Motivation Science

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SCImago
Q1
WOS
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Impact factor
3.3
SJR
1.385
CiteScore
5.2
Categories
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Environmental Engineering
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Applied Psychology
Areas
Environmental Science
Psychology
Years of issue
2019-2025
journal names
Motivation Science
MOTIV SCI
Publications
549
Citations
5 831
h-index
35
Publications
370
Citations
5 154
Top-3 citing journals
Frontiers in Psychology
Frontiers in Psychology (209 citations)
Current Psychology
Current Psychology (101 citations)
Motivation and Emotion
Motivation and Emotion (99 citations)
Top-3 organizations
University of Geneva
University of Geneva (10 publications)
Utrecht University
Utrecht University (9 publications)
Ghent University
Ghent University (4 publications)
University of Geneva
University of Geneva (4 publications)
Utrecht University
Utrecht University (4 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (99 publications)
Germany (32 publications)
Canada (25 publications)
USA (23 publications)
Canada (6 publications)
Germany (5 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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Frontiers in Psychology
209 citations, 3.58%
Current Psychology
101 citations, 1.73%
Motivation and Emotion
99 citations, 1.7%
Motivation Science
54 citations, 0.93%
PLoS ONE
52 citations, 0.89%
Personality and Individual Differences
42 citations, 0.72%
Learning and Individual Differences
40 citations, 0.69%
Social and Personality Psychology Compass
38 citations, 0.65%
Psychophysiology
37 citations, 0.63%
Educational Psychology Review
36 citations, 0.62%
Contemporary Educational Psychology
36 citations, 0.62%
Psychology of Sport and Exercise
35 citations, 0.6%
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
34 citations, 0.58%
International Journal of Psychophysiology
33 citations, 0.57%
Advances in Motivation Science
32 citations, 0.55%
Frontiers in Education
30 citations, 0.51%
Behavioral Sciences
29 citations, 0.5%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
28 citations, 0.48%
Scientific Reports
28 citations, 0.48%
Acta Psychologica
27 citations, 0.46%
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
27 citations, 0.46%
Current Opinion in Psychology
27 citations, 0.46%
Journal of Experimental Education
26 citations, 0.45%
Psychology and Health
26 citations, 0.45%
Sustainability
25 citations, 0.43%
Psychological Research
24 citations, 0.41%
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
23 citations, 0.39%
Social Psychology of Education
23 citations, 0.39%
Journal of Personality
23 citations, 0.39%
Learning and Instruction
23 citations, 0.39%
Journal of Educational Psychology
21 citations, 0.36%
Cognition and Emotion
21 citations, 0.36%
Journal of Research in Personality
20 citations, 0.34%
Health Communication
20 citations, 0.34%
Appetite
19 citations, 0.33%
European Journal of Personality
19 citations, 0.33%
British Journal of Educational Psychology
19 citations, 0.33%
European Journal of Social Psychology
19 citations, 0.33%
Education Sciences
18 citations, 0.31%
Mindfulness
18 citations, 0.31%
Self and Identity
17 citations, 0.29%
Advances in Experimental Social Psychology
17 citations, 0.29%
Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
16 citations, 0.27%
Educational Psychologist
16 citations, 0.27%
European Journal of Psychology of Education
16 citations, 0.27%
European Review of Social Psychology
15 citations, 0.26%
Journal of Business Research
15 citations, 0.26%
Perspectives on Psychological Science
15 citations, 0.26%
Psychology and Aging
14 citations, 0.24%
British Journal of Social Psychology
14 citations, 0.24%
Psychology in the Schools
14 citations, 0.24%
Journal of Applied Social Psychology
14 citations, 0.24%
Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews
13 citations, 0.22%
BMC psychology
13 citations, 0.22%
Computers and Education
13 citations, 0.22%
Annual Review of Psychology
13 citations, 0.22%
Behavior Research Methods
13 citations, 0.22%
Current Directions in Psychological Science
12 citations, 0.21%
Trends in Cognitive Sciences
12 citations, 0.21%
Biological Psychology
11 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Organizational Behavior
11 citations, 0.19%
Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
11 citations, 0.19%
International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
11 citations, 0.19%
Metacognition and Learning
11 citations, 0.19%
Psychological Reports
11 citations, 0.19%
Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics
11 citations, 0.19%
Aggression and Violent Behavior
11 citations, 0.19%
Computers in Human Behavior
11 citations, 0.19%
Group Processes and Intergroup Relations
11 citations, 0.19%
Cognition
11 citations, 0.19%
BMC Public Health
11 citations, 0.19%
Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience
11 citations, 0.19%
Memory and Cognition
11 citations, 0.19%
Second International Handbook of Mathematics Education
11 citations, 0.19%
Social Psychology
10 citations, 0.17%
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
10 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Environmental Psychology
10 citations, 0.17%
Open Psychology Journal
10 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
10 citations, 0.17%
Social Psychological and Personality Science
10 citations, 0.17%
British Journal of Psychology
10 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Happiness Studies
9 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Chemical Education
9 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
9 citations, 0.15%
CBE Life Sciences Education
9 citations, 0.15%
Teaching and Teacher Education
9 citations, 0.15%
Learning and Motivation
9 citations, 0.15%
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
9 citations, 0.15%
Second Language Learning and Teaching
9 citations, 0.15%
SAGE Open
9 citations, 0.15%
SSRN Electronic Journal
9 citations, 0.15%
Psychological Inquiry
8 citations, 0.14%
Aggressive Behavior
8 citations, 0.14%
Psychonomic Bulletin and Review
8 citations, 0.14%
Brain Sciences
8 citations, 0.14%
Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being
8 citations, 0.14%
Movement and Sports Sciences - Science et Motricite
8 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Business Ethics
8 citations, 0.14%
Emotion Review
8 citations, 0.14%
European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
8 citations, 0.14%
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Citing publishers

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Elsevier
1030 citations, 17.66%
Springer Nature
1001 citations, 17.17%
Taylor & Francis
588 citations, 10.08%
Wiley
568 citations, 9.74%
Cambridge University Press
534 citations, 9.16%
SAGE
387 citations, 6.64%
Frontiers Media S.A.
297 citations, 5.09%
MDPI
202 citations, 3.46%
American Psychological Association (APA)
200 citations, 3.43%
Emerald
137 citations, 2.35%
Oxford University Press
93 citations, 1.59%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
58 citations, 0.99%
Hogrefe Publishing Group
45 citations, 0.77%
JMIR Publications
43 citations, 0.74%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
40 citations, 0.69%
IGI Global
28 citations, 0.48%
Annual Reviews
23 citations, 0.39%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
22 citations, 0.38%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
22 citations, 0.38%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
13 citations, 0.22%
The Royal Society
13 citations, 0.22%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
12 citations, 0.21%
Academy of Management
12 citations, 0.21%
EDP Sciences
11 citations, 0.19%
Human Kinetics
11 citations, 0.19%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
10 citations, 0.17%
BMJ
10 citations, 0.17%
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)
9 citations, 0.15%
American Speech Language Hearing Association
8 citations, 0.14%
Ubiquity Press
8 citations, 0.14%
Hans Publishers
8 citations, 0.14%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
7 citations, 0.12%
University of Chicago Press
7 citations, 0.12%
MIT Press
7 citations, 0.12%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
7 citations, 0.12%
Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID)
7 citations, 0.12%
Guilford Publications
7 citations, 0.12%
Walter de Gruyter
6 citations, 0.1%
SciELO
6 citations, 0.1%
Scientific Research Publishing
6 citations, 0.1%
China Science Publishing & Media
5 citations, 0.09%
Moscow State University of Psychology and Education
5 citations, 0.09%
Research Square Platform LLC
5 citations, 0.09%
Pleiades Publishing
4 citations, 0.07%
Mary Ann Liebert
4 citations, 0.07%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
4 citations, 0.07%
American Medical Association (AMA)
4 citations, 0.07%
Society for Neuroscience
4 citations, 0.07%
IntechOpen
4 citations, 0.07%
AOSIS
4 citations, 0.07%
British Psychological Society
4 citations, 0.07%
Colegio Oficial de la Psicologia de Madrid
4 citations, 0.07%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
3 citations, 0.05%
University of California Press
