizations

Harvard University
(21 publications)

University of Chicago
(21 publications)

IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
(13 publications)

Harvard University
(1 publication)

Northwestern University
(1 publication)

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
(1 publication)
Most cited in 5 years
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SSRN Electronic Journal
18491 citations, 14.14%
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Public Choice
1541 citations, 1.18%
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Journal of Law and Economics
979 citations, 0.75%
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Journal of Corporate Finance
925 citations, 0.71%
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Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
807 citations, 0.62%
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International Review of Law and Economics
789 citations, 0.6%
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Economic Inquiry
772 citations, 0.59%
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Journal of Banking and Finance
612 citations, 0.47%
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Review of Industrial Organization
602 citations, 0.46%
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International Journal of Industrial Organization
598 citations, 0.46%
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Strategic Management Journal
584 citations, 0.45%
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Corporate Ownership and Control
583 citations, 0.45%
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Journal of Financial Economics
558 citations, 0.43%
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Management Science
545 citations, 0.42%
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Journal of Public Economics
526 citations, 0.4%
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Sustainability
505 citations, 0.39%
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European Journal of Law and Economics
504 citations, 0.39%
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Managerial and Decision Economics
495 citations, 0.38%
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Journal of Business Ethics
486 citations, 0.37%
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Corporate Governance: An International Review
431 citations, 0.33%
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Applied Economics
406 citations, 0.31%
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Corporate Governance (Bingley)
368 citations, 0.28%
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Journal of Business Research
358 citations, 0.27%
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Journal of Institutional Economics
333 citations, 0.25%
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Journal of Health Economics
331 citations, 0.25%
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Journal of Regulatory Economics
326 citations, 0.25%
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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
304 citations, 0.23%
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Journal of Finance
301 citations, 0.23%
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American Economic Review
297 citations, 0.23%
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Journal of Economics and Management Strategy
288 citations, 0.22%
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Ecological Economics
275 citations, 0.21%
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European Journal of Political Economy
260 citations, 0.2%
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Journal of Accounting and Economics
256 citations, 0.2%
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Journal of Management and Governance
228 citations, 0.17%
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Journal of Business Finance and Accounting
225 citations, 0.17%
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Managerial Finance
224 citations, 0.17%
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Journal of Management
224 citations, 0.17%
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Accounting and Finance
222 citations, 0.17%
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Pacific Basin Finance Journal
220 citations, 0.17%
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Review of Economics and Statistics
209 citations, 0.16%
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Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization
209 citations, 0.16%
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Contemporary Economic Policy
204 citations, 0.16%
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Energy Policy
203 citations, 0.16%
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Journal of Legal Studies
202 citations, 0.15%
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Journal of Industrial Economics
202 citations, 0.15%
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Journal of Economic Literature
199 citations, 0.15%
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International Review of Financial Analysis
198 citations, 0.15%
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Telecommunications Policy
193 citations, 0.15%
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Journal of Economic Issues
192 citations, 0.15%
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Journal of Economic Perspectives
191 citations, 0.15%
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Information Economics and Policy
190 citations, 0.15%
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Energy Economics
184 citations, 0.14%
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Academy of Management Journal
184 citations, 0.14%
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Journal of Urban Economics
181 citations, 0.14%
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International Journal of the Economics of Business
180 citations, 0.14%
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RAND Journal of Economics
180 citations, 0.14%
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Research Policy
180 citations, 0.14%
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Land Use Policy
176 citations, 0.13%
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Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
173 citations, 0.13%
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Review of Financial Studies
169 citations, 0.13%
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Southern Economic Journal
167 citations, 0.13%
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Health Economics (United Kingdom)
166 citations, 0.13%
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Organization Science
165 citations, 0.13%
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World Development
162 citations, 0.12%
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Journal of Accounting and Public Policy
159 citations, 0.12%
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European Economic Review
159 citations, 0.12%
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Constitutional Political Economy
157 citations, 0.12%
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Journal of Political Economy
153 citations, 0.12%
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Contemporary Accounting Research
152 citations, 0.12%
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Journal of Empirical Legal Studies
149 citations, 0.11%
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Economics Letters
149 citations, 0.11%
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Journal of Labor Research
146 citations, 0.11%
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Marketing Science
140 citations, 0.11%
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Journal of Economic History
134 citations, 0.1%
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Review of Austrian Economics
133 citations, 0.1%
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Economic Journal
133 citations, 0.1%
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Environmental and Resource Economics
130 citations, 0.1%
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Academy of Management Review
128 citations, 0.1%
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Managerial Auditing Journal
127 citations, 0.1%
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American Law and Economics Review
125 citations, 0.1%
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Industrial Marketing Management
125 citations, 0.1%
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Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice
124 citations, 0.09%
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Journal of the History of Economic Thought
122 citations, 0.09%
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Journal of Accounting Research
