Social Dynamics

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SCImago
Q3
WOS
Q2
Impact factor
0.6
SJR
0.266
CiteScore
1.2
Categories
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Areas
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1975-2025
journal names
Social Dynamics
SOC DYNAMICS
Publications
1 303
Citations
6 721
h-index
32
Publications
190
Citations
2 801
Top-3 citing journals
Social Dynamics
Social Dynamics (345 citations)
African Studies
African Studies (77 citations)
Top-3 organizations
University of Cape Town
University of Cape Town (202 publications)
University of the Witwatersrand
University of the Witwatersrand (110 publications)
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University (87 publications)
University of Cape Town
University of Cape Town (23 publications)
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University (19 publications)
Top-3 countries
South Africa (567 publications)
USA (112 publications)
United Kingdom (44 publications)
South Africa (107 publications)
USA (13 publications)
United Kingdom (9 publications)

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Citing journals

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Social Dynamics
345 citations, 5.13%
African Studies
77 citations, 1.15%
South African Review of Sociology
66 citations, 0.98%
Development Southern Africa
61 citations, 0.91%
Safundi
60 citations, 0.89%
Africa
58 citations, 0.86%
Urban Forum
58 citations, 0.86%
Southern African Geographical Journal
57 citations, 0.85%
Anthropology Southern Africa
50 citations, 0.74%
Journal of Asian and African Studies
44 citations, 0.65%
Critical Arts
44 citations, 0.65%
African Journal of AIDS Research
42 citations, 0.62%
Journal of Southern African Studies
42 citations, 0.62%
Journal of Contemporary African Studies
41 citations, 0.61%
Politikon
40 citations, 0.6%
African Identities
39 citations, 0.58%
Geoforum
38 citations, 0.57%
Social Science and Medicine
37 citations, 0.55%
SSRN Electronic Journal
35 citations, 0.52%
Journal of Commonwealth Literature
34 citations, 0.51%
Culture, Health and Sexuality
33 citations, 0.49%
South African Historical Journal
32 citations, 0.48%
PLoS ONE
30 citations, 0.45%
Urban Studies
29 citations, 0.43%
South African Journal of Psychology
28 citations, 0.42%
Communicatio
28 citations, 0.42%
Journal of African Cultural Studies
24 citations, 0.36%
Global Public Health
23 citations, 0.34%
African Studies Review
23 citations, 0.34%
Agenda
22 citations, 0.33%
Journal of Literary Studies
22 citations, 0.33%
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space
21 citations, 0.31%
Progress in Human Geography
21 citations, 0.31%
South African Journal of Economics
20 citations, 0.3%
Sahara J
20 citations, 0.3%
Critical African Studies
20 citations, 0.3%
Development and Change
19 citations, 0.28%
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
19 citations, 0.28%
Muziki
19 citations, 0.28%
Land Use Policy
19 citations, 0.28%
Geo Journal
19 citations, 0.28%
International Journal of Educational Development
18 citations, 0.27%
Canadian Journal of African Studies
18 citations, 0.27%
Interventions
18 citations, 0.27%
Review of African Political Economy
18 citations, 0.27%
Journal of Eastern African Studies
18 citations, 0.27%
English Studies in Africa
18 citations, 0.27%
Current Writing
18 citations, 0.27%
Journal of Agrarian Change
17 citations, 0.25%
AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
17 citations, 0.25%
Contact Language Library
17 citations, 0.25%
Journal of African History
16 citations, 0.24%
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
16 citations, 0.24%
Antipode
15 citations, 0.22%
Land
15 citations, 0.22%
City
15 citations, 0.22%
World Development
15 citations, 0.22%
Africa Spectrum
14 citations, 0.21%
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies
13 citations, 0.19%
Sustainability
13 citations, 0.19%
Population, Space and Place
13 citations, 0.19%
Contemporary Social Issues in East Asian Societies
13 citations, 0.19%
English Academy Review
12 citations, 0.18%
International Journal of African Renaissance Studies
12 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Peasant Studies
12 citations, 0.18%
Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness
12 citations, 0.18%
Political Geography
12 citations, 0.18%
Comparative Education Review
12 citations, 0.18%
AIDS and Behavior
12 citations, 0.18%
Cultural Studies
12 citations, 0.18%
Third World Quarterly
12 citations, 0.18%
Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies
12 citations, 0.18%
Transformation in Higher Education
12 citations, 0.18%
Urban Geography
11 citations, 0.16%
Current Sociology
11 citations, 0.16%
Ethnic and Racial Studies
11 citations, 0.16%
Scrutiny2
11 citations, 0.16%
Archives of Sexual Behavior
10 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Rural Studies
