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
1 080
Citations
20 490
h-index
64
Publications
309
Citations
9 845
Top-3 citing journals
SSRN Electronic Journal
SSRN Electronic Journal (830 citations)
American Politics Research
American Politics Research (777 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Yale University
Yale University (29 publications)
University of Georgia
University of Georgia (26 publications)
University of Houston
University of Houston (25 publications)
Yale University
Yale University (12 publications)
Arizona State University
Arizona State University (7 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (1003 publications)
United Kingdom (18 publications)
Germany (9 publications)
USA (266 publications)
United Kingdom (8 publications)
Germany (6 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Top-100

Citing journals

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SSRN Electronic Journal
830 citations, 4.05%
American Politics Research
777 citations, 3.79%
Political Research Quarterly
682 citations, 3.33%
Political Behavior
505 citations, 2.46%
Social Science Quarterly
479 citations, 2.34%
Journal of Politics
359 citations, 1.75%
State Politics and Policy Quarterly
340 citations, 1.66%
Electoral Studies
319 citations, 1.56%
American Journal of Political Science
277 citations, 1.35%
Politics Groups and Identities
263 citations, 1.28%
Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy
262 citations, 1.28%
Legislative Studies Quarterly
215 citations, 1.05%
Presidential Studies Quarterly
203 citations, 0.99%
American Political Science Review
192 citations, 0.94%
Political Communication
174 citations, 0.85%
Policy Studies Journal
165 citations, 0.81%
Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties
159 citations, 0.78%
Justice System Journal
144 citations, 0.7%
Political Psychology
138 citations, 0.67%
Party Politics
129 citations, 0.63%
Public Opinion Quarterly
128 citations, 0.62%
Congress and the Presidency
126 citations, 0.61%
Journal of Law and Courts
126 citations, 0.61%
Journal of Race, Ethnicity and Politics
120 citations, 0.59%
Politics & Gender
118 citations, 0.58%
Journal of Women, Politics and Policy
117 citations, 0.57%
PS - Political Science and Politics
113 citations, 0.55%
British Journal of Political Science
113 citations, 0.55%
Political Science Research and Methods
111 citations, 0.54%
Journal of Political Marketing
107 citations, 0.52%
Urban Affairs Review
106 citations, 0.52%
Interest Groups and Advocacy
97 citations, 0.47%
Social Science Journal
95 citations, 0.46%
Politics and Policy
93 citations, 0.45%
Annual Review of Political Science
85 citations, 0.41%
Forum: A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics
85 citations, 0.41%
State and Local Government Review
84 citations, 0.41%
Politics and Religion
78 citations, 0.38%
Perspectives on Politics
73 citations, 0.36%
Political Studies
71 citations, 0.35%
Publius
71 citations, 0.35%
PLoS ONE
71 citations, 0.35%
Public Choice
65 citations, 0.32%
Representation
63 citations, 0.31%
European Journal of Political Research
63 citations, 0.31%
Comparative Political Studies
62 citations, 0.3%
Public Administration Review
61 citations, 0.3%
Research and Politics
59 citations, 0.29%
Journal of Information Technology and Politics
59 citations, 0.29%
Political Analysis
57 citations, 0.28%
Social Science Research
56 citations, 0.27%
Political Geography
54 citations, 0.26%
Social Indicators Research
53 citations, 0.26%
American Behavioral Scientist
52 citations, 0.25%
Frontiers in Political Science
52 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Public Policy
50 citations, 0.24%
Acta Politica
48 citations, 0.23%
International Journal of Public Opinion Research
48 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
47 citations, 0.23%
International Journal of Press/Politics
46 citations, 0.22%
The Journal of Legislative Studies
45 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies
43 citations, 0.21%
Law and Society Review
42 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
41 citations, 0.2%
Mass Communication and Society
41 citations, 0.2%
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
39 citations, 0.19%
Social Science Computer Review
38 citations, 0.19%
