American Politics Research

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SCImago
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Impact factor
1.8
SJR
1.109
CiteScore
3.3
Categories
Sociology and Political Science
Areas
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1973-2025
journal names
American Politics Research
AM POLIT RES
Publications
1 099
Citations
21 471
h-index
66
Publications
328
Citations
10 779
Top-3 citing journals
SSRN Electronic Journal
SSRN Electronic Journal (838 citations)
American Politics Research
American Politics Research (802 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Yale University
Yale University (30 publications)
University of Georgia
University of Georgia (27 publications)
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin (25 publications)
Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University (10 publications)
Yale University
Yale University (10 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (1017 publications)
United Kingdom (18 publications)
Canada (10 publications)
USA (258 publications)
United Kingdom (7 publications)
Canada (5 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Top-100

Citing journals

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SSRN Electronic Journal
838 citations, 3.9%
American Politics Research
802 citations, 3.74%
Political Research Quarterly
721 citations, 3.36%
Political Behavior
525 citations, 2.45%
Social Science Quarterly
495 citations, 2.31%
Journal of Politics
386 citations, 1.8%
State Politics and Policy Quarterly
350 citations, 1.63%
Electoral Studies
333 citations, 1.55%
American Journal of Political Science
282 citations, 1.31%
Politics Groups and Identities
274 citations, 1.28%
Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy
264 citations, 1.23%
Legislative Studies Quarterly
230 citations, 1.07%
Presidential Studies Quarterly
210 citations, 0.98%
American Political Science Review
198 citations, 0.92%
Political Communication
175 citations, 0.82%
Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties
170 citations, 0.79%
Policy Studies Journal
169 citations, 0.79%
Justice System Journal
144 citations, 0.67%
Political Psychology
144 citations, 0.67%
Journal of Race, Ethnicity and Politics
134 citations, 0.62%
Public Opinion Quarterly
131 citations, 0.61%
Party Politics
130 citations, 0.61%
Journal of Law and Courts
129 citations, 0.6%
Congress and the Presidency
126 citations, 0.59%
Politics & Gender
126 citations, 0.59%
British Journal of Political Science
121 citations, 0.56%
Journal of Women, Politics and Policy
120 citations, 0.56%
Political Science Research and Methods
120 citations, 0.56%
Urban Affairs Review
118 citations, 0.55%
PS - Political Science and Politics
116 citations, 0.54%
Journal of Political Marketing
107 citations, 0.5%
Interest Groups and Advocacy
99 citations, 0.46%
Social Science Journal
96 citations, 0.45%
Politics and Policy
95 citations, 0.44%
Forum: A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics
87 citations, 0.41%
State and Local Government Review
86 citations, 0.4%
Annual Review of Political Science
85 citations, 0.4%
Politics and Religion
83 citations, 0.39%
PLoS ONE
80 citations, 0.37%
Perspectives on Politics
78 citations, 0.36%
Publius
77 citations, 0.36%
Political Studies
75 citations, 0.35%
European Journal of Political Research
68 citations, 0.32%
Representation
67 citations, 0.31%
Research and Politics
65 citations, 0.3%
Comparative Political Studies
65 citations, 0.3%
Public Choice
65 citations, 0.3%
Public Administration Review
62 citations, 0.29%
Journal of Information Technology and Politics
61 citations, 0.28%
Political Analysis
61 citations, 0.28%
Frontiers in Political Science
61 citations, 0.28%
Social Science Research
56 citations, 0.26%
Social Indicators Research
54 citations, 0.25%
Political Geography
54 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Public Policy
52 citations, 0.24%
Acta Politica
51 citations, 0.24%
American Behavioral Scientist
51 citations, 0.24%
International Journal of Press/Politics
51 citations, 0.24%
International Journal of Public Opinion Research
48 citations, 0.22%
The Journal of Legislative Studies
47 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
47 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies
43 citations, 0.2%
Mass Communication and Society
43 citations, 0.2%
Law and Society Review
42 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
41 citations, 0.19%
Review of Policy Research
39 citations, 0.18%
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
39 citations, 0.18%
Social Science Computer Review
39 citations, 0.18%
Communication Research
38 citations, 0.18%
West European Politics