120 citations, 0.09%
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Explorations in Economic History
120 citations, 0.09%
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Journal of Politics
116 citations, 0.09%
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American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
116 citations, 0.09%
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Journal of Comparative Economics
115 citations, 0.09%
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Cogent Business and Management
114 citations, 0.09%
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American Political Science Review
113 citations, 0.09%
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Journal of Marketing
112 citations, 0.09%
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Atlantic Economic Journal
110 citations, 0.08%
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Journal of Risk and Insurance
109 citations, 0.08%
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Journal of Development Economics
107 citations, 0.08%
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Journal of Air Transport Management
107 citations, 0.08%
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Corporate Board role duties and composition
107 citations, 0.08%
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Accounting Review
105 citations, 0.08%
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Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance
103 citations, 0.08%
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Journal of Cleaner Production
101 citations, 0.08%
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Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics
101 citations, 0.08%
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Elsevier
23532 citations, 18%
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Social Science Electronic Publishing
18048 citations, 13.8%
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Wiley
15916 citations, 12.17%
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Springer Nature
13779 citations, 10.54%
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Taylor & Francis
8028 citations, 6.14%
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Emerald
6443 citations, 4.93%
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Cambridge University Press
6206 citations, 4.75%
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SAGE
5001 citations, 3.82%
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Oxford University Press
2919 citations, 2.23%
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University of Chicago Press
2180 citations, 1.67%
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American Economic Association
1304 citations, 1%
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Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
1303 citations, 1%
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MDPI
1291 citations, 0.99%
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Virtus Interpress
914 citations, 0.7%
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
857 citations, 0.66%
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Walter de Gruyter
680 citations, 0.52%
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CAIRN
621 citations, 0.47%
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Academy of Management
599 citations, 0.46%
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IGI Global
566 citations, 0.43%
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American Accounting Association
511 citations, 0.39%
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Annual Reviews
442 citations, 0.34%
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World Scientific
351 citations, 0.27%
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MIT Press
331 citations, 0.25%
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OpenEdition
267 citations, 0.2%
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American Marketing Association
232 citations, 0.18%
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Duke University Press
224 citations, 0.17%
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Frontiers Media S.A.
171 citations, 0.13%
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SciELO
144 citations, 0.11%
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
141 citations, 0.11%
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Cornell University Press
131 citations, 0.1%
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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
129 citations, 0.1%
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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
100 citations, 0.08%
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Consortium Erudit
87 citations, 0.07%
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NP Voprosy Ekonomiki
81 citations, 0.06%
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Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
79 citations, 0.06%
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Health Affairs (Project Hope)
71 citations, 0.05%
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LLC CPC Business Perspectives
71 citations, 0.05%
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Sirey
65 citations, 0.05%
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American Public Health Association
61 citations, 0.05%
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PERSEE Program
61 citations, 0.05%
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International Association for Energy Economics
60 citations, 0.05%
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Scientific Research Publishing
59 citations, 0.05%
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International Monetary Fund
56 citations, 0.04%
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BMJ
55 citations, 0.04%
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American Real Estate Society
52 citations, 0.04%
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IOP Publishing
50 citations, 0.04%
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University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
47 citations, 0.04%
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The Pennsylvania State University Press
46 citations, 0.04%
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The Econometric Society
46 citations, 0.04%
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Hindawi Limited
45 citations, 0.03%
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National Tax Association
39 citations, 0.03%
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
33 citations, 0.03%
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EDP Sciences
32 citations, 0.02%
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32 citations, 0.02%
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American Medical Association (AMA)
31 citations, 0.02%
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
30 citations, 0.02%
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University of California Press
29 citations, 0.02%
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
29 citations, 0.02%
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Mary Ann Liebert
29 citations, 0.02%
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Massachusetts Medical Society
23 citations, 0.02%
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Wageningen Academic Publishers
21 citations, 0.02%
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Francophone Association of Accounting
21 citations, 0.02%
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American Society of Transportation and Logistics
21 citations, 0.02%
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With Intelligence LLC
21 citations, 0.02%
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Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
21 citations, 0.02%
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Akademiai Kiado
20 citations, 0.02%
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Transaction Publishers
18 citations, 0.01%
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IntechOpen
18 citations, 0.01%
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Vysoka Skola Ekonomicka
17 citations, 0.01%
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Ubiquity Press
17 citations, 0.01%
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Brill
16 citations, 0.01%
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16 citations, 0.01%
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Bristol University Press
16 citations, 0.01%
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Duncker & Humblot GmbH
16 citations, 0.01%
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American Psychological Association (APA)
15 citations, 0.01%
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American Educational Research Association
