South African Historical Journal

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SCImago
Q3
WOS
Q1
Impact factor
1.0
SJR
0.121
CiteScore
0.9
Categories
History
Areas
Arts and Humanities
Years of issue
1969-2025
journal names
South African Historical Journal
S AFR HIST J
Publications
1 715
Citations
3 909
h-index
21
Publications
267
Citations
1 259
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
University of Cape Town
University of Cape Town (54 publications)
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University (37 publications)
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University (19 publications)
University of Cape Town
University of Cape Town (19 publications)
Top-3 countries
South Africa (292 publications)
USA (60 publications)
United Kingdom (36 publications)
South Africa (105 publications)
USA (25 publications)
United Kingdom (11 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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South African Historical Journal
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African Historical Review
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Journal of Southern African Studies
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Social Dynamics
54 citations, 1.38%
Safundi
51 citations, 1.3%
Journal of African History
49 citations, 1.25%
History Compass
46 citations, 1.18%
Journal of Asian and African Studies
28 citations, 0.72%
Urban History
27 citations, 0.69%
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25 citations, 0.64%
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Journal of Contemporary African Studies
20 citations, 0.51%
Canadian Journal of African Studies
19 citations, 0.49%
Anthropology Southern Africa
18 citations, 0.46%
African Studies Review
16 citations, 0.41%
Politikon
16 citations, 0.41%
Itinerario
15 citations, 0.38%
History in Africa
15 citations, 0.38%
African Archaeological Review
15 citations, 0.38%
Azania
15 citations, 0.38%
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15 citations, 0.38%
African Identities
14 citations, 0.36%
Southern African Geographical Journal
14 citations, 0.36%
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies
13 citations, 0.33%
Current Writing
13 citations, 0.33%
Geoforum
12 citations, 0.31%
International Review of Social History
12 citations, 0.31%
Agenda
11 citations, 0.28%
Economic History Review
10 citations, 0.26%
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10 citations, 0.26%
Critical African Studies
10 citations, 0.26%
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10 citations, 0.26%
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9 citations, 0.23%
Political Geography
9 citations, 0.23%
History and Anthropology
9 citations, 0.23%
Urban Forum
9 citations, 0.23%
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa
9 citations, 0.23%
Third World Quarterly
9 citations, 0.23%
Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae
9 citations, 0.23%
Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
9 citations, 0.23%
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East
8 citations, 0.2%
Scrutiny2
8 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Agrarian Change
8 citations, 0.2%
Springer Geography
8 citations, 0.2%
Economic History of Developing Regions
8 citations, 0.2%
South African Review of Sociology
8 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Eastern African Studies
8 citations, 0.2%
Journal of African Military History
8 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Global History
7 citations, 0.18%
Tourism Review International
7 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Literary Studies
7 citations, 0.18%
Geography Compass
7 citations, 0.18%
Development Southern Africa
7 citations, 0.18%
Law and History Review
7 citations, 0.18%
European Review of History/Revue Europeenne d'Histoire
7 citations, 0.18%
Communicatio
7 citations, 0.18%
African Histories and Modernities
7 citations, 0.18%
Historical Research
6 citations, 0.15%
Ethnic and Racial Studies
6 citations, 0.15%
Immigrants and Minorities
6 citations, 0.15%
Enterprise and Society
6 citations, 0.15%
Social Science and Medicine
6 citations, 0.15%
Slavery and Abolition
6 citations, 0.15%
South African Journal of Economics
6 citations, 0.15%
Intelligence and National Security
6 citations, 0.15%
First World War Studies
6 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Medical Humanities
6 citations, 0.15%
Journal of African Cultural Studies
6 citations, 0.15%
Interventions
6 citations, 0.15%
Round Table
6 citations, 0.15%
Contemporary British History
6 citations, 0.15%
Geo Journal
6 citations, 0.15%
Social Identities
6 citations, 0.15%
PLoS ONE
6 citations, 0.15%
New Contree
6 citations, 0.15%
Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series
6 citations, 0.15%
Исторический журнал научные исследования
6 citations, 0.15%
Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites
5 citations, 0.13%
Comparative Studies in Society and History
5 citations, 0.13%
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space
5 citations, 0.13%
Development and Change
5 citations, 0.13%
Signs
5 citations, 0.13%
Antipode
5 citations, 0.13%
Wasafiri
5 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Peasant Studies
5 citations, 0.13%
Medical History
5 citations, 0.13%
Religions
5 citations, 0.13%
Sport in Society
5 citations, 0.13%
Environmental History
5 citations, 0.13%
Social Theory and Health
5 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Commonwealth Literature
5 citations, 0.13%
Nations and Nationalism
5 citations, 0.13%
African Arts
5 citations, 0.13%
Rethinking History
5 citations, 0.13%
Theory and Research in Social Education
5 citations, 0.13%
Explorations in Economic History
5 citations, 0.13%
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Citing publishers

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Taylor & Francis
1361 citations, 34.82%
Cambridge University Press
372 citations, 9.52%
Springer Nature
219 citations, 5.6%
Wiley
169 citations, 4.32%
SAGE
131 citations, 3.35%
Elsevier
107 citations, 2.74%
Duke University Press
78 citations, 2%
AOSIS
58 citations, 1.48%
Oxford University Press
38 citations, 0.97%
Unisa Press
25 citations, 0.64%
Emerald
22 citations, 0.56%
MDPI
22 citations, 0.56%
Brill
20 citations, 0.51%
University of Chicago Press
18 citations, 0.46%
IGI Global
18 citations, 0.46%
African Studies Association
15 citations, 0.38%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
10 citations, 0.26%
Frontiers Media S.A.