37 citations, 0.17%
Ethnic and Racial Studies
36 citations, 0.17%
American Review of Public Administration
35 citations, 0.16%
Canadian Journal of Political Science
35 citations, 0.16%
New Media and Society
34 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
34 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Experimental Political Science
33 citations, 0.15%
Parliamentary Affairs
33 citations, 0.15%
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
33 citations, 0.15%
Social Science and Medicine
32 citations, 0.15%
Frontiers in Psychology
30 citations, 0.14%
Religions
30 citations, 0.14%
European Political Science Review
30 citations, 0.14%
Swiss Political Science Review
30 citations, 0.14%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
29 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Urban Affairs
29 citations, 0.14%
International Political Science Review
29 citations, 0.14%
Local Government Studies
28 citations, 0.13%
Journal of European Public Policy
28 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Theoretical Politics
27 citations, 0.13%
British Journal of Politics and International Relations
27 citations, 0.13%
Business and Politics
27 citations, 0.13%
Public Management Review
27 citations, 0.13%
Politics and the Life Sciences
26 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Communication
26 citations, 0.12%
Political Studies Review
25 citations, 0.12%
Polity
25 citations, 0.12%
Social Forces
25 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization
25 citations, 0.12%
SAGE Open
25 citations, 0.12%
Du Bois Review
23 citations, 0.11%
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Citing publishers

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SAGE
3821 citations, 17.8%
Taylor & Francis
3090 citations, 14.39%
Cambridge University Press
2692 citations, 12.54%
Wiley
2681 citations, 12.49%
Springer Nature
1882 citations, 8.77%
Elsevier
1437 citations, 6.69%
Oxford University Press
1028 citations, 4.79%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
774 citations, 3.6%
University of Chicago Press
585 citations, 2.72%
Mary Ann Liebert
266 citations, 1.24%
Center for the Study of the Presidency
199 citations, 0.93%
Walter de Gruyter
192 citations, 0.89%
MDPI
171 citations, 0.8%
Annual Reviews
169 citations, 0.79%
Emerald
158 citations, 0.74%
Frontiers Media S.A.
143 citations, 0.67%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
91 citations, 0.42%
IGI Global
80 citations, 0.37%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
54 citations, 0.25%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
51 citations, 0.24%
Duke University Press
50 citations, 0.23%
SciELO
44 citations, 0.2%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
35 citations, 0.16%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
32 citations, 0.15%
Bristol University Press
29 citations, 0.14%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
28 citations, 0.13%
CAIRN
26 citations, 0.12%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
22 citations, 0.1%
Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID)
22 citations, 0.1%
American Psychological Association (APA)
18 citations, 0.08%
JMIR Publications
16 citations, 0.07%
American Educational Research Association
16 citations, 0.07%
Cogitatio
15 citations, 0.07%
University of California Press
14 citations, 0.07%
IOP Publishing
14 citations, 0.07%
American Economic Association
14 citations, 0.07%
Association for the Sociology of Religion
14 citations, 0.07%
OpenEdition
13 citations, 0.06%
MIT Press
12 citations, 0.06%
Academy of Management
11 citations, 0.05%
Ubiquity Press
11 citations, 0.05%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
10 citations, 0.05%
Hogrefe Publishing Group
10 citations, 0.05%
Japanese Political Science Association
10 citations, 0.05%
World Scientific
9 citations, 0.04%
The Royal Society
9 citations, 0.04%
Masaryk University Press
8 citations, 0.04%
Institut fur Iberoamerika-Kunde
8 citations, 0.04%
Centro de Estudos de Opiniao Publica, Universidade Estadual de Campinas
8 citations, 0.04%
Health Affairs (Project Hope)
7 citations, 0.03%
Escola Brasileira de Administracao Publica da Fundacao Getulio Vargas
7 citations, 0.03%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
7 citations, 0.03%
Scientific Research Publishing
7 citations, 0.03%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
7 citations, 0.03%
Consortium Erudit
7 citations, 0.03%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
6 citations, 0.03%
Vilnius University Press
6 citations, 0.03%
Brill
5 citations, 0.02%
Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca
5 citations, 0.02%
American Public Health Association
