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Metabarcoding and Metagenomics

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SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q2
Impact factor
3.1
SJR
0.862
CiteScore
5.3
Categories
Animal Science and Zoology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Insect Science
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Plant Science
Genetics
Molecular Biology
Areas
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Environmental Science
Years of issue
2017-2025
journal names
Metabarcoding and Metagenomics
Publications
155
Citations
2 525
h-index
26
Publications
125
Citations
2 384
Top-3 citing journals
Environmental DNA
Environmental DNA (232 citations)
Molecular Ecology Resources
Molecular Ecology Resources (123 citations)
Top-3 countries
Germany (8 publications)
USA (8 publications)
Australia (4 publications)
USA (7 publications)
Germany (5 publications)
Australia (3 publications)
Top-1 researchers by articles count

Most cited in 5 years

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Top-100

Citing journals

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Environmental DNA
232 citations, 9.19%
Metabarcoding and Metagenomics
145 citations, 5.74%
Molecular Ecology Resources
123 citations, 4.87%
Science of the Total Environment
74 citations, 2.93%
Ecology and Evolution
74 citations, 2.93%
PeerJ
65 citations, 2.57%
Ecological Indicators
61 citations, 2.42%
Molecular Ecology
61 citations, 2.42%
Scientific Reports
51 citations, 2.02%
PLoS ONE
50 citations, 1.98%
Frontiers in Marine Science
36 citations, 1.43%
Diversity
36 citations, 1.43%
Marine Environmental Research
27 citations, 1.07%
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
27 citations, 1.07%
Hydrobiologia
22 citations, 0.87%
Water (Switzerland)
21 citations, 0.83%
Methods in Ecology and Evolution
19 citations, 0.75%
Freshwater Biology
16 citations, 0.63%
Biology
16 citations, 0.63%
Insect Conservation and Diversity
15 citations, 0.59%
Marine Pollution Bulletin
13 citations, 0.51%
Biodiversity Data Journal
12 citations, 0.48%
BMC Ecology and Evolution
12 citations, 0.48%
Environmental Microbiology
11 citations, 0.44%
Microorganisms
10 citations, 0.4%
Biodiversity and Conservation
10 citations, 0.4%
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
10 citations, 0.4%
Ecological Applications
9 citations, 0.36%
Journal of Phycology
9 citations, 0.36%
Soil Biology and Biochemistry
9 citations, 0.36%
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
8 citations, 0.32%
Phytotaxa
8 citations, 0.32%
Harmful Algae
8 citations, 0.32%
Zootaxa
7 citations, 0.28%
Methods in Molecular Biology
7 citations, 0.28%
Diversity and Distributions
7 citations, 0.28%
FEMS Microbiology Ecology
7 citations, 0.28%
Water Research
7 citations, 0.28%
Basic and Applied Ecology
7 citations, 0.28%
Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology
7 citations, 0.28%
Marine Biodiversity
7 citations, 0.28%
Tracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments
7 citations, 0.28%
Regional Studies in Marine Science
6 citations, 0.24%
Limnology
6 citations, 0.24%
Journal of Fish Biology
6 citations, 0.24%
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment
6 citations, 0.24%
Global Ecology and Conservation
6 citations, 0.24%
Microbial Ecology
6 citations, 0.24%
Insects
6 citations, 0.24%
Applied Soil Ecology
6 citations, 0.24%
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
6 citations, 0.24%
River Research and Applications
6 citations, 0.24%
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
6 citations, 0.24%
Limnology and Oceanography: Methods
6 citations, 0.24%
eLife
6 citations, 0.24%
Frontiers in Microbiology
6 citations, 0.24%
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
6 citations, 0.24%
ISME Communications
6 citations, 0.24%
Ecological Solutions and Evidence
6 citations, 0.24%
Environmental International
5 citations, 0.2%
Nature Communications
5 citations, 0.2%
Animals
5 citations, 0.2%
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
5 citations, 0.2%
Diatom Research
5 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Hymenoptera Research
5 citations, 0.2%
Environmental Biology of Fishes
5 citations, 0.2%
GigaScience
5 citations, 0.2%
Advances in Ecological Research
5 citations, 0.2%
ACS ES&T Water
5 citations, 0.2%
International Journal of Limnology
5 citations, 0.2%
Nature Reviews Biodiversity
5 citations, 0.2%
