Sociology of Education

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SCImago
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WOS
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Impact factor
2.8
SJR
1.965
CiteScore
6.8
Categories
Education
Sociology and Political Science
Areas
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1980, 1983, 1992, 1996-2025
journal names
Sociology of Education
SOCIOL EDUC
Publications
1 381
Citations
71 196
h-index
138
Publications
124
Citations
20 971
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
Stanford University
Stanford University (27 publications)
Harvard University
Harvard University (26 publications)
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin (22 publications)
Stanford University
Stanford University (7 publications)
Harvard University
Harvard University (5 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (320 publications)
Italy (39 publications)
Germany (16 publications)
USA (69 publications)
Germany (7 publications)
United Kingdom (5 publications)
Top-1 researchers by articles count

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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Sociology of Education
1549 citations, 2.18%
Social Science Research
1372 citations, 1.93%
Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education
1125 citations, 1.58%
American Educational Research Journal
984 citations, 1.38%
Research in Higher Education
869 citations, 1.22%
Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
792 citations, 1.11%
SSRN Electronic Journal
622 citations, 0.87%
Journal of Higher Education
568 citations, 0.8%
British Journal of Sociology of Education
530 citations, 0.74%
Urban Education
521 citations, 0.73%
Sociological Perspectives
423 citations, 0.59%
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
415 citations, 0.58%
American Journal of Education
411 citations, 0.58%
Review of Educational Research
399 citations, 0.56%
American Sociological Review
377 citations, 0.53%
Education and Urban Society
369 citations, 0.52%
Higher Education
368 citations, 0.52%
Youth and Society
361 citations, 0.51%
Social Forces
348 citations, 0.49%
Journal of Youth and Adolescence
332 citations, 0.47%
International Journal of Educational Development
321 citations, 0.45%
Social Psychology of Education
321 citations, 0.45%
Annual Review of Sociology
308 citations, 0.43%
American Journal of Sociology
302 citations, 0.42%
European Sociological Review
295 citations, 0.41%
Sociological Quarterly
282 citations, 0.4%
Children and Youth Services Review
272 citations, 0.38%
Educational Policy
270 citations, 0.38%
Economics of Education Review
269 citations, 0.38%
International Journal of Educational Research
250 citations, 0.35%
Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World
243 citations, 0.34%
Educational Researcher
242 citations, 0.34%
Comparative Education Review
235 citations, 0.33%
Review of Research in Education
234 citations, 0.33%
Journal of Educational Research
232 citations, 0.33%
Journal of Educational Psychology
222 citations, 0.31%
Sociological Forum
218 citations, 0.31%
Teaching and Teacher Education
217 citations, 0.3%
The Urban Review
215 citations, 0.3%
Sociology Compass
214 citations, 0.3%
Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research
210 citations, 0.29%
AERA Open
205 citations, 0.29%
Educational Administration Quarterly
204 citations, 0.29%
Social Problems
204 citations, 0.29%
British Educational Research Journal
199 citations, 0.28%
Child Development
183 citations, 0.26%
Demography
179 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Early Adolescence
178 citations, 0.25%
Frontiers in Psychology
174 citations, 0.24%
Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory and Practice
163 citations, 0.23%
School Effectiveness and School Improvement
159 citations, 0.22%
Developmental Psychology
152 citations, 0.21%
Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research
149 citations, 0.21%
PLoS ONE
143 citations, 0.2%
Peabody Journal of Education
140 citations, 0.2%
Early Childhood Research Quarterly
138 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Research on Adolescence
133 citations, 0.19%
Social Science Quarterly
132 citations, 0.19%
British Journal of Sociology
132 citations, 0.19%
Race Ethnicity and Education
130 citations, 0.18%
Sociological Focus
129 citations, 0.18%
Sex Roles
128 citations, 0.18%
Community College Journal of Research and Practice
126 citations, 0.18%
Poetics
125 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Marriage and Family
124 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Educational Administration
124 citations, 0.17%
Sociological Inquiry
123 citations, 0.17%
Journal of School Psychology