Communication Research
37 citations, 0.18%
West European Politics
36 citations, 0.18%
Review of Policy Research
36 citations, 0.18%
Ethnic and Racial Studies
35 citations, 0.17%
American Review of Public Administration
34 citations, 0.17%
New Media and Society
34 citations, 0.17%
Canadian Journal of Political Science
34 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
33 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Experimental Political Science
32 citations, 0.16%
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
32 citations, 0.16%
Frontiers in Psychology
30 citations, 0.15%
Social Science and Medicine
30 citations, 0.15%
Parliamentary Affairs
30 citations, 0.15%
Swiss Political Science Review
30 citations, 0.15%
European Political Science Review
29 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Urban Affairs
29 citations, 0.14%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
28 citations, 0.14%
International Political Science Review
28 citations, 0.14%
Local Government Studies
27 citations, 0.13%
British Journal of Politics and International Relations
27 citations, 0.13%
Business and Politics
27 citations, 0.13%
Politics and the Life Sciences
26 citations, 0.13%
Journal of European Public Policy
26 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Communication
26 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Theoretical Politics
26 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization
25 citations, 0.12%
Polity
24 citations, 0.12%
Religions
24 citations, 0.12%
Social Forces
24 citations, 0.12%
Political Studies Review
23 citations, 0.11%
Du Bois Review
23 citations, 0.11%
Sociology Compass
23 citations, 0.11%
Public Management Review
23 citations, 0.11%
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Citing publishers

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SAGE
3655 citations, 17.84%
Taylor & Francis
2968 citations, 14.49%
Wiley
2591 citations, 12.65%
Cambridge University Press
2542 citations, 12.41%
Springer Nature
1780 citations, 8.69%
Elsevier
1373 citations, 6.7%
Oxford University Press
880 citations, 4.29%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
774 citations, 3.78%
University of Chicago Press
544 citations, 2.65%
Mary Ann Liebert
266 citations, 1.3%
Center for the Study of the Presidency
196 citations, 0.96%
Walter de Gruyter
180 citations, 0.88%
Annual Reviews
168 citations, 0.82%
MDPI
155 citations, 0.76%
Emerald
153 citations, 0.75%
Frontiers Media S.A.
132 citations, 0.64%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
80 citations, 0.39%
IGI Global
80 citations, 0.39%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
51 citations, 0.25%
Duke University Press
49 citations, 0.24%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
47 citations, 0.23%
SciELO
44 citations, 0.21%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
34 citations, 0.17%
Bristol University Press
29 citations, 0.14%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
27 citations, 0.13%
CAIRN
23 citations, 0.11%
Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID)
20 citations, 0.1%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
19 citations, 0.09%
American Psychological Association (APA)
18 citations, 0.09%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
17 citations, 0.08%
JMIR Publications
15 citations, 0.07%
Cogitatio
15 citations, 0.07%
Association for the Sociology of Religion
14 citations, 0.07%
University of California Press
13 citations, 0.06%
IOP Publishing
13 citations, 0.06%
American Economic Association
13 citations, 0.06%
OpenEdition
13 citations, 0.06%
American Educational Research Association
13 citations, 0.06%
MIT Press
11 citations, 0.05%
Ubiquity Press
11 citations, 0.05%
Japanese Political Science Association
10 citations, 0.05%
World Scientific
9 citations, 0.04%
The Royal Society
9 citations, 0.04%
Academy of Management
9 citations, 0.04%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
9 citations, 0.04%
Hogrefe Publishing Group
9 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%
Masaryk University Press
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%
Vilnius University Press
6 citations, 0.03%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
5 citations, 0.02%
Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca
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%
Brill
4 citations, 0.02%
PeerJ
4 citations, 0.02%
Cornell University Press
4 citations, 0.02%
American Public Health Association
4 citations, 0.02%
Intellect
4 citations, 0.02%
Institute of Mathematical Statistics
3 citations, 0.01%
Brookings Institution Press
3 citations, 0.01%
Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
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%
IOS Press
2 citations, 0.01%
EDP Sciences
2 citations, 0.01%
AIP Publishing
2 citations, 0.01%
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%
Goteborg University
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%
F1000 Research
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%
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%
Edinburgh University Press
1 citation, 0%
Michigan State University Press
1 citation, 0%
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Publishing organizations

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Yale University
29 publications, 2.69%
University of Georgia
26 publications, 2.41%
University of Houston
25 publications, 2.31%
University of Texas at Austin
24 publications, 2.22%
University of Maryland, College Park
23 publications, 2.13%
Michigan State University
22 publications, 2.04%
Louisiana State University
20 publications, 1.85%
University of Minnesota
19 publications, 1.76%
University of Florida
19 publications, 1.76%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
19 publications, 1.76%
University of Colorado Boulder
18 publications, 1.67%
University of South Carolina
18 publications, 1.67%
Loyola University Chicago
17 publications, 1.57%
University of Notre Dame
17 publications, 1.57%
George Washington University
16 publications, 1.48%
Arizona State University
16 publications, 1.48%
University of California, Davis
15 publications, 1.39%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
15 publications, 1.39%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
15 publications, 1.39%
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
15 publications, 1.39%
Columbia University
14 publications, 1.3%
Texas Tech University
14 publications, 1.3%
University of Iowa
14 publications, 1.3%
Oklahoma State University
14 publications, 1.3%
American University
13 publications, 1.2%
Ohio State University
13 publications, 1.2%
Georgia State University
13 publications, 1.2%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
13 publications, 1.2%
Northwestern University
12 publications, 1.11%
Texas A&M University
12 publications, 1.11%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
12 publications, 1.11%
Florida State University
11 publications, 1.02%
Georgetown University
11 publications, 1.02%
University of California, San Diego
11 publications, 1.02%
University of California, Riverside
11 publications, 1.02%
Dartmouth College
11 publications, 1.02%
University of Kentucky
11 publications, 1.02%
University of North Texas
11 publications, 1.02%
University of Mississippi
11 publications, 1.02%
University of Southern California
10 publications, 0.93%
Pennsylvania State University
10 publications, 0.93%
Princeton University
10 publications, 0.93%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
10 publications, 0.93%
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
10 publications, 0.93%
University of Connecticut
10 publications, 0.93%
University of Pittsburgh
10 publications, 0.93%
Boston University
9 publications, 0.83%
North Carolina State University
9 publications, 0.83%
University of California, Berkeley
9 publications, 0.83%
Fordham University
9 publications, 0.83%
Boise State University
9 publications, 0.83%
Brigham Young University
9 publications, 0.83%
Western Washington University
8 publications, 0.74%
Washington University in St. Louis
8 publications, 0.74%
University of California, Irvine
8 publications, 0.74%
University of Texas at Dallas
8 publications, 0.74%
University of Michigan
8 publications, 0.74%
University of Louisville
8 publications, 0.74%
University of Cincinnati
8 publications, 0.74%
University of Delaware
8 publications, 0.74%
University of Rhode Island
8 publications, 0.74%
University of Missouri
8 publications, 0.74%
