Open Access
The Planetary Science Journal
SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q2
Impact factor
3.8
SJR
1.387
CiteScore
5.2
Categories
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
Geophysics
Space and Planetary Science
Areas
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Physics and Astronomy
Years of issue
2020-2025
journal names
The Planetary Science Journal
PLANET SCI J
Top-3 citing journals

The Planetary Science Journal
(2143 citations)

Icarus
(740 citations)

Astronomy and Astrophysics
(497 citations)
Top-3 organizations

California Institute of Technology
(143 publications)

Goddard Space Flight Center
(110 publications)

Jet Propulsion Laboratory
(108 publications)
Top-3 countries
Most cited in 5 years
Top-100
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The Planetary Science Journal
2143 citations, 23.95%
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Icarus
740 citations, 8.27%
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Astronomy and Astrophysics
497 citations, 5.55%
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Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
422 citations, 4.72%
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Astrophysical Journal
411 citations, 4.59%
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
411 citations, 4.59%
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Astronomical Journal
340 citations, 3.8%
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Space Science Reviews
316 citations, 3.53%
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Astrophysical Journal Letters
264 citations, 2.95%
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Geophysical Research Letters
141 citations, 1.58%
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Nature Astronomy
135 citations, 1.51%
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Astrobiology
128 citations, 1.43%
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Acta Astronautica
116 citations, 1.3%
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Planetary and Space Science
113 citations, 1.26%
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Remote Sensing
100 citations, 1.12%
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Nature Communications
99 citations, 1.11%
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Nature
91 citations, 1.02%
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ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
83 citations, 0.93%
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Advances in Space Research
67 citations, 0.75%
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
65 citations, 0.73%
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Meteoritics and Planetary Science
64 citations, 0.72%
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Science advances
61 citations, 0.68%
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Earth and Planetary Science Letters
58 citations, 0.65%
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Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
57 citations, 0.64%
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Earth and Space Science
44 citations, 0.49%
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Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
43 citations, 0.48%
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Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series
41 citations, 0.46%
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Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
41 citations, 0.46%
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Scientific Reports
40 citations, 0.45%
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Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry
34 citations, 0.38%
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
34 citations, 0.38%
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Life
34 citations, 0.38%
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Aerospace
31 citations, 0.35%
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Solar System Research
29 citations, 0.32%
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Astronomy and Astrophysics Review
29 citations, 0.32%
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Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy
28 citations, 0.31%
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Research Notes of the AAS
28 citations, 0.31%
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AGU Advances
25 citations, 0.28%
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Earth, Planets and Space
24 citations, 0.27%
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Open Research Europe
24 citations, 0.27%
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IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
22 citations, 0.25%
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
22 citations, 0.25%
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Астрономический вестник
22 citations, 0.25%
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Science
21 citations, 0.23%
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Nature Geoscience
20 citations, 0.22%
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Universe
17 citations, 0.19%
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Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
17 citations, 0.19%
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
17 citations, 0.19%
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Communications Earth & Environment
17 citations, 0.19%
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IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
15 citations, 0.17%
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International Journal of Astrobiology
14 citations, 0.16%
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Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
14 citations, 0.16%
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Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics
14 citations, 0.16%
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Astrophysics and Space Science Library
14 citations, 0.16%
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Geoscientific Model Development
12 citations, 0.13%
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Mathematics
12 citations, 0.13%
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Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets
12 citations, 0.13%
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Contemporary Physics
12 citations, 0.13%
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Frontiers in Space Technologies
11 citations, 0.12%
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Astrophysics and Space Science
10 citations, 0.11%
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American Mineralogist
10 citations, 0.11%
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Astronomy and Computing
10 citations, 0.11%
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Space Science & Technology
10 citations, 0.11%
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RAS Techniques and Instruments
10 citations, 0.11%
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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
9 citations, 0.1%
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International Journal of Impact Engineering
9 citations, 0.1%
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Journal of Physical Chemistry A
9 citations, 0.1%
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Sensors
9 citations, 0.1%
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Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics
9 citations, 0.1%
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Advances in Geophysics
8 citations, 0.09%
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Journal of Chemical Physics
8 citations, 0.09%
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Life Sciences in Space Research
8 citations, 0.09%
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Physics of Fluids
8 citations, 0.09%
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Minerals
8 citations, 0.09%
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Symmetry
8 citations, 0.09%
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Chinese Journal of Space Science
8 citations, 0.09%
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Publication of the Astronomical Society of Japan
7 citations, 0.08%
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Science China Earth Sciences
7 citations, 0.08%
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Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