10 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
10 citations, 0.15%
Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
10 citations, 0.15%
Critical Social Policy
10 citations, 0.15%
History in Africa
10 citations, 0.15%
Subjectivity
10 citations, 0.15%
Global Health Action
10 citations, 0.15%
South African Journal of African Languages
10 citations, 0.15%
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
10 citations, 0.15%
Sexuality and Culture
10 citations, 0.15%
Research in African Literatures
10 citations, 0.15%
African Arts
10 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Postcolonial Writing
10 citations, 0.15%
African Journalism Studies
10 citations, 0.15%
Social Indicators Research
9 citations, 0.13%
Forum for Development Studies
9 citations, 0.13%
Studies in Higher Education
9 citations, 0.13%
Men and Masculinities
9 citations, 0.13%
Sociology Compass
9 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Modern African Studies
9 citations, 0.13%
Cities
9 citations, 0.13%
International Sociology
9 citations, 0.13%
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Taylor & Francis
2304 citations, 34.28%
Springer Nature
577 citations, 8.59%
SAGE
541 citations, 8.05%
Wiley
412 citations, 6.13%
Elsevier
362 citations, 5.39%
Cambridge University Press
347 citations, 5.16%
Duke University Press
228 citations, 3.39%
Oxford University Press
166 citations, 2.47%
AOSIS
102 citations, 1.52%
MDPI
75 citations, 1.12%
Unisa Press
46 citations, 0.68%
Emerald
44 citations, 0.65%
University of Chicago Press
41 citations, 0.61%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
37 citations, 0.55%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
35 citations, 0.52%
Frontiers Media S.A.
33 citations, 0.49%
National Inquiry Services Center (NISC)
32 citations, 0.48%
IGI Global
31 citations, 0.46%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
28 citations, 0.42%
Indiana University Press
20 citations, 0.3%
Brill
19 citations, 0.28%
OpenEdition
19 citations, 0.28%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
18 citations, 0.27%
Intellect
15 citations, 0.22%
Walter de Gruyter
13 citations, 0.19%
University of California Press
13 citations, 0.19%
MIT Press
13 citations, 0.19%
African Studies Association
11 citations, 0.16%
BMJ
10 citations, 0.15%
Liverpool University Press
9 citations, 0.13%
Institut fur Afrika-Kunde
9 citations, 0.13%
CAIRN
9 citations, 0.13%
Bristol University Press
9 citations, 0.13%
Pluto Journals
8 citations, 0.12%
Bureau for Economic Research
7 citations, 0.1%
Max-Planck Institute for Demographic Research/Max-Planck-institut fur Demografische Forschung
6 citations, 0.09%
Annual Reviews
6 citations, 0.09%
Scientific Research Publishing
6 citations, 0.09%
F1000 Research
6 citations, 0.09%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
5 citations, 0.07%
American Psychological Association (APA)
5 citations, 0.07%
SciELO
5 citations, 0.07%
Academy of Science of South Africa
5 citations, 0.07%
Berghahn Books
5 citations, 0.07%
Edinburgh University Press
4 citations, 0.06%
University of Adelaide
4 citations, 0.06%
Hindawi Limited
4 citations, 0.06%
IntechOpen
4 citations, 0.06%
University of Johannesburg
4 citations, 0.06%
University of Illinois Press
3 citations, 0.04%
Societe Francaise d'histoire d'outre-mer
3 citations, 0.04%
American Public Health Association
3 citations, 0.04%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
3 citations, 0.04%
PERSEE Program
3 citations, 0.04%
CSIRO Publishing
3 citations, 0.04%
Kamla Raj Enterprises
3 citations, 0.04%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
3 citations, 0.04%
Consortium Erudit
3 citations, 0.04%
Equinox Publishing
3 citations, 0.04%
Mary Ann Liebert
2 citations, 0.03%
The Royal Society
2 citations, 0.03%
Optica Publishing Group
2 citations, 0.03%
Katholieke Universiteit, Instituut voor Culturele en Sociale Antropologie, University Of Nijmegen
2 citations, 0.03%
Center for Western Studies
2 citations, 0.03%
Academy of Management
2 citations, 0.03%
Editora Universidade de Brasilia
2 citations, 0.03%
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas, Pagu, Centro de Estudos de Genero
2 citations, 0.03%
The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE)
2 citations, 0.03%
University of the Free State
2 citations, 0.03%
Academic Journals
2 citations, 0.03%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
2 citations, 0.03%
Virtus Interpress
2 citations, 0.03%
Ubiquity Press
2 citations, 0.03%
Men's Studies Press, LLC
2 citations, 0.03%
Center for Strategic Studies in Business and Finance SSBFNET
2 citations, 0.03%
Uniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz)
2 citations, 0.03%
Research Square Platform LLC
2 citations, 0.03%
World Scientific
1 citation, 0.01%
Trans Tech Publications
1 citation, 0.01%
Medpharm Publications Ltd.