Freshwater Science
4 citations, 0.16%
Molecular Biology Reports
4 citations, 0.16%
Agricultural and Forest Entomology
4 citations, 0.16%
Polar Biology
4 citations, 0.16%
European Zoological Journal
4 citations, 0.16%
BMC Genomics
4 citations, 0.16%
Avian Research
4 citations, 0.16%
Biological Invasions
4 citations, 0.16%
Biological Conservation
4 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Medical Entomology
4 citations, 0.16%
Environmental Pollution
4 citations, 0.16%
Trends in Genetics
4 citations, 0.16%
Ecological Entomology
4 citations, 0.16%
Plants
4 citations, 0.16%
Microbiology spectrum
4 citations, 0.16%
New Zealand Journal of Zoology
4 citations, 0.16%
Marine and Freshwater Research
4 citations, 0.16%
Marine Ecology - Progress Series
4 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Environmental Management
4 citations, 0.16%
Fishes
4 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Heredity
4 citations, 0.16%
African Journal of Marine Science
4 citations, 0.16%
ARPHA Conference Abstracts
4 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
3 citations, 0.12%
Scientific data
3 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Fungi
3 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Applied Ecology
3 citations, 0.12%
Population Ecology
3 citations, 0.12%
Current Zoology
3 citations, 0.12%
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Citing publishers

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Wiley
724 citations, 28.67%
Elsevier
403 citations, 15.96%
Springer Nature
295 citations, 11.68%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
257 citations, 10.18%
Pensoft Publishers
178 citations, 7.05%
MDPI
149 citations, 5.9%
Frontiers Media S.A.
83 citations, 3.29%
PeerJ
66 citations, 2.61%
Oxford University Press
60 citations, 2.38%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
51 citations, 2.02%
Taylor & Francis
36 citations, 1.43%
Magnolia Press
15 citations, 0.59%
The Royal Society
13 citations, 0.51%
Canadian Science Publishing
11 citations, 0.44%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
9 citations, 0.36%
Inter-Research Science Center
9 citations, 0.36%
Pleiades Publishing
8 citations, 0.32%
American Society for Microbiology
7 citations, 0.28%
EDP Sciences
6 citations, 0.24%
eLife Sciences Publications
6 citations, 0.24%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
6 citations, 0.24%
CSIRO Publishing
6 citations, 0.24%
National Inquiry Services Center (NISC)
6 citations, 0.24%
Walter de Gruyter
5 citations, 0.2%
Copernicus
5 citations, 0.2%
Brill
4 citations, 0.16%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
4 citations, 0.16%
University of Chicago Press
4 citations, 0.16%
Annual Reviews
4 citations, 0.16%
Scientific Societies
4 citations, 0.16%
Japan Society of Civil Engineers
3 citations, 0.12%
PAGEPress Publications
3 citations, 0.12%
Research Square Platform LLC
3 citations, 0.12%
Cambridge University Press
2 citations, 0.08%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
2 citations, 0.08%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
2 citations, 0.08%
Saint Petersburg State University
2 citations, 0.08%
Society of Nematologists
2 citations, 0.08%
Allerton Press
2 citations, 0.08%
The Russian Academy of Sciences
2 citations, 0.08%
Farwater LLC
2 citations, 0.08%
The Plankton Society of Japan/The Japanese Association of Benthology
2 citations, 0.08%
IMR Press
1 citation, 0.04%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
1 citation, 0.04%
Mary Ann Liebert
1 citation, 0.04%
AIP Publishing
1 citation, 0.04%
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
1 citation, 0.04%
Microbiology Society
1 citation, 0.04%
Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry
1 citation, 0.04%
American Physical Society (APS)
1 citation, 0.04%
Mammalogical Society of Japan
1 citation, 0.04%
Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics (NAS Ukraine)
1 citation, 0.04%
Forensic Science Society
1 citation, 0.04%
International Association for Great Lakes Research
1 citation, 0.04%
Water Environment Federation
1 citation, 0.04%
Entomological Society of America
1 citation, 0.04%
Zoological Society of Japan
1 citation, 0.04%
Humboldt Field Research Institute
1 citation, 0.04%
Czech Phycological Society
1 citation, 0.04%
Hindawi Limited
1 citation, 0.04%
National Library of Serbia
1 citation, 0.04%
Museum and Institute of Zoology at the Polish Academy of Sciences