123 citations, 0.17%
International Migration Review
122 citations, 0.17%
Studies in Higher Education
120 citations, 0.17%
Community College Review
117 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk
116 citations, 0.16%
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
111 citations, 0.16%
Journal of School Choice
111 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Latinos and Education
111 citations, 0.16%
Social Networks
107 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Family Issues
103 citations, 0.14%
Scientometrics
102 citations, 0.14%
International Studies in Sociology of Education
101 citations, 0.14%
Elementary School Journal
100 citations, 0.14%
International Perspectives on Education and Society
97 citations, 0.14%
Psychology in the Schools
93 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Adolescent Research
92 citations, 0.13%
International Journal of Comparative Sociology
91 citations, 0.13%
Oxford Review of Education
90 citations, 0.13%
Education Sciences
87 citations, 0.12%
Social Indicators Research
86 citations, 0.12%
Canadian Review of Sociology
86 citations, 0.12%
Journal of School Leadership
85 citations, 0.12%
Social Sciences
84 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Hispanic Higher Education
84 citations, 0.12%
Sustainability
84 citations, 0.12%
Zeitschrift fur Erziehungswissenschaft
83 citations, 0.12%
Asia Pacific Education Review
82 citations, 0.12%
Social Science and Medicine
82 citations, 0.12%
Comparative Education
82 citations, 0.12%
Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
82 citations, 0.12%
Educational Studies
81 citations, 0.11%
American Behavioral Scientist
80 citations, 0.11%
Work and Occupations
80 citations, 0.11%
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Citing publishers

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SAGE
13834 citations, 19.43%
Taylor & Francis
12871 citations, 18.08%
Springer Nature
8911 citations, 12.52%
Elsevier
7887 citations, 11.08%
Wiley
6581 citations, 9.24%
American Educational Research Association
2306 citations, 3.24%
Cambridge University Press
1863 citations, 2.62%
Oxford University Press
1678 citations, 2.36%
Emerald
1448 citations, 2.03%
University of Chicago Press
1313 citations, 1.84%
American Psychological Association (APA)
1037 citations, 1.46%
MDPI
713 citations, 1%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
675 citations, 0.95%
Annual Reviews
534 citations, 0.75%
Frontiers Media S.A.
460 citations, 0.65%
IGI Global
449 citations, 0.63%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
235 citations, 0.33%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
175 citations, 0.25%
Walter de Gruyter
167 citations, 0.23%
Consortium Erudit
132 citations, 0.19%
CAIRN
128 citations, 0.18%
SciELO
107 citations, 0.15%
Society for Sociological Science
102 citations, 0.14%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
100 citations, 0.14%
MIT Press
99 citations, 0.14%
Academy of Management
83 citations, 0.12%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
79 citations, 0.11%
OpenEdition
70 citations, 0.1%
Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
57 citations, 0.08%
American Economic Association
52 citations, 0.07%
National Association of School Psychologists
52 citations, 0.07%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
51 citations, 0.07%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
48 citations, 0.07%
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)
47 citations, 0.07%
Duke University Press
46 citations, 0.06%
Scientific Research Publishing
45 citations, 0.06%
The Japan Society for Educational Sociology
42 citations, 0.06%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
41 citations, 0.06%
Hindawi Limited
39 citations, 0.05%
Hogrefe Publishing Group
39 citations, 0.05%
Max-Planck Institute for Demographic Research/Max-Planck-institut fur Demografische Forschung
37 citations, 0.05%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
37 citations, 0.05%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
36 citations, 0.05%
Human Kinetics
35 citations, 0.05%
University of California Press
34 citations, 0.05%
Brill
32 citations, 0.04%
Cornell University Press
32 citations, 0.04%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
29 citations, 0.04%
American Speech Language Hearing Association
29 citations, 0.04%
Editions Ophrys
29 citations, 0.04%
Institut National de Recherche Pedagogique
28 citations, 0.04%
American Public Health Association
28 citations, 0.04%
Fundacao Carlos Chagas
23 citations, 0.03%
Springer Publishing Company
23 citations, 0.03%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
23 citations, 0.03%
Harvard Education Publishing Group