1 citation, 0.01%
American Society for Microbiology
1 citation, 0.01%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
1 citation, 0.01%
King Saud University
1 citation, 0.01%
1 citation, 0.01%
1 citation, 0.01%
AIP Publishing
1 citation, 0.01%
University of Minnesota Press
1 citation, 0.01%
1 citation, 0.01%
Springer Publishing Company
1 citation, 0.01%
Universitat Politecnica de Valencia
1 citation, 0.01%
American Real Estate Society
1 citation, 0.01%
South African Speech And Hearing Association
1 citation, 0.01%
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
1 citation, 0.01%
South African Assn. For The Advancement Of Science
1 citation, 0.01%
American Speech Language Hearing Association
1 citation, 0.01%
Drustvo za Opazovanje in Proucevanje Ptic Slovenije/Bird Watching and Bird Study Association of Slovenia
1 citation, 0.01%
Pensoft Publishers
1 citation, 0.01%
Centro de Estudos Educacao e Sociedade - CEDES
1 citation, 0.01%
1 citation, 0.01%
ACCB Publishing
1 citation, 0.01%
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University of Cape Town
202 publications, 15.5%
University of the Witwatersrand
110 publications, 8.44%
Stellenbosch University
87 publications, 6.68%
University of the Western Cape
40 publications, 3.07%
University of Johannesburg
38 publications, 2.92%
University of Pretoria
18 publications, 1.38%
Rhodes University
16 publications, 1.23%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
15 publications, 1.15%
University of the Free State
12 publications, 0.92%
Nelson Mandela University
11 publications, 0.84%
University of South Africa
10 publications, 0.77%
University of Oxford
8 publications, 0.61%
Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa
7 publications, 0.54%
Makerere University
7 publications, 0.54%
University of Michigan
7 publications, 0.54%
University of Basel
6 publications, 0.46%
Pennsylvania State University
6 publications, 0.46%
Yale University
5 publications, 0.38%
University of Fort Hare
5 publications, 0.38%
University of Lagos
5 publications, 0.38%
Roskilde University
4 publications, 0.31%
University of Ibadan
4 publications, 0.31%
University of Chicago
4 publications, 0.31%
University of Ghana
4 publications, 0.31%
University of Botswana
4 publications, 0.31%
Brown University
4 publications, 0.31%
School of Oriental and African Studies
4 publications, 0.31%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
3 publications, 0.23%
Radboud University Nijmegen
3 publications, 0.23%
Humboldt University of Berlin
3 publications, 0.23%
University of Cambridge
3 publications, 0.23%
Michigan State University
3 publications, 0.23%
Johns Hopkins University
3 publications, 0.23%
Columbia University
3 publications, 0.23%
National Research Foundation
3 publications, 0.23%
University of Nigeria
3 publications, 0.23%
Harvard University
3 publications, 0.23%
University of Minnesota
3 publications, 0.23%
University of Amsterdam
3 publications, 0.23%
Duquesne University
3 publications, 0.23%
York University
3 publications, 0.23%
Indiana University Bloomington
3 publications, 0.23%
University of Connecticut
3 publications, 0.23%
University of Nairobi
3 publications, 0.23%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
2 publications, 0.15%
Ghent University
2 publications, 0.15%
Free University of Berlin
2 publications, 0.15%
Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University
2 publications, 0.15%
University of Edinburgh
2 publications, 0.15%
University of Manchester
2 publications, 0.15%
Cornell University
2 publications, 0.15%
North-West University
2 publications, 0.15%
Durban University of Technology
2 publications, 0.15%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2 publications, 0.15%
University of California, Berkeley
2 publications, 0.15%
Tufts University
2 publications, 0.15%
University of South Florida
2 publications, 0.15%
University of Cape Coast
2 publications, 0.15%
Leipzig University
2 publications, 0.15%
Emory University
2 publications, 0.15%
University of Barcelona
2 publications, 0.15%
University of Reading
2 publications, 0.15%
University of Sussex
2 publications, 0.15%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2 publications, 0.15%
Wesleyan University
2 publications, 0.15%
Moi University
2 publications, 0.15%
Université du Québec à Montréal
2 publications, 0.15%
University of Zimbabwe
2 publications, 0.15%
University of Malawi
2 publications, 0.15%
Eduardo Mondlane University
2 publications, 0.15%
National University of Lesotho
2 publications, 0.15%
Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.08%
Bilkent University
1 publication, 0.08%
Ege University
1 publication, 0.08%
Tel Aviv University
1 publication, 0.08%
Near East University
1 publication, 0.08%
University of Malaya