15 citations, 0.01%
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Kiel Institute for the World Economy
14 citations, 0.01%
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JSTOR
14 citations, 0.01%
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IOS Press
13 citations, 0.01%
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The Royal Society
13 citations, 0.01%
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Society of Petroleum Engineers
13 citations, 0.01%
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AOSIS
13 citations, 0.01%
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American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
12 citations, 0.01%
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Borsa Istanbul Anonim Sirketi
12 citations, 0.01%
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Centro de Estudos de Opiniao Publica, Universidade Estadual de Campinas
11 citations, 0.01%
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Japan Society of Civil Engineers
11 citations, 0.01%
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Sociedade Brasileira de Economia e Sociologia Rural
11 citations, 0.01%
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Academic Journals
11 citations, 0.01%
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South Florida Publishing LLC
11 citations, 0.01%
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Research Square Platform LLC
11 citations, 0.01%
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Trans Tech Publications
10 citations, 0.01%
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Escola Brasileira de Administracao Publica da Fundacao Getulio Vargas
10 citations, 0.01%
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Mackenzie Presbyterian University
10 citations, 0.01%
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Canadian Science Publishing
10 citations, 0.01%
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Faculty of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University
10 citations, 0.01%
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Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Escola de Administracao de Empresas de Sao Paulo
9 citations, 0.01%
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Human Kinetics
9 citations, 0.01%
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Edinburgh University Press
8 citations, 0.01%
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International Food and Agribusiness Management Association
8 citations, 0.01%
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Center for the Study of the Presidency
8 citations, 0.01%
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Harvard University
21 publications, 1.21%
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University of Chicago
21 publications, 1.21%
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IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
13 publications, 0.75%
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Yale University
7 publications, 0.4%
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University of Pennsylvania
7 publications, 0.4%
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Cornell University
6 publications, 0.35%
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Northwestern University
6 publications, 0.35%
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University of California, Berkeley
6 publications, 0.35%
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University of Texas at Austin
6 publications, 0.35%
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University of Southern California
5 publications, 0.29%
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Princeton University
5 publications, 0.29%
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George Mason University
5 publications, 0.29%
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Stanford University
4 publications, 0.23%
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Columbia University
4 publications, 0.23%
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University of California, Los Angeles
4 publications, 0.23%
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University of Michigan
4 publications, 0.23%
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University of Maryland, College Park
4 publications, 0.23%
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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
3 publications, 0.17%
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Duke University
3 publications, 0.17%
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New York University
3 publications, 0.17%
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Emory University
3 publications, 0.17%
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Pompeu Fabra University
3 publications, 0.17%
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Indiana University Bloomington
3 publications, 0.17%
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University of Alabama
3 publications, 0.17%
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Florida State University
2 publications, 0.12%
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Drexel University
2 publications, 0.12%
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Michigan State University
2 publications, 0.12%
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Johns Hopkins University
2 publications, 0.12%
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University of Melbourne
2 publications, 0.12%
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Georgetown University
2 publications, 0.12%
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Arizona State University
2 publications, 0.12%
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Virginia Tech
2 publications, 0.12%
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University of Arizona
2 publications, 0.12%
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University of California, Irvine
2 publications, 0.12%
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University of California, Santa Barbara
2 publications, 0.12%
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University of California, Riverside
2 publications, 0.12%
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University of California, Merced
2 publications, 0.12%
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Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
2 publications, 0.12%
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University of Amsterdam
2 publications, 0.12%
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University of Tokyo
2 publications, 0.12%
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Kansas State University
2 publications, 0.12%
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2 publications, 0.12%
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National Research University Higher School of Economics
1 publication, 0.06%
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Peking University
1 publication, 0.06%
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Tel Aviv University
1 publication, 0.06%
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Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
1 publication, 0.06%
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Bar-Ilan University
1 publication, 0.06%
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Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
1 publication, 0.06%
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École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
1 publication, 0.06%
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Stockholm University
1 publication, 0.06%
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ETH Zurich
1 publication, 0.06%
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Stockholm School of Economics
1 publication, 0.06%
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University of Basel
1 publication, 0.06%
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University of Milano-Bicocca
1 publication, 0.06%
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University of Turin
1 publication, 0.06%
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University College London
1 publication, 0.06%
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University of Padua
1 publication, 0.06%
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London School of Economics and Political Science
1 publication, 0.06%
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.06%
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National University of Singapore
1 publication, 0.06%
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University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
1 publication, 0.06%
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Pennsylvania State University
1 publication, 0.06%