7 citations, 0.08%
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Astronomy Reports
7 citations, 0.08%
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Elements
7 citations, 0.08%
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Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
7 citations, 0.08%
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Experimental Astronomy
7 citations, 0.08%
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Geophysical Journal International
7 citations, 0.08%
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Surveys in Geophysics
7 citations, 0.08%
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Earth-Science Reviews
7 citations, 0.08%
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Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
7 citations, 0.08%
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iScience
6 citations, 0.07%
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Geosciences (Switzerland)
6 citations, 0.07%
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SCIENTIA SINICA Terrae
6 citations, 0.07%
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Granular Matter
5 citations, 0.06%
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Annual Review of Marine Science
5 citations, 0.06%
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Journal of the Astronautical Sciences
5 citations, 0.06%
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Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
5 citations, 0.06%
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Journal of Chromatography A
5 citations, 0.06%
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Mechanics of Solids
5 citations, 0.06%
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npj Microgravity
5 citations, 0.06%
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Physical Review D
5 citations, 0.06%
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Physics of Plasmas
5 citations, 0.06%
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New Astronomy
5 citations, 0.06%
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American Astronomical Society
3113 citations, 34.79%
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Elsevier
1478 citations, 16.52%
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Springer Nature
958 citations, 10.71%
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American Geophysical Union
568 citations, 6.35%
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EDP Sciences
498 citations, 5.57%
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Oxford University Press
464 citations, 5.19%
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MDPI
264 citations, 2.95%
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Wiley
238 citations, 2.66%
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IOP Publishing
171 citations, 1.91%
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
137 citations, 1.53%
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Mary Ann Liebert
128 citations, 1.43%
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American Chemical Society (ACS)
116 citations, 1.3%
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
99 citations, 1.11%
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Frontiers Media S.A.
83 citations, 0.93%
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
66 citations, 0.74%
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Pleiades Publishing
61 citations, 0.68%
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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
59 citations, 0.66%
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Mineralogical Society of America
49 citations, 0.55%
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AIP Publishing
33 citations, 0.37%
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Annual Reviews
32 citations, 0.36%
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Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
30 citations, 0.34%
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Cambridge University Press
26 citations, 0.29%
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The Royal Society
25 citations, 0.28%
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F1000 Research
25 citations, 0.28%
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SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
21 citations, 0.23%
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Copernicus
18 citations, 0.2%
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Taylor & Francis
16 citations, 0.18%
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American Physical Society (APS)
16 citations, 0.18%
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Science in China Press
15 citations, 0.17%
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The Russian Academy of Sciences
13 citations, 0.15%
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National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences
9 citations, 0.1%
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Optica Publishing Group
6 citations, 0.07%
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SAGE
5 citations, 0.06%
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
5 citations, 0.06%
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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
5 citations, 0.06%
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Walter de Gruyter
4 citations, 0.04%
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Geological Society of London
3 citations, 0.03%
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American Meteorological Society
2 citations, 0.02%
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Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
2 citations, 0.02%
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Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
2 citations, 0.02%
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Japan Academy
2 citations, 0.02%
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Seismological Society of America (SSA)
2 citations, 0.02%
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Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences
2 citations, 0.02%
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IGI Global
2 citations, 0.02%
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IntechOpen
2 citations, 0.02%
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World Scientific
1 citation, 0.01%
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Society of Exploration Geophysicists
1 citation, 0.01%
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
1 citation, 0.01%
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PeerJ
1 citation, 0.01%
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Geological Society of America
1 citation, 0.01%
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Wydawnictwo Centrum Badan Kosmicznych
1 citation, 0.01%
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The Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
1 citation, 0.01%
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American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
1 citation, 0.01%
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Hindawi Limited
1 citation, 0.01%
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Akademizdatcenter Nauka
1 citation, 0.01%
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The Open Journal
1 citation, 0.01%
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Ubiquity Press
1 citation, 0.01%
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SAE International
1 citation, 0.01%
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California Institute of Technology
143 publications, 12.3%
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Goddard Space Flight Center
110 publications, 9.46%
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
108 publications, 9.29%
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University of Arizona
88 publications, 7.57%
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University of Maryland, College Park
78 publications, 6.71%
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Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
73 publications, 6.28%
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Ames Research Center
56 publications, 4.82%
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Northern Arizona University
47 publications, 4.04%
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University of Central Florida
41 publications, 3.53%
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University of Colorado Boulder
34 publications, 2.92%
