Social Work Research

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SCImago
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Impact factor
2.0
SJR
0.454
CiteScore
2.2
Categories
Sociology and Political Science
Social Work
Areas
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1994-2002, 2004-2025
journal names
Social Work Research
SOC WORK RES
Publications
939
Citations
16 289
h-index
62
Publications
177
Citations
6 487
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 countries
USA (474 publications)
Republic of Korea (78 publications)
Israel (18 publications)
USA (66 publications)
China (5 publications)
Canada (3 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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Children and Youth Services Review
637 citations, 3.91%
Research on Social Work Practice
374 citations, 2.3%
Child Abuse and Neglect
241 citations, 1.48%
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
182 citations, 1.12%
Social Work Research
181 citations, 1.11%
Journal of Social Work Education
156 citations, 0.96%
British Journal of Social Work
154 citations, 0.95%
Journal of Social Service Research
149 citations, 0.91%
Families in Society
147 citations, 0.9%
Journal of Community Psychology
118 citations, 0.72%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
114 citations, 0.7%
Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal
103 citations, 0.63%
Journal of Child and Family Studies
98 citations, 0.6%
Child and Family Social Work
93 citations, 0.57%
Frontiers in Psychology
90 citations, 0.55%
Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research
78 citations, 0.48%
Journal of Public Child Welfare
76 citations, 0.47%
Journal of Social Work
74 citations, 0.45%
Social Service Review
74 citations, 0.45%
Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment
74 citations, 0.45%
Social Work Education
73 citations, 0.45%
Violence Against Women
73 citations, 0.45%
American Journal of Community Psychology
69 citations, 0.42%
Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work
67 citations, 0.41%
Journal of Youth and Adolescence
66 citations, 0.41%
Child Maltreatment
64 citations, 0.39%
PLoS ONE
62 citations, 0.38%
International Social Work
60 citations, 0.37%
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
56 citations, 0.34%
Journal of Teaching in Social Work
54 citations, 0.33%
Qualitative Social Work
52 citations, 0.32%
Trauma, Violence, and Abuse
52 citations, 0.32%
Journal of Family Violence
51 citations, 0.31%
Social Work
51 citations, 0.31%
Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work
50 citations, 0.31%
Social Work in Mental Health
50 citations, 0.31%
Substance Use and Misuse
49 citations, 0.3%
Journal of Community Practice
47 citations, 0.29%
Aggression and Violent Behavior
46 citations, 0.28%
Family Relations
45 citations, 0.28%
Journal of Gerontological Social Work
45 citations, 0.28%
SSRN Electronic Journal
45 citations, 0.28%
Social Work in Health Care
43 citations, 0.26%
Journal of Family Social Work
43 citations, 0.26%
Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work
42 citations, 0.26%
Community Mental Health Journal
41 citations, 0.25%
Social Science and Medicine
40 citations, 0.25%
Clinical Social Work Journal
40 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions
40 citations, 0.25%
Sustainability
39 citations, 0.24%
Journal of Family and Economic Issues
39 citations, 0.24%
Journal of Adolescence
36 citations, 0.22%
Youth and Society
36 citations, 0.22%
BMC Public Health
35 citations, 0.21%
Child and Youth Care Forum
33 citations, 0.2%
Prevention Science
33 citations, 0.2%
European Journal of Social Work
31 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Family Issues
31 citations, 0.19%
Human Service Organizations Management, Leadership and Governance
31 citations, 0.19%
Current Psychology
30 citations, 0.18%
Evaluation and Program Planning
30 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Poverty
29 citations, 0.18%
Frontiers in Public Health
29 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Adolescent Health
29 citations, 0.18%
Aging and Mental Health
29 citations, 0.18%
The Gerontologist
28 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work
27 citations, 0.17%
Australian Social Work
27 citations, 0.17%
Social Sciences
27 citations, 0.17%
Social Work in Public Health
26 citations, 0.16%
Child Indicators Research
26 citations, 0.16%
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
26 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services
25 citations, 0.15%
Crime and Delinquency
25 citations, 0.15%
Criminal Justice and Behavior