23 citations, 0.03%
EDP Sciences
21 citations, 0.03%
National Recreation and Park Association
21 citations, 0.03%
Delachaux et Niestle
20 citations, 0.03%
Akademiai Kiado
20 citations, 0.03%
IntechOpen
20 citations, 0.03%
The Pennsylvania State University Press
19 citations, 0.03%
Mary Ann Liebert
18 citations, 0.03%
American Physical Society (APS)
18 citations, 0.03%
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
18 citations, 0.03%
Bristol University Press
18 citations, 0.03%
Modestum Ltd
18 citations, 0.03%
Cogitatio
18 citations, 0.03%
Associacao Nacional de Pos-graduacao e Pesquisa em Educacao
16 citations, 0.02%
BMJ
16 citations, 0.02%
Academy Publication
16 citations, 0.02%
National Assn. of Social Workers
15 citations, 0.02%
AOSIS
15 citations, 0.02%
Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (FCTAS RAS)
15 citations, 0.02%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
14 citations, 0.02%
Begell House
14 citations, 0.02%
American Academy of Pediatrics
14 citations, 0.02%
Eurasian Society of Educational Research
14 citations, 0.02%
World Scientific
13 citations, 0.02%
IOP Publishing
13 citations, 0.02%
American Medical Association (AMA)
13 citations, 0.02%
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
13 citations, 0.02%
Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
13 citations, 0.02%
Moscow Polytechnic University
12 citations, 0.02%
Ubiquity Press
12 citations, 0.02%
SLACK
12 citations, 0.02%
Uniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz)
12 citations, 0.02%
Early Childhood Australia
11 citations, 0.02%
Society for Personality Research
11 citations, 0.02%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
11 citations, 0.02%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
10 citations, 0.01%
AIP Publishing
10 citations, 0.01%
The Royal Society
10 citations, 0.01%
American Accounting Association
10 citations, 0.01%
Instituto Universitario de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro
10 citations, 0.01%
Association for the Sociology of Religion
10 citations, 0.01%
National Academic Advising Association (NACADA)
10 citations, 0.01%
IOS Press
9 citations, 0.01%
Verlag Hans Huber AG
9 citations, 0.01%
JSTOR
9 citations, 0.01%
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Stanford University
27 publications, 1.96%
Harvard University
26 publications, 1.88%
University of Texas at Austin
22 publications, 1.59%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
20 publications, 1.45%
Pennsylvania State University
17 publications, 1.23%
New York University
16 publications, 1.16%
Ohio State University
16 publications, 1.16%
University of Pennsylvania
16 publications, 1.16%
University of California, Irvine
15 publications, 1.09%
University of Notre Dame
15 publications, 1.09%
Johns Hopkins University
13 publications, 0.94%
Princeton University
12 publications, 0.87%
Northwestern University
11 publications, 0.8%
University of Michigan
11 publications, 0.8%
Brown University
10 publications, 0.72%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
10 publications, 0.72%
Cornell University
8 publications, 0.58%
Columbia University
8 publications, 0.58%
University of Oxford
7 publications, 0.51%
University of Minnesota
7 publications, 0.51%
University of Maryland, College Park
7 publications, 0.51%
University of California, Riverside
6 publications, 0.43%
Tel Aviv University
5 publications, 0.36%
Stockholm University
5 publications, 0.36%
University of California, Los Angeles
5 publications, 0.36%
University of California, San Diego
5 publications, 0.36%
University of California, Merced
5 publications, 0.36%
University of Chicago
5 publications, 0.36%
Oakland University
5 publications, 0.36%
WZB Berlin Social Science Center
5 publications, 0.36%
Indiana University Bloomington
5 publications, 0.36%
University of Southern California
4 publications, 0.29%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
4 publications, 0.29%
University of California, Berkeley
4 publications, 0.29%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
4 publications, 0.29%
Temple University
4 publications, 0.29%
University of Toronto
4 publications, 0.29%
University of Georgia
4 publications, 0.29%
University of Iowa
4 publications, 0.29%
University of Zurich
3 publications, 0.22%
Michigan State University
3 publications, 0.22%
European University Institute
3 publications, 0.22%
Arizona State University
3 publications, 0.22%
Syracuse University
3 publications, 0.22%
University of California, Davis
3 publications, 0.22%
University of Arizona
3 publications, 0.22%
Vanderbilt University
3 publications, 0.22%
University of Luxembourg
3 publications, 0.22%
Dartmouth College
3 publications, 0.22%
University of Bamberg