3 citations, 0.05%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
3 citations, 0.05%
American Accounting Association
3 citations, 0.05%
Index Copernicus
3 citations, 0.05%
Verlag Hans Huber AG
3 citations, 0.05%
Sociedade Brasileira de Psicologia
3 citations, 0.05%
Hindawi Limited
3 citations, 0.05%
S. Karger AG
3 citations, 0.05%
Akademiai Kiado
3 citations, 0.05%
American Educational Research Association
3 citations, 0.05%
Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
3 citations, 0.05%
Japan Society of Personality Psychology
3 citations, 0.05%
World Scientific
2 citations, 0.03%
American Physiological Society
2 citations, 0.03%
Brookings Institution Press
2 citations, 0.03%
Society for Judgment and Decision Making
2 citations, 0.03%
Universitat Politecnica de Valencia
2 citations, 0.03%
University of Warsaw
2 citations, 0.03%
PeerJ
2 citations, 0.03%
Masaryk University Press
2 citations, 0.03%
eLife Sciences Publications
2 citations, 0.03%
South Ural State University
2 citations, 0.03%
CAIRN
2 citations, 0.03%
FSFEI HE Don State Technical University
2 citations, 0.03%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
2 citations, 0.03%
F1000 Research
2 citations, 0.03%
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
2 citations, 0.03%
The Japanese Psychological Association
2 citations, 0.03%
Center for Strategic Studies in Business and Finance SSBFNET
2 citations, 0.03%
Modestum Ltd
2 citations, 0.03%
The Japanese Association of Educational Psychology
2 citations, 0.03%
Japanese Group Dynamics Association
2 citations, 0.03%
AOTA Press
2 citations, 0.03%
Innovative Scholars and Researchers Alliance
2 citations, 0.03%
American Marketing Association
1 citation, 0.02%
Brill
1 citation, 0.02%
Universitat de Valencia
1 citation, 0.02%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1 citation, 0.02%
AIP Publishing
1 citation, 0.02%
Hacettepe University
1 citation, 0.02%
Springer Publishing Company
1 citation, 0.02%
Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
1 citation, 0.02%
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
1 citation, 0.02%
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
1 citation, 0.02%
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
1 citation, 0.02%
Edizioni Minerva Medica
1 citation, 0.02%
Behaviormetric Society of Japan
1 citation, 0.02%
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University of Geneva
10 publications, 1.82%
Utrecht University
9 publications, 1.64%
University of Maryland, College Park
9 publications, 1.64%
Ghent University
7 publications, 1.28%
New York University
7 publications, 1.28%
University of Rochester
7 publications, 1.28%
University of Zurich
6 publications, 1.09%
University of California, Irvine
6 publications, 1.09%
Australian Catholic University
5 publications, 0.91%
Columbia University
5 publications, 0.91%
University of Cologne
5 publications, 0.91%
McGill University
5 publications, 0.91%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
5 publications, 0.91%
Université du Québec à Montréal
5 publications, 0.91%
University of California, Los Angeles
4 publications, 0.73%
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
4 publications, 0.73%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
4 publications, 0.73%
University of Konstanz
4 publications, 0.73%
Carleton University
4 publications, 0.73%
University of Ottawa
4 publications, 0.73%
University of Reading
4 publications, 0.73%
New York University Abu Dhabi
3 publications, 0.55%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
3 publications, 0.55%
University of New South Wales
3 publications, 0.55%
University of Southern California
3 publications, 0.55%
North Carolina State University
3 publications, 0.55%
Harvard University
3 publications, 0.55%
Illinois Institute of Technology
3 publications, 0.55%
San Diego State University
3 publications, 0.55%
University of Chicago
3 publications, 0.55%
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
3 publications, 0.55%
Wayne State University
3 publications, 0.55%
University of Erlangen–Nuremberg
3 publications, 0.55%
Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg
3 publications, 0.55%
Université Laval
3 publications, 0.55%
University of Manitoba
3 publications, 0.55%
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
3 publications, 0.55%
Indiana University Bloomington
3 publications, 0.55%
University of North Texas
3 publications, 0.55%
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
3 publications, 0.55%
University of Missouri
3 publications, 0.55%
Concordia University
3 publications, 0.55%
University of Pittsburgh
3 publications, 0.55%
University of Tübingen