25 citations, 0.15%
Health and Social Care in the Community
25 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma
25 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
24 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Affective Disorders
24 citations, 0.15%
International Journal of Social Welfare
23 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Technology in Human Services
23 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Early Adolescence
23 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Criminal Justice
23 citations, 0.14%
Social Indicators Research
22 citations, 0.14%
Issues in Mental Health Nursing
22 citations, 0.14%
Campbell Systematic Reviews
22 citations, 0.14%
Clinical Psychology Review
21 citations, 0.13%
BMC Psychiatry
21 citations, 0.13%
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
21 citations, 0.13%
Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice
21 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Drug Issues
21 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Research on Adolescence
21 citations, 0.13%
Deviant Behavior
21 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work
21 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Sex Research
21 citations, 0.13%
Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences
20 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Child Sexual Abuse
20 citations, 0.12%
BMJ Open
20 citations, 0.12%
Journal of School Violence
20 citations, 0.12%
Psychological Reports
20 citations, 0.12%
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Citing publishers

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Taylor & Francis
3208 citations, 19.69%
SAGE
2455 citations, 15.07%
Elsevier
2249 citations, 13.81%
Springer Nature
2104 citations, 12.92%
Wiley
1627 citations, 9.99%
Oxford University Press
623 citations, 3.82%
MDPI
352 citations, 2.16%
American Psychological Association (APA)
326 citations, 2%
Cambridge University Press
239 citations, 1.47%
Emerald
231 citations, 1.42%
Frontiers Media S.A.
191 citations, 1.17%
University of Chicago Press
168 citations, 1.03%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
146 citations, 0.9%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
84 citations, 0.52%
JMIR Publications
70 citations, 0.43%
IGI Global
69 citations, 0.42%
SciELO
61 citations, 0.37%
BMJ
50 citations, 0.31%
Springer Publishing Company
42 citations, 0.26%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
42 citations, 0.26%
Consortium Erudit
40 citations, 0.25%
Mary Ann Liebert
36 citations, 0.22%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
34 citations, 0.21%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
27 citations, 0.17%
Hindawi Limited
25 citations, 0.15%
Walter de Gruyter
22 citations, 0.14%
CAIRN
22 citations, 0.14%
American Academy of Pediatrics
21 citations, 0.13%
American Public Health Association
21 citations, 0.13%
National Assn. of Social Workers
20 citations, 0.12%
19 citations, 0.12%
American Medical Association (AMA)
17 citations, 0.1%
IOS Press
16 citations, 0.1%
American Psychiatric Association Publishing
16 citations, 0.1%
SLACK
16 citations, 0.1%
Annual Reviews
15 citations, 0.09%
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
13 citations, 0.08%
American Educational Research Association
13 citations, 0.08%
Hogrefe Publishing Group
13 citations, 0.08%
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
12 citations, 0.07%
National Association of Social Workers Press
12 citations, 0.07%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
12 citations, 0.07%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
11 citations, 0.07%
Associacao Brasileira de Enfermagem
11 citations, 0.07%
Human Kinetics
11 citations, 0.07%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
11 citations, 0.07%
F1000 Research
11 citations, 0.07%
Scientific Research Publishing
10 citations, 0.06%
Bristol University Press
10 citations, 0.06%
Medknow
9 citations, 0.06%
Brieflands
9 citations, 0.06%
Mark Allen Group
8 citations, 0.05%
RCNi
8 citations, 0.05%
AOSIS
8 citations, 0.05%
Guilford Publications
8 citations, 0.05%
Research Square Platform LLC
8 citations, 0.05%
IOP Publishing
7 citations, 0.04%
Berkeley Electronic Press
6 citations, 0.04%
American Speech Language Hearing Association
6 citations, 0.04%
University of Nebraska Press
6 citations, 0.04%
S. Karger AG
6 citations, 0.04%
Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)
6 citations, 0.04%
Ubiquity Press
6 citations, 0.04%
British Psychological Society
6 citations, 0.04%
Health Affairs (Project Hope)
5 citations, 0.03%
Stockholm University Press
5 citations, 0.03%