3 publications, 0.22%
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
3 publications, 0.22%
University of Colorado Boulder
3 publications, 0.22%
University of Connecticut
3 publications, 0.22%
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
3 publications, 0.22%
Montana State University
3 publications, 0.22%
University of Virginia
3 publications, 0.22%
Ghent University
2 publications, 0.14%
Free University of Berlin
2 publications, 0.14%
University of Cambridge
2 publications, 0.14%
William Marsh Rice University
2 publications, 0.14%
Yale University
2 publications, 0.14%
Iowa State University
2 publications, 0.14%
Boston University
2 publications, 0.14%
Washington State University
2 publications, 0.14%
Western Washington University
2 publications, 0.14%
Korea University
2 publications, 0.14%
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
2 publications, 0.14%
University of Missouri–Kansas City
2 publications, 0.14%
University of Illinois at Chicago
2 publications, 0.14%
Duke University
2 publications, 0.14%
University of Washington
2 publications, 0.14%
Northeastern University
2 publications, 0.14%
Georgia State University
2 publications, 0.14%
Ohio University
2 publications, 0.14%
Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories
2 publications, 0.14%
University of Waterloo
2 publications, 0.14%
Utrecht University
2 publications, 0.14%
University of Mannheim
2 publications, 0.14%
Villanova University
2 publications, 0.14%
Nipissing University
2 publications, 0.14%
Western University
2 publications, 0.14%
National University of Distance Education
2 publications, 0.14%
University of North Texas
2 publications, 0.14%
Texas A&M University
2 publications, 0.14%
University of Oklahoma
2 publications, 0.14%
University of South Carolina
2 publications, 0.14%
Wichita State University
2 publications, 0.14%
University of Pittsburgh
2 publications, 0.14%
Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York
2 publications, 0.14%
National Research University Higher School of Economics
1 publication, 0.07%
Koc University
1 publication, 0.07%
Boğaziçi University
1 publication, 0.07%
University of Tübingen
1 publication, 0.07%
Zhejiang University
1 publication, 0.07%
Xi'an Jiaotong University
1 publication, 0.07%
Radboud University Nijmegen
1 publication, 0.07%
Humboldt University of Berlin
1 publication, 0.07%
Linköping University
1 publication, 0.07%
Goa University
1 publication, 0.07%
ETH Zurich
1 publication, 0.07%
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Stanford University
7 publications, 5.65%
Harvard University
5 publications, 4.03%
Pennsylvania State University
4 publications, 3.23%
Columbia University
4 publications, 3.23%
Princeton University
4 publications, 3.23%
Ohio State University
4 publications, 3.23%
University of Texas at Austin
4 publications, 3.23%
University of Pennsylvania
4 publications, 3.23%
Johns Hopkins University
3 publications, 2.42%
Northwestern University
3 publications, 2.42%
New York University
3 publications, 2.42%
University of California, Irvine
3 publications, 2.42%
University of California, Merced
3 publications, 2.42%
University of Notre Dame
3 publications, 2.42%
University of Michigan
3 publications, 2.42%
University of Minnesota
3 publications, 2.42%
Brown University
3 publications, 2.42%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
3 publications, 2.42%
University of Maryland, College Park
3 publications, 2.42%
University of Zurich
2 publications, 1.61%
University of Oxford
2 publications, 1.61%
Boston University
2 publications, 1.61%
Arizona State University
2 publications, 1.61%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2 publications, 1.61%
University of California, Berkeley
2 publications, 1.61%
University of California, Los Angeles
2 publications, 1.61%
Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories
2 publications, 1.61%
Oakland University
2 publications, 1.61%
University of Mannheim
2 publications, 1.61%
WZB Berlin Social Science Center
2 publications, 1.61%
University of Bamberg
2 publications, 1.61%
University of Toronto
2 publications, 1.61%
National University of Distance Education
2 publications, 1.61%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2 publications, 1.61%
University of Colorado Boulder
2 publications, 1.61%
University of North Texas
2 publications, 1.61%
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
2 publications, 1.61%
Montana State University
2 publications, 1.61%
University of Tübingen
1 publication, 0.81%
Tel Aviv University
1 publication, 0.81%
Xi'an Jiaotong University
1 publication, 0.81%
Radboud University Nijmegen
1 publication, 0.81%
Humboldt University of Berlin
1 publication, 0.81%
Free University of Berlin
1 publication, 0.81%