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Cornell University
33 publications, 2.84%
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Arizona State University
32 publications, 2.75%
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University of California, Berkeley
32 publications, 2.75%
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
31 publications, 2.67%
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Sorbonne University
29 publications, 2.49%
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Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
28 publications, 2.41%
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University of Washington
26 publications, 2.24%
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Observatoire de Paris
25 publications, 2.15%
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University of California, Los Angeles
24 publications, 2.06%
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Johns Hopkins University
23 publications, 1.98%
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University of Michigan
23 publications, 1.98%
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University of Bern
22 publications, 1.89%
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Western University
21 publications, 1.81%
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Universities Space Research Association
21 publications, 1.81%
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National Institute for Astrophysics
20 publications, 1.72%
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University of California, Santa Cruz
20 publications, 1.72%
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Paris Sciences et Lettres
20 publications, 1.72%
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Catholic University of America
18 publications, 1.55%
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University of Texas at Austin
18 publications, 1.55%
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Purdue University
18 publications, 1.55%
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Georgia Institute of technology
16 publications, 1.38%
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University of Chicago
16 publications, 1.38%
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University of Helsinki
15 publications, 1.29%
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University of Oxford
14 publications, 1.2%
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Auburn University
14 publications, 1.2%
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Université Côte d'Azur
14 publications, 1.2%
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University of Liège
13 publications, 1.12%
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German Aerospace Center
13 publications, 1.12%
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University of Tokyo
13 publications, 1.12%
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University of Edinburgh
12 publications, 1.03%
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Boston University
12 publications, 1.03%
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American University
12 publications, 1.03%
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Brown University
12 publications, 1.03%
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Space Telescope Science Institute
12 publications, 1.03%
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Princeton University
11 publications, 0.95%
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University of British Columbia
11 publications, 0.95%
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Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
11 publications, 0.95%
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Aix-Marseille University
10 publications, 0.86%
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University College London
10 publications, 0.86%
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Yale University
10 publications, 0.86%
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Columbia University
10 publications, 0.86%
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Queen's University Belfast
10 publications, 0.86%
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University of Texas at San Antonio
10 publications, 0.86%
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Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology
9 publications, 0.77%
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Harvard University
9 publications, 0.77%
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York University
9 publications, 0.77%
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Tokyo Institute of Technology
8 publications, 0.69%
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University of Canterbury
8 publications, 0.69%
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Paris Cité University
8 publications, 0.69%
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University of Victoria
8 publications, 0.69%
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University of La Laguna
8 publications, 0.69%
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ETH Zurich
7 publications, 0.6%
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Lulea University of Technology
7 publications, 0.6%
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Astronomical Observatory of Padova
7 publications, 0.6%
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Astronomical Observatory of Rome
7 publications, 0.6%
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Charles University
7 publications, 0.6%
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Tohoku University
7 publications, 0.6%
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Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
7 publications, 0.6%
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Institut Universitaire de France
7 publications, 0.6%
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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
7 publications, 0.6%
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Institut Pierre Simon Laplace
7 publications, 0.6%
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National Research Council Canada
7 publications, 0.6%
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Free University of Berlin
6 publications, 0.52%
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University of Nantes
6 publications, 0.52%
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Delft University of Technology
6 publications, 0.52%
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Polytechnic University of Milan
6 publications, 0.52%
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Imperial College London
6 publications, 0.52%
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University of California, Davis
6 publications, 0.52%
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University of California, Riverside
6 publications, 0.52%
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Southern Methodist University
6 publications, 0.52%
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Kobe University
6 publications, 0.52%
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Dartmouth College
6 publications, 0.52%
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University of Pennsylvania
6 publications, 0.52%
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European Space Research and Technology Centre
6 publications, 0.52%
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University of Exeter
6 publications, 0.52%
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Université Paris-Saclay
6 publications, 0.52%
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University of Tennessee
6 publications, 0.52%
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University of Oslo
5 publications, 0.43%
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Stony Brook University
5 publications, 0.43%
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Trieste Astronomical Observatory
5 publications, 0.43%
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Stanford University
5 publications, 0.43%
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Washington University in St. Louis
5 publications, 0.43%
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Los Alamos National Laboratory
5 publications, 0.43%
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Ohio State University
5 publications, 0.43%
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Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute
5 publications, 0.43%
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University of Bristol