8 citations, 0.2%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
8 citations, 0.2%
Cognizant, LLC
8 citations, 0.2%
OpenEdition
7 citations, 0.18%
Aurora Group, s.r.o
7 citations, 0.18%
Walter de Gruyter
6 citations, 0.15%
Edinburgh University Press
6 citations, 0.15%
Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika/Nicolaus Copernicus University
6 citations, 0.15%
MIT Press
5 citations, 0.13%
Modern Language Association of America (PMLA)
5 citations, 0.13%
Liverpool University Press
4 citations, 0.1%
4 citations, 0.1%
Indiana University Press
4 citations, 0.1%
BMJ
4 citations, 0.1%
Academy of Science of South Africa
4 citations, 0.1%
F1000 Research
4 citations, 0.1%
Berghahn Books
4 citations, 0.1%
Center for Strategic Studies in Business and Finance SSBFNET
4 citations, 0.1%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
3 citations, 0.08%
CAIRN
3 citations, 0.08%
IOS Press
2 citations, 0.05%
EDP Sciences
2 citations, 0.05%
University of California Press
2 citations, 0.05%
2 citations, 0.05%
Magnolia Press
2 citations, 0.05%
University of Warsaw
2 citations, 0.05%
2 citations, 0.05%
Bureau for Economic Research
2 citations, 0.05%
Copernicus
2 citations, 0.05%
Institut fur Afrika-Kunde
2 citations, 0.05%
Societe Francaise d'histoire d'outre-mer
2 citations, 0.05%
Bureau of Scientific Publications of the Foundation for Education, Science and Technology
2 citations, 0.05%
Medknow
2 citations, 0.05%
Academic Journals
2 citations, 0.05%
Annual Reviews
2 citations, 0.05%
American Psychological Association (APA)
2 citations, 0.05%
SciELO
2 citations, 0.05%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
2 citations, 0.05%
IntechOpen
2 citations, 0.05%
Japan Association for African Studies
2 citations, 0.05%
1 citation, 0.03%
Mary Ann Liebert
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz
1 citation, 0.03%
Geologists' Association
1 citation, 0.03%
Pensoft Publishers
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
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1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
Center for Western Studies
1 citation, 0.03%
Academy of Management
1 citation, 0.03%
North American Society for Sport History
1 citation, 0.03%
International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)
1 citation, 0.03%
Center for International Studies (CIS-IUL) of the Lisbon University Institute (ISCTE)
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
Africa Magna Verlag
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
Forensic Science Society
1 citation, 0.03%
Alcohol and Drugs History Society
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
National Herbarium Nederland/Leiden Branch
1 citation, 0.03%
University of Adelaide
1 citation, 0.03%
Agricultural History Society
1 citation, 0.03%
Instituto Brasileiro de Relacoes Internacionais
1 citation, 0.03%
North-West University
1 citation, 0.03%
Hindawi Limited
1 citation, 0.03%
PERSEE Program
1 citation, 0.03%
Ubiquity Press
1 citation, 0.03%
Scientific Research Publishing
1 citation, 0.03%
Kamla Raj Enterprises
1 citation, 0.03%
Geological Society of London
1 citation, 0.03%
Consortium Erudit
1 citation, 0.03%
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co, KG
1 citation, 0.03%
Intellect
1 citation, 0.03%
University of Johannesburg
1 citation, 0.03%
Bristol University Press
1 citation, 0.03%
Non Profit Partnership Polis (Political Studies)
1 citation, 0.03%
Japanese Society for Pediatric Nephrology
1 citation, 0.03%
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Publishing organizations

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University of the Witwatersrand
66 publications, 3.85%
University of Cape Town
54 publications, 3.15%
Stellenbosch University
37 publications, 2.16%
University of Pretoria
33 publications, 1.92%
University of Johannesburg