Stockholm University
1 publication, 0.81%
Örebro University
1 publication, 0.81%
Södertörn University
1 publication, 0.81%
East China Normal University
1 publication, 0.81%
University College London
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Cambridge
1 publication, 0.81%
New York University Shanghai
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Southern California
1 publication, 0.81%
William Marsh Rice University
1 publication, 0.81%
National Taiwan University
1 publication, 0.81%
Yale University
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Strathclyde
1 publication, 0.81%
Iowa State University
1 publication, 0.81%
Reykjavik University
1 publication, 0.81%
George Mason University
1 publication, 0.81%
Oregon State University
1 publication, 0.81%
Duke University
1 publication, 0.81%
Syracuse University
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Arizona
1 publication, 0.81%
University of California, Riverside
1 publication, 0.81%
Loyola University Chicago
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Chicago
1 publication, 0.81%
Ateneo de Manila University
1 publication, 0.81%
Vanderbilt University
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Luxembourg
1 publication, 0.81%
Trinity College Dublin
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Cologne
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Erlangen–Nuremberg
1 publication, 0.81%
Tilburg University
1 publication, 0.81%
Leipzig University
1 publication, 0.81%
Pompeu Fabra University
1 publication, 0.81%
Temple University
1 publication, 0.81%
Shippensburg University
1 publication, 0.81%
Nipissing University
1 publication, 0.81%
Western University
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Louisville
1 publication, 0.81%
Indiana University Bloomington
1 publication, 0.81%
Texas Tech University
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Connecticut
1 publication, 0.81%
Portland State University
1 publication, 0.81%
Oklahoma State University
1 publication, 0.81%
University of South Carolina Upstate
1 publication, 0.81%
Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York
1 publication, 0.81%
Hunter College
1 publication, 0.81%
Baruch College
1 publication, 0.81%
California State University, San Bernardino
1 publication, 0.81%
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USA, 320, 23.17%
USA
320 publications, 23.17%
Italy, 39, 2.82%
Italy
39 publications, 2.82%
Germany, 16, 1.16%
Germany
16 publications, 1.16%
Sweden, 15, 1.09%
Sweden
15 publications, 1.09%
United Kingdom, 14, 1.01%
United Kingdom
14 publications, 1.01%
Canada, 11, 0.8%
Canada
11 publications, 0.8%
China, 7, 0.51%
China
7 publications, 0.51%
Netherlands, 6, 0.43%
Netherlands
6 publications, 0.43%
Republic of Korea, 6, 0.43%
Republic of Korea
6 publications, 0.43%
Israel, 5, 0.36%
Israel
5 publications, 0.36%
Switzerland, 4, 0.29%
Switzerland
4 publications, 0.29%
Spain, 3, 0.22%
Spain
3 publications, 0.22%
Luxembourg, 3, 0.22%
Luxembourg
3 publications, 0.22%
Russia, 2, 0.14%
Russia
2 publications, 0.14%
Belgium, 2, 0.14%
Belgium
2 publications, 0.14%
Turkey, 2, 0.14%
Turkey
2 publications, 0.14%
France, 1, 0.07%
France
1 publication, 0.07%
Australia, 1, 0.07%
Australia
1 publication, 0.07%
Brazil, 1, 0.07%
Brazil
1 publication, 0.07%
Georgia, 1, 0.07%
Georgia
1 publication, 0.07%
Denmark, 1, 0.07%
Denmark
1 publication, 0.07%
India, 1, 0.07%
India
1 publication, 0.07%
Ireland, 1, 0.07%
Ireland
1 publication, 0.07%
Iceland, 1, 0.07%
Iceland
1 publication, 0.07%
Cyprus, 1, 0.07%
Cyprus
1 publication, 0.07%
Norway, 1, 0.07%
Norway
1 publication, 0.07%
Singapore, 1, 0.07%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.07%
Philippines, 1, 0.07%
Philippines
1 publication, 0.07%
Czech Republic, 1, 0.07%
Czech Republic
1 publication, 0.07%
Chile, 1, 0.07%
Chile
1 publication, 0.07%
South Africa, 1, 0.07%
South Africa
1 publication, 0.07%
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USA, 69, 55.65%
USA
69 publications, 55.65%
Germany, 7, 5.65%
Germany
7 publications, 5.65%
United Kingdom, 5, 4.03%
United Kingdom
5 publications, 4.03%
China, 3, 2.42%
China
3 publications, 2.42%
Spain, 3, 2.42%
Spain
3 publications, 2.42%
Canada, 3, 2.42%
Canada
3 publications, 2.42%
Netherlands, 2, 1.61%
Netherlands
2 publications, 1.61%
Switzerland, 2, 1.61%
Switzerland
2 publications, 1.61%
Sweden, 2, 1.61%
Sweden
2 publications, 1.61%
France, 1, 0.81%
France
1 publication, 0.81%
Israel, 1, 0.81%
Israel
1 publication, 0.81%
Ireland, 1, 0.81%
Ireland
1 publication, 0.81%
Iceland, 1, 0.81%
Iceland
1 publication, 0.81%
Luxembourg, 1, 0.81%
Luxembourg
1 publication, 0.81%
Philippines, 1, 0.81%
Philippines
1 publication, 0.81%
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