5 citations, 0.02%
BMJ
5 citations, 0.02%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
5 citations, 0.02%
The Pennsylvania State University Press
5 citations, 0.02%
Editorial CSIC
5 citations, 0.02%
American Marketing Association
4 citations, 0.02%
PeerJ
4 citations, 0.02%
Intellect
4 citations, 0.02%
University of Oklahoma Libraries
4 citations, 0.02%
Institute of Mathematical Statistics
3 citations, 0.01%
Brookings Institution Press
3 citations, 0.01%
Cornell University Press
3 citations, 0.01%
Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
3 citations, 0.01%
F1000 Research
3 citations, 0.01%
IntechOpen
3 citations, 0.01%
AOSIS
3 citations, 0.01%
Berghahn Books
3 citations, 0.01%
University of Westminster Press
3 citations, 0.01%
Apex Publishing
3 citations, 0.01%
IOS Press
2 citations, 0.01%
EDP Sciences
2 citations, 0.01%
AIP Publishing
2 citations, 0.01%
Universidad De Antioquia
2 citations, 0.01%
2 citations, 0.01%
EPI SCP
2 citations, 0.01%
American Physical Society (APS)
2 citations, 0.01%
Behaviormetric Society of Japan
2 citations, 0.01%
American Medical Association (AMA)
2 citations, 0.01%
Universidad de Piura
2 citations, 0.01%
LLC CPC Business Perspectives
2 citations, 0.01%
Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)
2 citations, 0.01%
Virtus Interpress
2 citations, 0.01%
Moscow State University of Psychology and Education
2 citations, 0.01%
Human Kinetics
2 citations, 0.01%
South Florida Publishing LLC
2 citations, 0.01%
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
2 citations, 0.01%
Guilford Publications
2 citations, 0.01%
Uniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz)
2 citations, 0.01%
Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (FCTAS RAS)
2 citations, 0.01%
Research Square Platform LLC
2 citations, 0.01%
Czech Geographical Society
2 citations, 0.01%
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Yale University
30 publications, 2.73%
University of Georgia
27 publications, 2.46%
University of Texas at Austin
25 publications, 2.27%
University of Houston
25 publications, 2.27%
Michigan State University
24 publications, 2.18%
University of Maryland, College Park
23 publications, 2.09%
Louisiana State University
23 publications, 2.09%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
20 publications, 1.82%
University of Minnesota
19 publications, 1.73%
University of Florida
19 publications, 1.73%
University of Colorado Boulder
18 publications, 1.64%
University of South Carolina
18 publications, 1.64%
Loyola University Chicago
17 publications, 1.55%
University of Notre Dame
17 publications, 1.55%
George Washington University
16 publications, 1.46%
Arizona State University
16 publications, 1.46%
University of California, Davis
15 publications, 1.36%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
15 publications, 1.36%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
15 publications, 1.36%
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
15 publications, 1.36%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
15 publications, 1.36%
Texas Tech University
15 publications, 1.36%
University of Iowa
15 publications, 1.36%
Oklahoma State University
15 publications, 1.36%
Columbia University
14 publications, 1.27%
Georgia State University
14 publications, 1.27%
American University
13 publications, 1.18%
Northwestern University
13 publications, 1.18%
Ohio State University
13 publications, 1.18%
Florida State University
12 publications, 1.09%
University of California, Riverside
12 publications, 1.09%
University of Kentucky
12 publications, 1.09%
Texas A&M University
12 publications, 1.09%
University of Connecticut
12 publications, 1.09%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
12 publications, 1.09%
Georgetown University
11 publications, 1%
University of California, San Diego
11 publications, 1%
Dartmouth College
11 publications, 1%
University of North Texas
11 publications, 1%
University of Mississippi
11 publications, 1%
University of Southern California
10 publications, 0.91%
Pennsylvania State University
10 publications, 0.91%
Princeton University
10 publications, 0.91%
North Carolina State University
10 publications, 0.91%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
10 publications, 0.91%
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
10 publications, 0.91%
Boise State University
10 publications, 0.91%
University of Pittsburgh
10 publications, 0.91%
Boston University
9 publications, 0.82%
Western Washington University
9 publications, 0.82%
Washington University in St. Louis
9 publications, 0.82%
University of California, Berkeley
9 publications, 0.82%
Fordham University
9 publications, 0.82%
Brigham Young University