5 publications, 0.43%
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Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
5 publications, 0.43%
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Hamburg University
5 publications, 0.43%
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University of Münster
5 publications, 0.43%
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University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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USA, 525, 45.14%
USA
525 publications, 45.14%
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United Kingdom
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United Kingdom, 80, 6.88%
United Kingdom
80 publications, 6.88%
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France
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France, 79, 6.79%
France
79 publications, 6.79%
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Germany
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Germany, 67, 5.76%
Germany
67 publications, 5.76%
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Canada
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Canada, 57, 4.9%
Canada
57 publications, 4.9%
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Italy
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Italy, 47, 4.04%
Italy
47 publications, 4.04%
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Japan
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Japan, 37, 3.18%
Japan
37 publications, 3.18%
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Spain
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Spain, 33, 2.84%
Spain
33 publications, 2.84%
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Switzerland
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Switzerland, 29, 2.49%
Switzerland
29 publications, 2.49%
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China
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China, 24, 2.06%
China
24 publications, 2.06%
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Belgium
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Belgium, 21, 1.81%
Belgium
21 publications, 1.81%
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Czech Republic
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Czech Republic, 20, 1.72%
Czech Republic
20 publications, 1.72%
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Sweden
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Sweden, 19, 1.63%
Sweden
19 publications, 1.63%
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Finland
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Finland, 17, 1.46%
Finland
17 publications, 1.46%
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Chile
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Chile, 17, 1.46%
Chile
17 publications, 1.46%
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Netherlands
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Netherlands, 16, 1.38%
Netherlands
16 publications, 1.38%
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Australia
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Australia, 10, 0.86%
Australia
10 publications, 0.86%
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Republic of Korea
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Republic of Korea, 10, 0.86%
Republic of Korea
10 publications, 0.86%
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New Zealand
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New Zealand, 9, 0.77%
New Zealand
9 publications, 0.77%
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Denmark
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Denmark, 7, 0.6%
Denmark
7 publications, 0.6%
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Portugal
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Portugal, 6, 0.52%
Portugal
6 publications, 0.52%
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India
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India, 6, 0.52%
India
6 publications, 0.52%
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Russia
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Russia, 5, 0.43%
Russia
5 publications, 0.43%
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Argentina
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Argentina, 5, 0.43%
Argentina
5 publications, 0.43%
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Greece
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Greece, 5, 0.43%
Greece
5 publications, 0.43%
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Norway
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Norway, 5, 0.43%
Norway
5 publications, 0.43%
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Brazil
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Brazil, 4, 0.34%
Brazil
4 publications, 0.34%
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Poland
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Poland, 4, 0.34%
Poland
4 publications, 0.34%
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Uruguay
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Uruguay, 4, 0.34%
Uruguay
4 publications, 0.34%
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Israel
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Israel, 3, 0.26%
Israel
3 publications, 0.26%
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Iran
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Iran, 3, 0.26%
Iran
3 publications, 0.26%
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Morocco
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Morocco, 3, 0.26%
Morocco
3 publications, 0.26%
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UAE
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UAE, 3, 0.26%
UAE
3 publications, 0.26%
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Slovakia
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Slovakia, 3, 0.26%
Slovakia
3 publications, 0.26%
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South Africa
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South Africa, 3, 0.26%
South Africa
3 publications, 0.26%
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Ukraine
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Ukraine, 2, 0.17%
Ukraine
2 publications, 0.17%
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Austria
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Austria, 2, 0.17%
Austria
2 publications, 0.17%
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Bulgaria
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Bulgaria, 2, 0.17%
Bulgaria
2 publications, 0.17%
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Iceland
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Iceland, 2, 0.17%
Iceland
2 publications, 0.17%
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Romania
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Romania, 2, 0.17%
Romania
2 publications, 0.17%
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Serbia
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Serbia, 2, 0.17%
Serbia
2 publications, 0.17%
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Kazakhstan
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Kazakhstan, 1, 0.09%
Kazakhstan
1 publication, 0.09%
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Estonia
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Estonia, 1, 0.09%
Estonia
1 publication, 0.09%
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Georgia
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Georgia, 1, 0.09%
Georgia
1 publication, 0.09%
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Luxembourg
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Luxembourg, 1, 0.09%
Luxembourg
1 publication, 0.09%
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Mexico
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Mexico, 1, 0.09%
Mexico
1 publication, 0.09%
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Sudan
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Sudan, 1, 0.09%
Sudan
1 publication, 0.09%
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Turkey
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Turkey, 1, 0.09%
Turkey
1 publication, 0.09%
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Uzbekistan
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Uzbekistan, 1, 0.09%
Uzbekistan
1 publication, 0.09%
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Philippines
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Philippines, 1, 0.09%
Philippines
1 publication, 0.09%
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76 publications,
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26 publications,
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