32 publications, 1.87%
University of the Free State
21 publications, 1.22%
University of South Africa
19 publications, 1.11%
University of the Western Cape
14 publications, 0.82%
Rhodes University
12 publications, 0.7%
University of Botswana
10 publications, 0.58%
North-West University
9 publications, 0.52%
University of Fort Hare
9 publications, 0.52%
University of Oxford
8 publications, 0.47%
Michigan State University
6 publications, 0.35%
University of Limerick
6 publications, 0.35%
Western Sydney University
5 publications, 0.29%
University of Eswatini
5 publications, 0.29%
Nelson Mandela University
4 publications, 0.23%
Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa
4 publications, 0.23%
University of Zimbabwe
4 publications, 0.23%
School of Oriental and African Studies
4 publications, 0.23%
University of Cambridge
3 publications, 0.17%
University of Edinburgh
3 publications, 0.17%
Dalhousie University
3 publications, 0.17%
McGill University
3 publications, 0.17%
University of Minnesota
3 publications, 0.17%
Leiden University
3 publications, 0.17%
Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
2 publications, 0.12%
Ege University
2 publications, 0.12%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2 publications, 0.12%
Ghent University
2 publications, 0.12%
University of Lisbon
2 publications, 0.12%
University of Bayreuth
2 publications, 0.12%
Humboldt University of Berlin
2 publications, 0.12%
University of New South Wales
2 publications, 0.12%
University of Basel
2 publications, 0.12%
University of Bologna
2 publications, 0.12%
Queen Mary University of London
2 publications, 0.12%
Oxford Brookes University
2 publications, 0.12%
Åbo Akademi University
2 publications, 0.12%
University of Glasgow
2 publications, 0.12%
University of Dar es Salaam
2 publications, 0.12%
Harvard University
2 publications, 0.12%
University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica
2 publications, 0.12%
University of St Andrews
2 publications, 0.12%
Queen's University at Kingston
2 publications, 0.12%
NOVA University Lisbon
2 publications, 0.12%
Sheffield Hallam University
2 publications, 0.12%
SWPS University
2 publications, 0.12%
University of Warsaw
2 publications, 0.12%
University of Calgary
2 publications, 0.12%
Indiana University Bloomington
2 publications, 0.12%
Uppsala University
1 publication, 0.06%
Lund University
1 publication, 0.06%
Radboud University Nijmegen
1 publication, 0.06%
Tampere University
1 publication, 0.06%
Sapienza University of Rome
1 publication, 0.06%
University of Zurich
1 publication, 0.06%
Jönköping University
1 publication, 0.06%
University College London
1 publication, 0.06%
Durham University
1 publication, 0.06%
Aston University
1 publication, 0.06%
University of Copenhagen
1 publication, 0.06%
University of Southampton
1 publication, 0.06%
Cornell University
1 publication, 0.06%
University of Sydney
1 publication, 0.06%
Lincoln University
1 publication, 0.06%
University of Western Australia
1 publication, 0.06%
University of Wollongong
1 publication, 0.06%
Australian Defence Force Academy
1 publication, 0.06%
Stanford University
1 publication, 0.06%
Columbia University
1 publication, 0.06%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
1 publication, 0.06%
South African Medical Research Council
1 publication, 0.06%
Durban University of Technology
1 publication, 0.06%
North Carolina State University
1 publication, 0.06%
Colorado State University
1 publication, 0.06%
West Virginia University
1 publication, 0.06%
Syracuse University
1 publication, 0.06%
University of California, Berkeley
1 publication, 0.06%
New York University
1 publication, 0.06%
Ohio State University
1 publication, 0.06%
University of California, Irvine
1 publication, 0.06%
Southern Methodist University
1 publication, 0.06%
Botswana Open University
1 publication, 0.06%