2 publications, 0.36%
Bar-Ilan University
2 publications, 0.36%
Technical University of Munich
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Lisbon
2 publications, 0.36%
Sapienza University of Rome
2 publications, 0.36%
Geneva University Hospitals
2 publications, 0.36%
Michigan State University
2 publications, 0.36%
Ghent University Hospital
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Melbourne
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Queensland
2 publications, 0.36%
Stanford University
2 publications, 0.36%
Auburn University
2 publications, 0.36%
Arizona State University
2 publications, 0.36%
Northwestern University
2 publications, 0.36%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2 publications, 0.36%
Ohio State University
2 publications, 0.36%
Nagoya University
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Michigan
2 publications, 0.36%
Ruhr University Bochum
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Waterloo
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
2 publications, 0.36%
Hamburg University
2 publications, 0.36%
Leiden University
2 publications, 0.36%
Brown University
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Salzburg
2 publications, 0.36%
Doshisha University
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Pennsylvania
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Córdoba
2 publications, 0.36%
Texas A&M University
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Utah
2 publications, 0.36%
Tennessee Technological University
2 publications, 0.36%
National Research University Higher School of Economics
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Georgia
1 publication, 0.18%
Radboud University Nijmegen
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Haifa
1 publication, 0.18%
Tel Hai Academic College
1 publication, 0.18%
Heidelberg University
1 publication, 0.18%
Humboldt University of Berlin
1 publication, 0.18%
Grenoble Alpes University
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Gothenburg
1 publication, 0.18%
Halmstad University
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Nantes
1 publication, 0.18%
Sun Yat-sen University
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Jyväskylä
1 publication, 0.18%
Liverpool John Moores University
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Copenhagen
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Oslo
1 publication, 0.18%
Maastricht University
1 publication, 0.18%
Florida State University
1 publication, 0.18%
National University of Singapore
1 publication, 0.18%
Carnegie Mellon University
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Southampton
1 publication, 0.18%
Cornell University
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Birmingham
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Salerno
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Glasgow
1 publication, 0.18%
North Dakota State University
1 publication, 0.18%
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Ghent University
4 publications, 1.08%
University of Geneva
4 publications, 1.08%
Utrecht University
4 publications, 1.08%
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
3 publications, 0.81%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
3 publications, 0.81%
University of Rochester
3 publications, 0.81%
Bar-Ilan University
2 publications, 0.54%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
2 publications, 0.54%
University of Southern California
2 publications, 0.54%
Australian Catholic University
2 publications, 0.54%
Northwestern University
2 publications, 0.54%
Harvard University
2 publications, 0.54%
University of Chicago
2 publications, 0.54%
Université Laval
2 publications, 0.54%
University of Ottawa
2 publications, 0.54%
Université du Québec à Montréal
2 publications, 0.54%
University of Missouri
2 publications, 0.54%
Concordia University
2 publications, 0.54%
New York University Abu Dhabi
1 publication, 0.27%
University of Tübingen
1 publication, 0.27%
University of Haifa
1 publication, 0.27%
Tel Hai Academic College
1 publication, 0.27%
Grenoble Alpes University
1 publication, 0.27%
Sapienza University of Rome
1 publication, 0.27%
University of Nantes
1 publication, 0.27%
Geneva University Hospitals
1 publication, 0.27%
Sun Yat-sen University
1 publication, 0.27%
University of New South Wales
1 publication, 0.27%
University of Jyväskylä
1 publication, 0.27%
University of Southampton
1 publication, 0.27%
Ghent University Hospital
1 publication, 0.27%
University of Salerno
1 publication, 0.27%
Foro Italico University of Rome
1 publication, 0.27%
Victoria University of Wellington
1 publication, 0.27%