Royal College of Psychiatrists
5 citations, 0.03%
OpenEdition
5 citations, 0.03%
IntechOpen
5 citations, 0.03%
World Scientific
4 citations, 0.02%
American Physical Society (APS)
4 citations, 0.02%
Academy of Management
4 citations, 0.02%
National Coordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessment
4 citations, 0.02%
Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo
4 citations, 0.02%
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
4 citations, 0.02%
Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID)
4 citations, 0.02%
Franco Angeli
4 citations, 0.02%
Colegio Oficial de la Psicologia de Madrid
4 citations, 0.02%
American Marketing Association
3 citations, 0.02%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
3 citations, 0.02%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
3 citations, 0.02%
Duke University Press
3 citations, 0.02%
AIP Publishing
3 citations, 0.02%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
3 citations, 0.02%
National Medical Association
3 citations, 0.02%
Vilnius University Press
3 citations, 0.02%
Biola University
3 citations, 0.02%
European Society of Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS)
3 citations, 0.02%
National Association of School Psychologists
3 citations, 0.02%
Akademiai Kiado
3 citations, 0.02%
CSIRO Publishing
3 citations, 0.02%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
3 citations, 0.02%
Moscow State University of Psychology and Education
3 citations, 0.02%
Baishideng Publishing Group
3 citations, 0.02%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
3 citations, 0.02%
Naksh Solutions
3 citations, 0.02%
Korean Counseling Association
3 citations, 0.02%
Men's Studies Press, LLC
3 citations, 0.02%
Center for Strategic Studies in Business and Finance SSBFNET
3 citations, 0.02%
Innovative Scholars and Researchers Alliance
3 citations, 0.02%
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Publishing organizations

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
49 publications, 5.22%
University of Denver
49 publications, 5.22%
University of Michigan
37 publications, 3.94%
Arizona State University
32 publications, 3.41%
University at Albany, State University of New York
28 publications, 2.98%
University of Washington
24 publications, 2.56%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
18 publications, 1.92%
University of Texas at Austin
18 publications, 1.92%
University of Tennessee
17 publications, 1.81%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
15 publications, 1.6%
Columbia University
14 publications, 1.49%
Ohio State University
14 publications, 1.49%
Florida State University
13 publications, 1.38%
University of California, Los Angeles
13 publications, 1.38%
University of Chicago
13 publications, 1.38%
University of Maryland, College Park
13 publications, 1.38%
Saint Louis University
13 publications, 1.38%
University of Pittsburgh
13 publications, 1.38%
University of Southern California
12 publications, 1.28%
New York University
12 publications, 1.28%
Boston College
12 publications, 1.28%
Virginia Commonwealth University
12 publications, 1.28%
University of Pennsylvania
12 publications, 1.28%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
11 publications, 1.17%
Case Western Reserve University
10 publications, 1.06%
University of California, Berkeley
10 publications, 1.06%
University of Maryland, Baltimore
10 publications, 1.06%
Wayne State University
9 publications, 0.96%
University of Houston
9 publications, 0.96%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
8 publications, 0.85%
University of Minnesota
8 publications, 0.85%
University of Toronto
8 publications, 0.85%
University of Alabama
8 publications, 0.85%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
7 publications, 0.75%
Fordham University
7 publications, 0.75%
Florida International University
7 publications, 0.75%
University of Texas at Arlington
7 publications, 0.75%
Johns Hopkins University
6 publications, 0.64%
North Carolina State University
6 publications, 0.64%
Portland State University
6 publications, 0.64%
University of Kansas
6 publications, 0.64%
Michigan State University
5 publications, 0.53%
Boston University
5 publications, 0.53%
Washington University in St. Louis
5 publications, 0.53%
University of California, Riverside
5 publications, 0.53%
Brown University
5 publications, 0.53%
University of Missouri–St. Louis
5 publications, 0.53%
University of Iowa
5 publications, 0.53%
University of South Carolina
5 publications, 0.53%
Howard University
4 publications, 0.43%
University of Illinois at Chicago
4 publications, 0.43%
Colorado State University