University of the West of England
1 publication, 0.06%
Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History
1 publication, 0.06%
Western Illinois University
1 publication, 0.06%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1 publication, 0.06%
University of Duisburg-Essen
1 publication, 0.06%
Philipps University of Marburg
1 publication, 0.06%
WZB Berlin Social Science Center
1 publication, 0.06%
Brown University
1 publication, 0.06%
Jagiellonian University
1 publication, 0.06%
University of Groningen
1 publication, 0.06%
Leeds Beckett University
1 publication, 0.06%
University of Leeds
1 publication, 0.06%
University of Vienna
1 publication, 0.06%
University of Sheffield
1 publication, 0.06%
University of Pennsylvania
1 publication, 0.06%
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University of the Witwatersrand
21 publications, 7.87%
University of Cape Town
19 publications, 7.12%
Stellenbosch University
19 publications, 7.12%
University of Pretoria
16 publications, 5.99%
University of Johannesburg
14 publications, 5.24%
University of the Free State
10 publications, 3.75%
University of Fort Hare
6 publications, 2.25%
North-West University
5 publications, 1.87%
University of the Western Cape
5 publications, 1.87%
University of Oxford
4 publications, 1.5%
Rhodes University
4 publications, 1.5%
Michigan State University
3 publications, 1.12%
University of Botswana
3 publications, 1.12%
University of Bayreuth
2 publications, 0.75%
University of Basel
2 publications, 0.75%
Western Sydney University
2 publications, 0.75%
Queen Mary University of London
2 publications, 0.75%
Åbo Akademi University
2 publications, 0.75%
Nelson Mandela University
2 publications, 0.75%
Dalhousie University
2 publications, 0.75%
Queen's University at Kingston
2 publications, 0.75%
Leiden University
2 publications, 0.75%
Sheffield Hallam University
2 publications, 0.75%
SWPS University
2 publications, 0.75%
University of Warsaw
2 publications, 0.75%
University of Eswatini
2 publications, 0.75%
University of Limerick
2 publications, 0.75%
Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.37%
Ege University
1 publication, 0.37%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
1 publication, 0.37%
Ghent University
1 publication, 0.37%
Lund University
1 publication, 0.37%
Sapienza University of Rome
1 publication, 0.37%
University of Zurich
1 publication, 0.37%
University College London
1 publication, 0.37%
University of Cambridge
1 publication, 0.37%
University of Southampton
1 publication, 0.37%
Cornell University
1 publication, 0.37%
University of Glasgow
1 publication, 0.37%
Stanford University
1 publication, 0.37%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
1 publication, 0.37%
University of South Africa
1 publication, 0.37%
South African Medical Research Council
1 publication, 0.37%
North Carolina State University
1 publication, 0.37%
Colorado State University
1 publication, 0.37%
University of California, Berkeley
1 publication, 0.37%
Harvard University
1 publication, 0.37%
Ohio State University
1 publication, 0.37%
Southern Methodist University
1 publication, 0.37%
Botswana Open University
1 publication, 0.37%
Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History
1 publication, 0.37%
McGill University
1 publication, 0.37%
University of Minnesota
1 publication, 0.37%
Philipps University of Marburg
1 publication, 0.37%
WZB Berlin Social Science Center
1 publication, 0.37%
Brown University
1 publication, 0.37%
Jagiellonian University
1 publication, 0.37%
University of Vienna
1 publication, 0.37%
NOVA University Lisbon
1 publication, 0.37%
University of East Anglia
1 publication, 0.37%
University of Calgary
1 publication, 0.37%
De Montfort University
1 publication, 0.37%
University of Sussex
1 publication, 0.37%
Indiana University Bloomington
1 publication, 0.37%
Texas Tech University