University of Oklahoma
8 publications, 0.74%
University of Kansas
8 publications, 0.74%
Stanford University
7 publications, 0.65%
University of Washington
7 publications, 0.65%
Emory University
7 publications, 0.65%
University of Pennsylvania
7 publications, 0.65%
University of Miami
7 publications, 0.65%
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
7 publications, 0.65%
University of Rochester
7 publications, 0.65%
University of Alabama
7 publications, 0.65%
Binghamton University
7 publications, 0.65%
Wesleyan University
7 publications, 0.65%
University of New Mexico
7 publications, 0.65%
William Marsh Rice University
6 publications, 0.56%
Stony Brook University
6 publications, 0.56%
California Institute of Technology
6 publications, 0.56%
Auburn University
6 publications, 0.56%
Harvard University
6 publications, 0.56%
New York University
6 publications, 0.56%
Tufts University
6 publications, 0.56%
Bucknell University
6 publications, 0.56%
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
6 publications, 0.56%
University of Tennessee
6 publications, 0.56%
Bowling Green State University
6 publications, 0.56%
Kent State University
6 publications, 0.56%
California State University, Fresno
6 publications, 0.56%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5 publications, 0.46%
Duke University
5 publications, 0.46%
Syracuse University
5 publications, 0.46%
University of California, Los Angeles
5 publications, 0.46%
San Diego State University
5 publications, 0.46%
University of California, Merced
5 publications, 0.46%
Baylor University
5 publications, 0.46%
Miami University
5 publications, 0.46%
Indiana University Bloomington
5 publications, 0.46%
University of Texas at San Antonio
5 publications, 0.46%
Utah State University
5 publications, 0.46%
University of Utah
5 publications, 0.46%
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Yale University
12 publications, 3.88%
University of Texas at Austin
8 publications, 2.59%
Arizona State University
7 publications, 2.27%
University of Kentucky
7 publications, 2.27%
Louisiana State University
7 publications, 2.27%
Oklahoma State University
7 publications, 2.27%
Columbia University
6 publications, 1.94%
Auburn University
6 publications, 1.94%
Loyola University Chicago
6 publications, 1.94%
University of Texas at Dallas
6 publications, 1.94%
Boise State University
6 publications, 1.94%
University of Colorado Boulder
6 publications, 1.94%
University of Georgia
6 publications, 1.94%
William Marsh Rice University
5 publications, 1.62%
American University
5 publications, 1.62%
University of Maryland, College Park
5 publications, 1.62%
University of Mississippi
5 publications, 1.62%
Pennsylvania State University
4 publications, 1.29%
Northwestern University
4 publications, 1.29%
University of California, Davis
4 publications, 1.29%
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
4 publications, 1.29%
University of Florida
4 publications, 1.29%
University of Delaware
4 publications, 1.29%
Texas Tech University
4 publications, 1.29%
Brigham Young University
4 publications, 1.29%
University of Houston
4 publications, 1.29%
University of Iowa
4 publications, 1.29%
Michigan State University
3 publications, 0.97%
Princeton University
3 publications, 0.97%
San Diego State University
3 publications, 0.97%
University of Notre Dame
3 publications, 0.97%
Brown University
3 publications, 0.97%
University of Amsterdam
3 publications, 0.97%
Fordham University
3 publications, 0.97%
University of Louisville
3 publications, 0.97%
Wake Forest University
3 publications, 0.97%
University of Cincinnati
3 publications, 0.97%
University of North Texas
3 publications, 0.97%
Augusta University
3 publications, 0.97%
Université de Montréal
3 publications, 0.97%
University College London
2 publications, 0.65%
University of Nottingham
2 publications, 0.65%
Florida State University
2 publications, 0.65%
University of Southern California
2 publications, 0.65%
Johns Hopkins University
2 publications, 0.65%
Stanford University
2 publications, 0.65%
Boston University
2 publications, 0.65%
North Carolina State University
2 publications, 0.65%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2 publications, 0.65%
Duke University
2 publications, 0.65%
Syracuse University