1 citation, 0.04%
Peer Community In
1 citation, 0.04%
IGI Global
1 citation, 0.04%
F1000 Research
1 citation, 0.04%
IntechOpen
1 citation, 0.04%
Carcinological Society of Japan
1 citation, 0.04%
American Society of Parasitologists
1 citation, 0.04%
The Ecological Society of Korea
1 citation, 0.04%
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Publishing organizations

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University of Duisburg-Essen
8 publications, 5.16%
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
4 publications, 2.58%
Free University of Berlin
3 publications, 1.94%
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
3 publications, 1.94%
Cawthron Institute
3 publications, 1.94%
Kobe University
3 publications, 1.94%
University of Helsinki
2 publications, 1.29%
Swedish Museum of Natural History
2 publications, 1.29%
Finnish Environment Institute
2 publications, 1.29%
University of Otago
2 publications, 1.29%
GNS Science
2 publications, 1.29%
Agriculture Victoria
2 publications, 1.29%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
2 publications, 1.29%
University of Washington
2 publications, 1.29%
Kyoto University
2 publications, 1.29%
American Museum of Natural History
2 publications, 1.29%
University of Kassel
2 publications, 1.29%
University of Kaiserslautern-Landau
2 publications, 1.29%
University of Porto
2 publications, 1.29%
University of Guelph
2 publications, 1.29%
Comenius University Bratislava
2 publications, 1.29%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2 publications, 1.29%
University of New Hampshire
2 publications, 1.29%
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
2 publications, 1.29%
University of Minho
2 publications, 1.29%
Ilia State University
1 publication, 0.65%
Ankara University
1 publication, 0.65%
University of Basrah
1 publication, 0.65%
Beijing Normal University
1 publication, 0.65%
Peking University
1 publication, 0.65%
Cyprus University of Technology
1 publication, 0.65%
University of Strasbourg
1 publication, 0.65%
University of Bordeaux
1 publication, 0.65%
Stockholm University
1 publication, 0.65%
Nanjing Normal University
1 publication, 0.65%
Nanjing University
1 publication, 0.65%
ETH Zurich
1 publication, 0.65%
University of Gothenburg
1 publication, 0.65%
University of Zurich
1 publication, 0.65%
University of Geneva
1 publication, 0.65%
Dalian Ocean University
1 publication, 0.65%
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
1 publication, 0.65%
University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland
1 publication, 0.65%
Polytechnic University of Milan
1 publication, 0.65%
University of Oulu
1 publication, 0.65%
University of Turku
1 publication, 0.65%
University of Eastern Finland
1 publication, 0.65%
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.65%
University of Copenhagen
1 publication, 0.65%
Aarhus University
1 publication, 0.65%
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
1 publication, 0.65%
University of Padua
1 publication, 0.65%
Sorbonne University
1 publication, 0.65%
University of Manchester
1 publication, 0.65%
University of Nottingham
1 publication, 0.65%
University of Southampton
1 publication, 0.65%
Cornell University
1 publication, 0.65%
Norwegian Institute of Marine Research
1 publication, 0.65%
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
1 publication, 0.65%
University of South-Eastern Norway
1 publication, 0.65%
University of Glasgow
1 publication, 0.65%
Qufu Normal University
1 publication, 0.65%
Victoria University of Wellington
1 publication, 0.65%
University of Tasmania
1 publication, 0.65%
Australian Antarctic Division
1 publication, 0.65%
University of Cape Town
1 publication, 0.65%
Stellenbosch University
1 publication, 0.65%
North-West University
1 publication, 0.65%
University of South Africa
1 publication, 0.65%
University of the Free State
1 publication, 0.65%
University of Limpopo
1 publication, 0.65%
Diponegoro University
1 publication, 0.65%
Chulalongkorn University
1 publication, 0.65%
Kasetsart University
1 publication, 0.65%
Burapha University
1 publication, 0.65%
Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University
1 publication, 0.65%
Seoul National University
1 publication, 0.65%
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.65%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
1 publication, 0.65%
New York University
1 publication, 0.65%
University of California, San Diego
1 publication, 0.65%