9 publications, 0.82%
University of California, Irvine
8 publications, 0.73%
University of Texas at Dallas
8 publications, 0.73%
University of Michigan
8 publications, 0.73%
University of Louisville
8 publications, 0.73%
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
8 publications, 0.73%
University of Cincinnati
8 publications, 0.73%
University of Delaware
8 publications, 0.73%
University of Rhode Island
8 publications, 0.73%
University of Missouri
8 publications, 0.73%
University of Oklahoma
8 publications, 0.73%
University of Kansas
8 publications, 0.73%
William Marsh Rice University
7 publications, 0.64%
California Institute of Technology
7 publications, 0.64%
Stanford University
7 publications, 0.64%
Auburn University
7 publications, 0.64%
University of Washington
7 publications, 0.64%
Emory University
7 publications, 0.64%
University of Pennsylvania
7 publications, 0.64%
University of Miami
7 publications, 0.64%
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
7 publications, 0.64%
University of Rochester
7 publications, 0.64%
University of Alabama
7 publications, 0.64%
Binghamton University
7 publications, 0.64%
Wesleyan University
7 publications, 0.64%
University of New Mexico
7 publications, 0.64%
Kent State University
7 publications, 0.64%
California State University, Fresno
7 publications, 0.64%
Stony Brook University
6 publications, 0.55%
Syracuse University
6 publications, 0.55%
Harvard University
6 publications, 0.55%
New York University
6 publications, 0.55%
Tufts University
6 publications, 0.55%
Bucknell University
6 publications, 0.55%
University of Tennessee
6 publications, 0.55%
Augusta University
6 publications, 0.55%
Bowling Green State University
6 publications, 0.55%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5 publications, 0.45%
Duke University
5 publications, 0.45%
University of California, Los Angeles
5 publications, 0.45%
San Diego State University
5 publications, 0.45%
University of California, Merced
5 publications, 0.45%
Brown University
5 publications, 0.45%
Baylor University
5 publications, 0.45%
Florida International University
5 publications, 0.45%
Miami University
5 publications, 0.45%
Indiana University Bloomington
5 publications, 0.45%
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Yale University
10 publications, 3.05%
Louisiana State University
10 publications, 3.05%
University of Texas at Austin
9 publications, 2.74%
University of Kentucky
8 publications, 2.44%
Oklahoma State University
8 publications, 2.44%
Auburn University
7 publications, 2.13%
William Marsh Rice University
6 publications, 1.83%
Arizona State University
6 publications, 1.83%
University of Texas at Dallas
6 publications, 1.83%
University of Colorado Boulder
6 publications, 1.83%
University of Georgia
6 publications, 1.83%
Michigan State University
5 publications, 1.52%
Columbia University
5 publications, 1.52%
American University
5 publications, 1.52%
Loyola University Chicago
5 publications, 1.52%
Boise State University
5 publications, 1.52%
Texas Tech University
5 publications, 1.52%
University of Iowa
5 publications, 1.52%
University of Mississippi
5 publications, 1.52%
Pennsylvania State University
4 publications, 1.22%
Northwestern University
4 publications, 1.22%
University of California, Davis
4 publications, 1.22%
Brown University
4 publications, 1.22%
University of Maryland, College Park
4 publications, 1.22%
University of Florida
4 publications, 1.22%
University of Delaware
4 publications, 1.22%
Brigham Young University
4 publications, 1.22%
University of Houston
4 publications, 1.22%
Princeton University
3 publications, 0.91%
North Carolina State University
3 publications, 0.91%
Syracuse University
3 publications, 0.91%
University of California, Riverside
3 publications, 0.91%
University of Notre Dame
3 publications, 0.91%
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
3 publications, 0.91%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
3 publications, 0.91%
Fordham University
3 publications, 0.91%
University of Louisville
3 publications, 0.91%
Wake Forest University
3 publications, 0.91%
University of Cincinnati
3 publications, 0.91%
University of North Texas
3 publications, 0.91%
University of Connecticut
3 publications, 0.91%
Augusta University
3 publications, 0.91%
Université de Montréal
3 publications, 0.91%
University College London
2 publications, 0.61%
University of Nottingham
2 publications, 0.61%
Florida State University
2 publications, 0.61%
University of Southern California
2 publications, 0.61%
Stanford University
2 publications, 0.61%
Western Washington University
2 publications, 0.61%
Duke University
2 publications, 0.61%
New York University
2 publications, 0.61%