1 publication, 0.37%
Brigham Young University
1 publication, 0.37%
University of York
1 publication, 0.37%
University of Ulster
1 publication, 0.37%
Great Zimbabwe University
1 publication, 0.37%
University of Zimbabwe
1 publication, 0.37%
Mzuzu University
1 publication, 0.37%
National University of Lesotho
1 publication, 0.37%
Suffolk University
1 publication, 0.37%
University of Oregon
1 publication, 0.37%
Kamuzu University of Health Sciences
1 publication, 0.37%
College of Staten Island
1 publication, 0.37%
California State University, Northridge
1 publication, 0.37%
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South Africa, 292, 17.03%
South Africa
292 publications, 17.03%
USA, 60, 3.5%
USA
60 publications, 3.5%
United Kingdom, 36, 2.1%
United Kingdom
36 publications, 2.1%
Greece, 18, 1.05%
Greece
18 publications, 1.05%
Brazil, 16, 0.93%
Brazil
16 publications, 0.93%
Canada, 12, 0.7%
Canada
12 publications, 0.7%
Botswana, 11, 0.64%
Botswana
11 publications, 0.64%
Australia, 10, 0.58%
Australia
10 publications, 0.58%
Germany, 9, 0.52%
Germany
9 publications, 0.52%
Ireland, 6, 0.35%
Ireland
6 publications, 0.35%
Zimbabwe, 5, 0.29%
Zimbabwe
5 publications, 0.29%
Poland, 5, 0.29%
Poland
5 publications, 0.29%
Eswatini, 5, 0.29%
Eswatini
5 publications, 0.29%
Portugal, 4, 0.23%
Portugal
4 publications, 0.23%
Netherlands, 4, 0.23%
Netherlands
4 publications, 0.23%
Italy, 3, 0.17%
Italy
3 publications, 0.17%
Finland, 3, 0.17%
Finland
3 publications, 0.17%
Switzerland, 3, 0.17%
Switzerland
3 publications, 0.17%
Sweden, 3, 0.17%
Sweden
3 publications, 0.17%
Russia, 2, 0.12%
Russia
2 publications, 0.12%
Israel, 2, 0.12%
Israel
2 publications, 0.12%
Malawi, 2, 0.12%
Malawi
2 publications, 0.12%
Tanzania, 2, 0.12%
Tanzania
2 publications, 0.12%
Turkey, 2, 0.12%
Turkey
2 publications, 0.12%
Jamaica, 2, 0.12%
Jamaica
2 publications, 0.12%
Austria, 1, 0.06%
Austria
1 publication, 0.06%
Belgium, 1, 0.06%
Belgium
1 publication, 0.06%
Denmark, 1, 0.06%
Denmark
1 publication, 0.06%
Lesotho, 1, 0.06%
Lesotho
1 publication, 0.06%
Lithuania, 1, 0.06%
Lithuania
1 publication, 0.06%
Mauritius, 1, 0.06%
Mauritius
1 publication, 0.06%
Mexico, 1, 0.06%
Mexico
1 publication, 0.06%
New Zealand, 1, 0.06%
New Zealand
1 publication, 0.06%
Republic of Korea, 1, 0.06%
Republic of Korea
1 publication, 0.06%
Japan, 1, 0.06%
Japan
1 publication, 0.06%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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South Africa, 105, 39.33%
South Africa
105 publications, 39.33%
USA, 25, 9.36%
USA
25 publications, 9.36%
United Kingdom, 11, 4.12%
United Kingdom
11 publications, 4.12%
Greece, 8, 3%
Greece
8 publications, 3%
Brazil, 7, 2.62%
Brazil
7 publications, 2.62%
Canada, 7, 2.62%
Canada
7 publications, 2.62%
Germany, 6, 2.25%
Germany
6 publications, 2.25%
Poland, 5, 1.87%
Poland
5 publications, 1.87%
Botswana, 4, 1.5%
Botswana
4 publications, 1.5%
Switzerland, 3, 1.12%
Switzerland
3 publications, 1.12%
Australia, 2, 0.75%
Australia
2 publications, 0.75%
Zimbabwe, 2, 0.75%
Zimbabwe
2 publications, 0.75%
Ireland, 2, 0.75%
Ireland
2 publications, 0.75%
Malawi, 2, 0.75%
Malawi
2 publications, 0.75%
Finland, 2, 0.75%
Finland
2 publications, 0.75%
Eswatini, 2, 0.75%
Eswatini
2 publications, 0.75%
Russia, 1, 0.37%
Russia
1 publication, 0.37%
Portugal, 1, 0.37%
Portugal
1 publication, 0.37%
Austria, 1, 0.37%
Austria
1 publication, 0.37%
Israel, 1, 0.37%
Israel
1 publication, 0.37%
Italy, 1, 0.37%
Italy
1 publication, 0.37%
Lesotho, 1, 0.37%
Lesotho
1 publication, 0.37%
Mauritius, 1, 0.37%
Mauritius
1 publication, 0.37%
Netherlands, 1, 0.37%
Netherlands
1 publication, 0.37%
Republic of Korea, 1, 0.37%
Republic of Korea
1 publication, 0.37%
Turkey, 1, 0.37%
Turkey
1 publication, 0.37%
Sweden, 1, 0.37%
Sweden
1 publication, 0.37%
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