San Francisco State University
1 publication, 0.65%
University of California, Santa Barbara
1 publication, 0.65%
Governors State University
1 publication, 0.65%
Yunnan University
1 publication, 0.65%
Osaka University
1 publication, 0.65%
University of Debrecen
1 publication, 0.65%
Eötvös Loránd University (University of Budapest)
1 publication, 0.65%
Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences
1 publication, 0.65%
Centre for Ecological Research
1 publication, 0.65%
University of Ghana
1 publication, 0.65%
Hainan University
1 publication, 0.65%
Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence
1 publication, 0.65%
University of Bristol
1 publication, 0.65%
McGill University
1 publication, 0.65%
Japan Science and Technology Agency
1 publication, 0.65%
University of the Basque Country
1 publication, 0.65%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
1 publication, 0.65%
University of Waterloo
1 publication, 0.65%
Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn
1 publication, 0.65%
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Publishing organizations in 5 years

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University of Duisburg-Essen
5 publications, 4%
Free University of Berlin
3 publications, 2.4%
Cawthron Institute
3 publications, 2.4%
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
3 publications, 2.4%
University of Helsinki
2 publications, 1.6%
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
2 publications, 1.6%
Swedish Museum of Natural History
2 publications, 1.6%
University of Otago
2 publications, 1.6%
GNS Science
2 publications, 1.6%
Agriculture Victoria
2 publications, 1.6%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
2 publications, 1.6%
University of Washington
2 publications, 1.6%
Kobe University
2 publications, 1.6%
American Museum of Natural History
2 publications, 1.6%
University of Kassel
2 publications, 1.6%
University of Porto
2 publications, 1.6%
University of Guelph
2 publications, 1.6%
Comenius University Bratislava
2 publications, 1.6%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2 publications, 1.6%
University of New Hampshire
2 publications, 1.6%
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
2 publications, 1.6%
University of Minho
2 publications, 1.6%
Ilia State University
1 publication, 0.8%
Ankara University
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Basrah
1 publication, 0.8%
Beijing Normal University
1 publication, 0.8%
Peking University
1 publication, 0.8%
Cyprus University of Technology
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Strasbourg
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Bordeaux
1 publication, 0.8%
Stockholm University
1 publication, 0.8%
Nanjing Normal University
1 publication, 0.8%
Nanjing University
1 publication, 0.8%
ETH Zurich
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Gothenburg
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Geneva
1 publication, 0.8%
Dalian Ocean University
1 publication, 0.8%
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland
1 publication, 0.8%
Polytechnic University of Milan
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Oulu
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Turku
1 publication, 0.8%
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.8%
Finnish Environment Institute
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Copenhagen
1 publication, 0.8%
Aarhus University
1 publication, 0.8%
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Padua
1 publication, 0.8%
Sorbonne University
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Manchester
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Nottingham
1 publication, 0.8%
Cornell University
1 publication, 0.8%
Norwegian Institute of Marine Research
1 publication, 0.8%
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
1 publication, 0.8%
University of South-Eastern Norway
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Glasgow
1 publication, 0.8%
Qufu Normal University
1 publication, 0.8%
Victoria University of Wellington
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Tasmania
1 publication, 0.8%
Australian Antarctic Division
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Cape Town
1 publication, 0.8%
Stellenbosch University
1 publication, 0.8%
North-West University
1 publication, 0.8%
University of South Africa
1 publication, 0.8%
University of the Free State