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Bocconi University
1 publication, 0.06%
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European University Institute
1 publication, 0.06%
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University of Auckland
1 publication, 0.06%
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University of Adelaide
1 publication, 0.06%
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George Washington University
1 publication, 0.06%
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Washington State University
1 publication, 0.06%
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Seoul National University
1 publication, 0.06%
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Hanyang University
1 publication, 0.06%
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North Carolina State University
1 publication, 0.06%
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University of Hong Kong
1 publication, 0.06%
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Syracuse University
1 publication, 0.06%
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Towson University
1 publication, 0.06%
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University of Washington
1 publication, 0.06%
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Ohio State University
1 publication, 0.06%
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University of California, San Diego
1 publication, 0.06%
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San Diego State University
1 publication, 0.06%
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Southern Methodist University
1 publication, 0.06%
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Georgia State University
1 publication, 0.06%
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Vanderbilt University
1 publication, 0.06%
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Torcuato di Tella University
1 publication, 0.06%
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RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research
1 publication, 0.06%
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Halle Institute for Economic Research
1 publication, 0.06%
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Southern Illinois University Carbondale
1 publication, 0.06%
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1 publication, 0.06%
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McGill University
1 publication, 0.06%
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Yokohama National University
1 publication, 0.06%
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Tulane University
1 publication, 0.06%
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McMaster University
1 publication, 0.06%
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Goethe University Frankfurt
1 publication, 0.06%
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Purdue University
1 publication, 0.06%
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University of Wisconsin–Madison
1 publication, 0.06%
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Colorado School of Mines
1 publication, 0.06%
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Hitotsubashi University
1 publication, 0.06%
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Fordham University
1 publication, 0.06%
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University of Toronto
1 publication, 0.06%
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University of Reading
1 publication, 0.06%
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Tokyo Keizai University
1 publication, 0.06%
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University of Florida
1 publication, 0.06%
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École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
1 publication, 0.81%
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Northwestern University
1 publication, 0.81%
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Harvard University
1 publication, 0.81%
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University of California, Los Angeles
1 publication, 0.81%
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Halle Institute for Economic Research
1 publication, 0.81%
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University of Toronto
1 publication, 0.81%
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Tokyo Keizai University
1 publication, 0.81%
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USA
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USA, 171, 9.84%
USA
171 publications, 9.84%
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Germany
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Germany, 18, 1.04%
Germany
18 publications, 1.04%
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Italy
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Italy, 15, 0.86%
Italy
15 publications, 0.86%
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United Kingdom
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United Kingdom, 5, 0.29%
United Kingdom
5 publications, 0.29%
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Canada
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Canada, 5, 0.29%
Canada
5 publications, 0.29%
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Japan
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Japan, 4, 0.23%
Japan
4 publications, 0.23%
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China
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China, 3, 0.17%
China
3 publications, 0.17%
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Australia
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Australia, 3, 0.17%
Australia
3 publications, 0.17%
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Israel
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Israel, 3, 0.17%
Israel
3 publications, 0.17%
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Spain
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Spain, 3, 0.17%
Spain
3 publications, 0.17%
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Switzerland
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Switzerland, 3, 0.17%
Switzerland
3 publications, 0.17%
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Netherlands
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Netherlands, 2, 0.12%
Netherlands
2 publications, 0.12%
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Republic of Korea
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Republic of Korea, 2, 0.12%
Republic of Korea
2 publications, 0.12%
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Singapore
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Singapore, 2, 0.12%
Singapore
2 publications, 0.12%
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Chile
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Chile, 2, 0.12%
Chile
2 publications, 0.12%
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Sweden
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Sweden, 2, 0.12%
Sweden
2 publications, 0.12%
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Russia
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Russia, 1, 0.06%
Russia
1 publication, 0.06%
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France
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France, 1, 0.06%
France
1 publication, 0.06%
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Portugal
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Portugal, 1, 0.06%
Portugal
1 publication, 0.06%
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Argentina
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Argentina, 1, 0.06%
Argentina
1 publication, 0.06%
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Belgium
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Belgium, 1, 0.06%
Belgium
1 publication, 0.06%
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New Zealand
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New Zealand, 1, 0.06%
New Zealand
1 publication, 0.06%
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Uruguay
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Uruguay, 1, 0.06%
Uruguay
1 publication, 0.06%
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Philippines
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Philippines, 1, 0.06%
Philippines
1 publication, 0.06%
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USA
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USA, 3, 2.44%
USA
3 publications, 2.44%
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Germany
|
Germany, 1, 0.81%
Germany
1 publication, 0.81%
|
Italy
|
Italy, 1, 0.81%
Italy
1 publication, 0.81%
|
Canada
|
Canada, 1, 0.81%
Canada
1 publication, 0.81%
|
Singapore
|
Singapore, 1, 0.81%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.81%
|
Switzerland
|
Switzerland, 1, 0.81%
Switzerland
1 publication, 0.81%
|
Japan
|
Japan, 1, 0.81%
Japan
1 publication, 0.81%
|
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