Ohio State University
2 publications, 0.61%
Tufts University
2 publications, 0.61%
San Francisco State University
2 publications, 0.61%
San Diego State University
2 publications, 0.61%
Georgia State University
2 publications, 0.61%
Dartmouth College
2 publications, 0.61%
University of Amsterdam
2 publications, 0.61%
Lehigh University
2 publications, 0.61%
University of Toronto
2 publications, 0.61%
University of Miami
2 publications, 0.61%
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
2 publications, 0.61%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2 publications, 0.61%
University of Rhode Island
2 publications, 0.61%
University of Texas at San Antonio
2 publications, 0.61%
Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
2 publications, 0.61%
University of Alabama
2 publications, 0.61%
University of Tennessee
2 publications, 0.61%
University of New Mexico
2 publications, 0.61%
University of Missouri
2 publications, 0.61%
Georgia Southern University
2 publications, 0.61%
University of Oklahoma
2 publications, 0.61%
University of Idaho
2 publications, 0.61%
University of Virginia
2 publications, 0.61%
University of South Carolina
2 publications, 0.61%
Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York
2 publications, 0.61%
New York University Abu Dhabi
1 publication, 0.3%
Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya
1 publication, 0.3%
Bar-Ilan University
1 publication, 0.3%
Technical University of Munich
1 publication, 0.3%
Reichman University
1 publication, 0.3%
University of Zurich
1 publication, 0.3%
University of Lausanne
1 publication, 0.3%
University of Turku
1 publication, 0.3%
University of Oxford
1 publication, 0.3%
Duke Kunshan University
1 publication, 0.3%
London School of Economics and Political Science
1 publication, 0.3%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.3%
Stony Brook University
1 publication, 0.3%
Johns Hopkins University
1 publication, 0.3%
University of Glasgow
1 publication, 0.3%
California Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.3%
Iowa State University
1 publication, 0.3%
University of Pretoria
1 publication, 0.3%
George Washington University
1 publication, 0.3%
Boston University
1 publication, 0.3%
Yonsei University
1 publication, 0.3%
Korea University
1 publication, 0.3%
Sungkyunkwan University
1 publication, 0.3%
Washington University in St. Louis
1 publication, 0.3%
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USA, 1017, 92.54%
USA
1017 publications, 92.54%
United Kingdom, 18, 1.64%
United Kingdom
18 publications, 1.64%
Canada, 10, 0.91%
Canada
10 publications, 0.91%
Germany, 9, 0.82%
Germany
9 publications, 0.82%
Netherlands, 8, 0.73%
Netherlands
8 publications, 0.73%
Georgia, 6, 0.55%
Georgia
6 publications, 0.55%
Republic of Korea, 6, 0.55%
Republic of Korea
6 publications, 0.55%
China, 4, 0.36%
China
4 publications, 0.36%
Australia, 4, 0.36%
Australia
4 publications, 0.36%
Israel, 4, 0.36%
Israel
4 publications, 0.36%
Switzerland, 3, 0.27%
Switzerland
3 publications, 0.27%
Spain, 2, 0.18%
Spain
2 publications, 0.18%
Italy, 2, 0.18%
Italy
2 publications, 0.18%
Mexico, 2, 0.18%
Mexico
2 publications, 0.18%
South Africa, 2, 0.18%
South Africa
2 publications, 0.18%
France, 1, 0.09%
France
1 publication, 0.09%
Austria, 1, 0.09%
Austria
1 publication, 0.09%
Belgium, 1, 0.09%
Belgium
1 publication, 0.09%
Denmark, 1, 0.09%
Denmark
1 publication, 0.09%
India, 1, 0.09%
India
1 publication, 0.09%
UAE, 1, 0.09%
UAE
1 publication, 0.09%
Singapore, 1, 0.09%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.09%
Turkey, 1, 0.09%
Turkey
1 publication, 0.09%
Finland, 1, 0.09%
Finland
1 publication, 0.09%
Chile, 1, 0.09%
Chile
1 publication, 0.09%
Japan, 1, 0.09%
Japan
1 publication, 0.09%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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USA, 258, 78.66%
USA
258 publications, 78.66%
United Kingdom, 7, 2.13%
United Kingdom
7 publications, 2.13%
Canada, 5, 1.52%
Canada
5 publications, 1.52%
Germany, 4, 1.22%
Germany
4 publications, 1.22%
Netherlands, 4, 1.22%
Netherlands
4 publications, 1.22%
China, 3, 0.91%
China
3 publications, 0.91%
Israel, 2, 0.61%
Israel
2 publications, 0.61%
Spain, 2, 0.61%
Spain
2 publications, 0.61%
Republic of Korea, 2, 0.61%
Republic of Korea
2 publications, 0.61%
Switzerland, 2, 0.61%
Switzerland
2 publications, 0.61%
France, 1, 0.3%
France
1 publication, 0.3%
Austria, 1, 0.3%
Austria
1 publication, 0.3%
India, 1, 0.3%
India
1 publication, 0.3%
UAE, 1, 0.3%
UAE
1 publication, 0.3%
Finland, 1, 0.3%
Finland
1 publication, 0.3%
Chile, 1, 0.3%
Chile
1 publication, 0.3%
South Africa, 1, 0.3%
South Africa
1 publication, 0.3%
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