University of Queensland
1 publication, 0.27%
Griffith University
1 publication, 0.27%
University of Cape Town
1 publication, 0.27%
Sungkyunkwan University
1 publication, 0.27%
Auburn University
1 publication, 0.27%
Ajou University
1 publication, 0.27%
North Carolina State University
1 publication, 0.27%
New York University
1 publication, 0.27%
University of California, Los Angeles
1 publication, 0.27%
University of California, Irvine
1 publication, 0.27%
University of California, Merced
1 publication, 0.27%
University of Luxembourg
1 publication, 0.27%
Trinity College Dublin
1 publication, 0.27%
University of Cologne
1 publication, 0.27%
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
1 publication, 0.27%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
1 publication, 0.27%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1 publication, 0.27%
Wayne State University
1 publication, 0.27%
University of Michigan
1 publication, 0.27%
McGill University
1 publication, 0.27%
Institut Universitaire de France
1 publication, 0.27%
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
1 publication, 0.27%
University of Erlangen–Nuremberg
1 publication, 0.27%
Hamburg University
1 publication, 0.27%
Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg
1 publication, 0.27%
Leiden University
1 publication, 0.27%
Philipps University of Marburg
1 publication, 0.27%
Amsterdam University Medical Center
1 publication, 0.27%
University of Siegen
1 publication, 0.27%
Bielefeld University
1 publication, 0.27%
Virginia Commonwealth University
1 publication, 0.27%
Coastal Carolina University
1 publication, 0.27%
Temple University
1 publication, 0.27%
University of Warsaw
1 publication, 0.27%
University of Pennsylvania
1 publication, 0.27%
Carleton University
1 publication, 0.27%
University of Reading
1 publication, 0.27%
University of Córdoba
1 publication, 0.27%
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
1 publication, 0.27%
Indiana University Bloomington
1 publication, 0.27%
Texas Tech University
1 publication, 0.27%
Texas A&M University
1 publication, 0.27%
University of Utah
1 publication, 0.27%
Tennessee Technological University
1 publication, 0.27%
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
1 publication, 0.27%
Universidad CES
1 publication, 0.27%
University of Tours
1 publication, 0.27%
University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne
1 publication, 0.27%
University of Pittsburgh
1 publication, 0.27%
National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
1 publication, 0.27%
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USA, 99, 18.03%
USA
99 publications, 18.03%
Germany, 32, 5.83%
Germany
32 publications, 5.83%
Canada, 25, 4.55%
Canada
25 publications, 4.55%
Netherlands, 12, 2.19%
Netherlands
12 publications, 2.19%
Switzerland, 12, 2.19%
Switzerland
12 publications, 2.19%
United Kingdom, 9, 1.64%
United Kingdom
9 publications, 1.64%
Australia, 8, 1.46%
Australia
8 publications, 1.46%
Belgium, 5, 0.91%
Belgium
5 publications, 0.91%
Austria, 4, 0.73%
Austria
4 publications, 0.73%
France, 3, 0.55%
France
3 publications, 0.55%
Spain, 3, 0.55%
Spain
3 publications, 0.55%
UAE, 3, 0.55%
UAE
3 publications, 0.55%
Japan, 3, 0.55%
Japan
3 publications, 0.55%
Portugal, 2, 0.36%
Portugal
2 publications, 0.36%
Israel, 2, 0.36%
Israel
2 publications, 0.36%
Republic of Korea, 2, 0.36%
Republic of Korea
2 publications, 0.36%
Russia, 1, 0.18%
Russia
1 publication, 0.18%
Iraq, 1, 0.18%
Iraq
1 publication, 0.18%
Italy, 1, 0.18%
Italy
1 publication, 0.18%
Luxembourg, 1, 0.18%
Luxembourg
1 publication, 0.18%
Norway, 1, 0.18%
Norway
1 publication, 0.18%
Poland, 1, 0.18%
Poland
1 publication, 0.18%
Singapore, 1, 0.18%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.18%
Sweden, 1, 0.18%
Sweden
1 publication, 0.18%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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USA, 23, 6.22%
USA
23 publications, 6.22%
Canada, 6, 1.62%
Canada
6 publications, 1.62%
Germany, 5, 1.35%
Germany
5 publications, 1.35%
Belgium, 3, 0.81%
Belgium
3 publications, 0.81%
Austria, 2, 0.54%
Austria
2 publications, 0.54%
Israel, 2, 0.54%
Israel
2 publications, 0.54%
Switzerland, 2, 0.54%
Switzerland
2 publications, 0.54%
France, 1, 0.27%
France
1 publication, 0.27%
Australia, 1, 0.27%
Australia
1 publication, 0.27%
Spain, 1, 0.27%
Spain
1 publication, 0.27%
Luxembourg, 1, 0.27%
Luxembourg
1 publication, 0.27%
Netherlands, 1, 0.27%
Netherlands
1 publication, 0.27%
UAE, 1, 0.27%
UAE
1 publication, 0.27%
Republic of Korea, 1, 0.27%
Republic of Korea
1 publication, 0.27%
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