4 publications, 0.43%
Duke University
4 publications, 0.43%
Syracuse University
4 publications, 0.43%
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4 publications, 0.43%
University of Missouri
4 publications, 0.43%
Tel Aviv University
3 publications, 0.32%
University of Hong Kong
3 publications, 0.32%
Loyola University Chicago
3 publications, 0.32%
Georgia State University
3 publications, 0.32%
Baylor University
3 publications, 0.32%
University of Calgary
3 publications, 0.32%
Louisiana State University
3 publications, 0.32%
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
3 publications, 0.32%
University of Connecticut
3 publications, 0.32%
University of Windsor
3 publications, 0.32%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
3 publications, 0.32%
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
3 publications, 0.32%
Hunter College
3 publications, 0.32%
Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
2 publications, 0.21%
Bar-Ilan University
2 publications, 0.21%
University of Haifa
2 publications, 0.21%
Fu Jen Catholic University
2 publications, 0.21%
Yale University
2 publications, 0.21%
University of Otago
2 publications, 0.21%
Sungkyunkwan University
2 publications, 0.21%
Konkuk University
2 publications, 0.21%
Catholic University of America
2 publications, 0.21%
San Diego State University
2 publications, 0.21%
University of South Florida
2 publications, 0.21%
Ohio University
2 publications, 0.21%
University of Bristol
2 publications, 0.21%
Western Michigan University
2 publications, 0.21%
Tulane University
2 publications, 0.21%
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
2 publications, 0.21%
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
2 publications, 0.21%
University of Colorado Boulder
2 publications, 0.21%
Brigham Young University
2 publications, 0.21%
Utah State University
2 publications, 0.21%
Texas Christian University
2 publications, 0.21%
Binghamton University
2 publications, 0.21%
University of Georgia
2 publications, 0.21%
University of Oklahoma
2 publications, 0.21%
University of South Dakota
2 publications, 0.21%
University of North Dakota
2 publications, 0.21%
Wichita State University
2 publications, 0.21%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2 publications, 0.21%
California State University, Los Angeles
2 publications, 0.21%
California State University, Fresno
2 publications, 0.21%
King Abdulaziz University
1 publication, 0.11%
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Arizona State University
10 publications, 5.65%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
8 publications, 4.52%
University of Michigan
6 publications, 3.39%
North Carolina State University
5 publications, 2.82%
University of Washington
5 publications, 2.82%
University of Texas at Austin
5 publications, 2.82%
University of Maryland, College Park
5 publications, 2.82%
Washington University in St. Louis
4 publications, 2.26%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
4 publications, 2.26%
University of Pennsylvania
4 publications, 2.26%
University of Texas at Arlington
4 publications, 2.26%
University of Houston
4 publications, 2.26%
Columbia University
3 publications, 1.69%
University of Hong Kong
3 publications, 1.69%
Colorado State University
3 publications, 1.69%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
3 publications, 1.69%
Boston College
3 publications, 1.69%
University of Minnesota
3 publications, 1.69%
Brown University
3 publications, 1.69%
University of Alabama
3 publications, 1.69%
Saint Louis University
3 publications, 1.69%
University of Pittsburgh
3 publications, 1.69%
Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
2 publications, 1.13%
Florida State University
2 publications, 1.13%
Boston University
2 publications, 1.13%
Duke University
2 publications, 1.13%
New York University
2 publications, 1.13%
Ohio State University
2 publications, 1.13%
University of California, Riverside
2 publications, 1.13%
Loyola University Chicago
2 publications, 1.13%
Wayne State University
2 publications, 1.13%
Virginia Commonwealth University
2 publications, 1.13%
University of Toronto
2 publications, 1.13%
University of Denver
2 publications, 1.13%
University of Tennessee
2 publications, 1.13%
University of Missouri
2 publications, 1.13%
University of Georgia
2 publications, 1.13%
University of Iowa
2 publications, 1.13%
Akdeniz University
1 publication, 0.56%
Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City
1 publication, 0.56%
Nanjing University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.56%
South China Normal University
1 publication, 0.56%
East China Normal University