2 publications, 0.65%
University of California, Berkeley
2 publications, 0.65%
New York University
2 publications, 0.65%
Ohio State University
2 publications, 0.65%
Tufts University
2 publications, 0.65%
San Francisco State University
2 publications, 0.65%
University of California, Riverside
2 publications, 0.65%
Dartmouth College
2 publications, 0.65%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
2 publications, 0.65%
University of Miami
2 publications, 0.65%
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
2 publications, 0.65%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2 publications, 0.65%
University of Rhode Island
2 publications, 0.65%
University of Texas at San Antonio
2 publications, 0.65%
Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
2 publications, 0.65%
University of Alabama
2 publications, 0.65%
University of Tennessee
2 publications, 0.65%
University of New Mexico
2 publications, 0.65%
University of Missouri
2 publications, 0.65%
Georgia Southern University
2 publications, 0.65%
University of Oklahoma
2 publications, 0.65%
University of Idaho
2 publications, 0.65%
University of South Carolina
2 publications, 0.65%
Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York
2 publications, 0.65%
California State University, Sacramento
2 publications, 0.65%
New York University Abu Dhabi
1 publication, 0.32%
Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya
1 publication, 0.32%
Bar-Ilan University
1 publication, 0.32%
Technical University of Munich
1 publication, 0.32%
Reichman University
1 publication, 0.32%
University of Zurich
1 publication, 0.32%
University of Lausanne
1 publication, 0.32%
University of Turku
1 publication, 0.32%
University of Oxford
1 publication, 0.32%
Duke Kunshan University
1 publication, 0.32%
London School of Economics and Political Science
1 publication, 0.32%
Nottingham Trent University
1 publication, 0.32%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.32%
Stony Brook University
1 publication, 0.32%
Cornell University
1 publication, 0.32%
University of Glasgow
1 publication, 0.32%
California Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.32%
Iowa State University
1 publication, 0.32%
University of Pretoria
1 publication, 0.32%
Georgetown University
1 publication, 0.32%
George Washington University
1 publication, 0.32%
Western Washington University
1 publication, 0.32%
Korea University
1 publication, 0.32%
Sungkyunkwan University
1 publication, 0.32%
City University of Hong Kong
1 publication, 0.32%
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USA, 1003, 92.87%
USA
1003 publications, 92.87%
United Kingdom, 18, 1.67%
United Kingdom
18 publications, 1.67%
Germany, 9, 0.83%
Germany
9 publications, 0.83%
Canada, 9, 0.83%
Canada
9 publications, 0.83%
Netherlands, 8, 0.74%
Netherlands
8 publications, 0.74%
Georgia, 6, 0.56%
Georgia
6 publications, 0.56%
Republic of Korea, 6, 0.56%
Republic of Korea
6 publications, 0.56%
China, 4, 0.37%
China
4 publications, 0.37%
Australia, 4, 0.37%
Australia
4 publications, 0.37%
Israel, 4, 0.37%
Israel
4 publications, 0.37%
Switzerland, 3, 0.28%
Switzerland
3 publications, 0.28%
Spain, 2, 0.19%
Spain
2 publications, 0.19%
Italy, 2, 0.19%
Italy
2 publications, 0.19%
Mexico, 2, 0.19%
Mexico
2 publications, 0.19%
South Africa, 2, 0.19%
South Africa
2 publications, 0.19%
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, 266, 86.08%
USA
266 publications, 86.08%
United Kingdom, 8, 2.59%
United Kingdom
8 publications, 2.59%
Germany, 6, 1.94%
Germany
6 publications, 1.94%
Netherlands, 5, 1.62%
Netherlands
5 publications, 1.62%
Canada, 4, 1.29%
Canada
4 publications, 1.29%
China, 3, 0.97%
China
3 publications, 0.97%
Israel, 2, 0.65%
Israel
2 publications, 0.65%
Spain, 2, 0.65%
Spain
2 publications, 0.65%
Republic of Korea, 2, 0.65%
Republic of Korea
2 publications, 0.65%
Switzerland, 2, 0.65%
Switzerland
2 publications, 0.65%
France, 1, 0.32%
France
1 publication, 0.32%
Austria, 1, 0.32%
Austria
1 publication, 0.32%
India, 1, 0.32%
India
1 publication, 0.32%
UAE, 1, 0.32%
UAE
1 publication, 0.32%
Finland, 1, 0.32%
Finland
1 publication, 0.32%
Chile, 1, 0.32%
Chile
1 publication, 0.32%
South Africa, 1, 0.32%
South Africa
1 publication, 0.32%
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