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Limpopo
1 publication, 0.8%
Diponegoro University
1 publication, 0.8%
Chulalongkorn University
1 publication, 0.8%
Kasetsart University
1 publication, 0.8%
Burapha University
1 publication, 0.8%
Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University
1 publication, 0.8%
Seoul National University
1 publication, 0.8%
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.8%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
1 publication, 0.8%
New York University
1 publication, 0.8%
University of California, San Diego
1 publication, 0.8%
San Francisco State University
1 publication, 0.8%
University of California, Santa Barbara
1 publication, 0.8%
Yunnan University
1 publication, 0.8%
Kyoto University
1 publication, 0.8%
Osaka University
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Debrecen
1 publication, 0.8%
Eötvös Loránd University (University of Budapest)
1 publication, 0.8%
Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences
1 publication, 0.8%
Centre for Ecological Research
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Ghana
1 publication, 0.8%
Hainan University
1 publication, 0.8%
Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Bristol
1 publication, 0.8%
McGill University
1 publication, 0.8%
University of the Basque Country
1 publication, 0.8%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Waterloo
1 publication, 0.8%
Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn
1 publication, 0.8%
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
1 publication, 0.8%
Philipps University of Marburg
1 publication, 0.8%
Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Kaiserslautern-Landau
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Potsdam
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Innsbruck
1 publication, 0.8%
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Germany, 8, 5.16%
Germany
8 publications, 5.16%
USA, 8, 5.16%
USA
8 publications, 5.16%
Australia, 4, 2.58%
Australia
4 publications, 2.58%
Canada, 4, 2.58%
Canada
4 publications, 2.58%
United Kingdom, 3, 1.94%
United Kingdom
3 publications, 1.94%
New Zealand, 3, 1.94%
New Zealand
3 publications, 1.94%
France, 2, 1.29%
France
2 publications, 1.29%
China, 2, 1.29%
China
2 publications, 1.29%
Portugal, 2, 1.29%
Portugal
2 publications, 1.29%
Slovakia, 2, 1.29%
Slovakia
2 publications, 1.29%
Finland, 2, 1.29%
Finland
2 publications, 1.29%
Czech Republic, 2, 1.29%
Czech Republic
2 publications, 1.29%
Sweden, 2, 1.29%
Sweden
2 publications, 1.29%
Belarus, 1, 0.65%
Belarus
1 publication, 0.65%
Austria, 1, 0.65%
Austria
1 publication, 0.65%
Hungary, 1, 0.65%
Hungary
1 publication, 0.65%
Denmark, 1, 0.65%
Denmark
1 publication, 0.65%
Ireland, 1, 0.65%
Ireland
1 publication, 0.65%
Spain, 1, 0.65%
Spain
1 publication, 0.65%
Norway, 1, 0.65%
Norway
1 publication, 0.65%
Poland, 1, 0.65%
Poland
1 publication, 0.65%
Thailand, 1, 0.65%
Thailand
1 publication, 0.65%
Croatia, 1, 0.65%
Croatia
1 publication, 0.65%
Switzerland, 1, 0.65%
Switzerland
1 publication, 0.65%
Ecuador, 1, 0.65%
Ecuador
1 publication, 0.65%
South Africa, 1, 0.65%
South Africa
1 publication, 0.65%
Japan, 1, 0.65%
Japan
1 publication, 0.65%
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USA, 7, 5.6%
USA
7 publications, 5.6%
Germany, 5, 4%
Germany
5 publications, 4%
Australia, 3, 2.4%
Australia
3 publications, 2.4%
Canada, 3, 2.4%
Canada
3 publications, 2.4%
New Zealand, 3, 2.4%
New Zealand
3 publications, 2.4%
France, 2, 1.6%
France
2 publications, 1.6%
China, 2, 1.6%
China
2 publications, 1.6%
Portugal, 2, 1.6%
Portugal
2 publications, 1.6%
United Kingdom, 2, 1.6%
United Kingdom
2 publications, 1.6%
Slovakia, 2, 1.6%
Slovakia
2 publications, 1.6%
Belarus, 1, 0.8%
Belarus
1 publication, 0.8%
Austria, 1, 0.8%
Austria
1 publication, 0.8%
Hungary, 1, 0.8%
Hungary
1 publication, 0.8%
Denmark, 1, 0.8%
Denmark
1 publication, 0.8%
Ireland, 1, 0.8%
Ireland
1 publication, 0.8%
Spain, 1, 0.8%
Spain
1 publication, 0.8%
Norway, 1, 0.8%
Norway
1 publication, 0.8%
Poland, 1, 0.8%
Poland
1 publication, 0.8%
Thailand, 1, 0.8%
Thailand
1 publication, 0.8%
Croatia, 1, 0.8%
Croatia
1 publication, 0.8%
Czech Republic, 1, 0.8%
Czech Republic
1 publication, 0.8%
Sweden, 1, 0.8%
Sweden
1 publication, 0.8%
Ecuador, 1, 0.8%
Ecuador
1 publication, 0.8%
South Africa, 1, 0.8%
South Africa
1 publication, 0.8%
Japan, 1, 0.8%
Japan
1 publication, 0.8%
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