1 publication, 0.56%
Shanghai Normal University
1 publication, 0.56%
Manchester Metropolitan University
1 publication, 0.56%
University of Southern California
1 publication, 0.56%
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
1 publication, 0.56%
Stony Brook University
1 publication, 0.56%
University of Birmingham
1 publication, 0.56%
Johns Hopkins University
1 publication, 0.56%
University of Sydney
1 publication, 0.56%
Pennsylvania State University
1 publication, 0.56%
University of Otago
1 publication, 0.56%
La Trobe University
1 publication, 0.56%
Howard University
1 publication, 0.56%
University of Jos
1 publication, 0.56%
Central Washington University
1 publication, 0.56%
Konkuk University
1 publication, 0.56%
Chinese University of Hong Kong
1 publication, 0.56%
Case Western Reserve University
1 publication, 0.56%
Sookmyung Womens University
1 publication, 0.56%
University of Chicago
1 publication, 0.56%
Yunnan University
1 publication, 0.56%
University of South Florida
1 publication, 0.56%
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
1 publication, 0.56%
University of Bristol
1 publication, 0.56%
University of the Basque Country
1 publication, 0.56%
Metropolitan State University of Denver
1 publication, 0.56%
University of Augsburg
1 publication, 0.56%
Purdue University Northwest
1 publication, 0.56%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
1 publication, 0.56%
University of Maryland, Baltimore
1 publication, 0.56%
Baylor University
1 publication, 0.56%
Fordham University
1 publication, 0.56%
West Chester University
1 publication, 0.56%
University of Zaragoza
1 publication, 0.56%
Tokyo Kasei University
1 publication, 0.56%
Florida International University
1 publication, 0.56%
Florida Atlantic University
1 publication, 0.56%
Nippon Sport Science University
1 publication, 0.56%
J. F. Oberlin University
1 publication, 0.56%
Stetson University
1 publication, 0.56%
Louisiana State University
1 publication, 0.56%
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
1 publication, 0.56%
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
1 publication, 0.56%
University of Colorado Boulder
1 publication, 0.56%
Brigham Young University
1 publication, 0.56%
Utah State University
1 publication, 0.56%
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
1 publication, 0.56%
University of Houston–Downtown
1 publication, 0.56%
University of Kent
1 publication, 0.56%
University of Regina
1 publication, 0.56%
Université du Québec à Montréal
1 publication, 0.56%
Brandeis University
1 publication, 0.56%
Lesley University
1 publication, 0.56%
Bowling Green State University
1 publication, 0.56%
University of Oklahoma
1 publication, 0.56%
University of Nevada, Reno
1 publication, 0.56%
University of South Dakota
1 publication, 0.56%
University of North Dakota
1 publication, 0.56%
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USA, 474, 50.48%
USA
474 publications, 50.48%
Republic of Korea, 78, 8.31%
Republic of Korea
78 publications, 8.31%
Israel, 18, 1.92%
Israel
18 publications, 1.92%
Canada, 16, 1.7%
Canada
16 publications, 1.7%
China, 11, 1.17%
China
11 publications, 1.17%
Italy, 9, 0.96%
Italy
9 publications, 0.96%
Georgia, 7, 0.75%
Georgia
7 publications, 0.75%
Australia, 4, 0.43%
Australia
4 publications, 0.43%
United Kingdom, 2, 0.21%
United Kingdom
2 publications, 0.21%
Spain, 2, 0.21%
Spain
2 publications, 0.21%
Belgium, 1, 0.11%
Belgium
1 publication, 0.11%
Vietnam, 1, 0.11%
Vietnam
1 publication, 0.11%
India, 1, 0.11%
India
1 publication, 0.11%
Netherlands, 1, 0.11%
Netherlands
1 publication, 0.11%
New Zealand, 1, 0.11%
New Zealand
1 publication, 0.11%
Saudi Arabia, 1, 0.11%
Saudi Arabia
1 publication, 0.11%
Singapore, 1, 0.11%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.11%
Slovakia, 1, 0.11%
Slovakia
1 publication, 0.11%
Turkey, 1, 0.11%
Turkey
1 publication, 0.11%
Montenegro, 1, 0.11%
Montenegro
1 publication, 0.11%
Chile, 1, 0.11%
Chile
1 publication, 0.11%
Japan, 1, 0.11%
Japan
1 publication, 0.11%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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USA, 66, 37.29%
USA
66 publications, 37.29%
China, 5, 2.82%
China
5 publications, 2.82%
Canada, 3, 1.69%
Canada
3 publications, 1.69%
Australia, 2, 1.13%
Australia
2 publications, 1.13%
Spain, 2, 1.13%
Spain
2 publications, 1.13%
United Kingdom, 1, 0.56%
United Kingdom
1 publication, 0.56%
Vietnam, 1, 0.56%
Vietnam
1 publication, 0.56%
Israel, 1, 0.56%
Israel
1 publication, 0.56%
Republic of Korea, 1, 0.56%
Republic of Korea
1 publication, 0.56%
Turkey, 1, 0.56%
Turkey
1 publication, 0.56%
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