1 publication, 0.08%
University of Lisbon
1 publication, 0.08%
University of Bayreuth
1 publication, 0.08%
University of Helsinki
1 publication, 0.08%
Linnaeus University
1 publication, 0.08%
University of Bern
1 publication, 0.08%
University of New South Wales
1 publication, 0.08%
Xidian University
1 publication, 0.08%
Yarmouk University
1 publication, 0.08%
Université Catholique de Louvain
1 publication, 0.08%
University College London
1 publication, 0.08%
Queen Mary University of London
1 publication, 0.08%
Brunel University London
1 publication, 0.08%
Ã…bo Akademi University
1 publication, 0.08%
University of Copenhagen
1 publication, 0.08%
University of Oslo
1 publication, 0.08%
King's College London
1 publication, 0.08%
Maastricht University
1 publication, 0.08%
University of Antwerp
1 publication, 0.08%
London School of Economics and Political Science
1 publication, 0.08%
University of Trento
1 publication, 0.08%
North Dakota State University
1 publication, 0.08%
University of Canterbury
1 publication, 0.08%
University of Melbourne
1 publication, 0.08%
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Publishing organizations in 5 years

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University of Cape Town
23 publications, 12.11%
Stellenbosch University
19 publications, 10%
University of the Witwatersrand
15 publications, 7.89%
University of Johannesburg
13 publications, 6.84%
Nelson Mandela University
10 publications, 5.26%
University of Pretoria
9 publications, 4.74%
University of the Free State
8 publications, 4.21%
University of the Western Cape
7 publications, 3.68%
University of Ghana
4 publications, 2.11%
Radboud University Nijmegen
3 publications, 1.58%
University of Nigeria
3 publications, 1.58%
Makerere University
3 publications, 1.58%
University of Basel
2 publications, 1.05%
Rhodes University
2 publications, 1.05%
Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa
2 publications, 1.05%
University of Cape Coast
2 publications, 1.05%
Duquesne University
2 publications, 1.05%
York University
2 publications, 1.05%
School of Oriental and African Studies
2 publications, 1.05%
Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.53%
Near East University
1 publication, 0.53%
Ghent University
1 publication, 0.53%
Xidian University
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Edinburgh
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Manchester
1 publication, 0.53%
London School of Economics and Political Science
1 publication, 0.53%
Michigan State University
1 publication, 0.53%
Pennsylvania State University
1 publication, 0.53%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
1 publication, 0.53%
North-West University
1 publication, 0.53%
University of South Africa
1 publication, 0.53%
National Research Foundation
1 publication, 0.53%
Vaal University of Technology
1 publication, 0.53%
Federal University Oye Ekiti
1 publication, 0.53%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
1 publication, 0.53%
Federal University of Pernambuco
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Bristol
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Michigan
1 publication, 0.53%
University of British Columbia
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Minnesota
1 publication, 0.53%
Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn
1 publication, 0.53%
Utrecht University
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Amsterdam
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Leeds
1 publication, 0.53%
Emory University
1 publication, 0.53%
Sorbonne Paris Nord University
1 publication, 0.53%
Florida Atlantic University
1 publication, 0.53%
Utah Valley University
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Connecticut
1 publication, 0.53%
Kenyatta University
1 publication, 0.53%
University of São Paulo
1 publication, 0.53%
Mzuzu University
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Namibia
1 publication, 0.53%
National University of Lesotho
1 publication, 0.53%
Maasai Mara University
1 publication, 0.53%
Queens College
1 publication, 0.53%
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South Africa, 567, 43.51%
South Africa
567 publications, 43.51%
USA, 112, 8.6%
USA
112 publications, 8.6%
United Kingdom, 44, 3.38%
United Kingdom
44 publications, 3.38%
Nigeria, 14, 1.07%
Nigeria
14 publications, 1.07%
Germany, 12, 0.92%
Germany
12 publications, 0.92%
Canada, 12, 0.92%
Canada
12 publications, 0.92%
Netherlands, 10, 0.77%
Netherlands
10 publications, 0.77%
Brazil, 9, 0.69%
Brazil
9 publications, 0.69%
Kenya, 9, 0.69%
Kenya
9 publications, 0.69%
France, 8, 0.61%
France
8 publications, 0.61%
Australia, 8, 0.61%
Australia
8 publications, 0.61%
Greece, 8, 0.61%
Greece
8 publications, 0.61%
Uganda, 8, 0.61%
Uganda
8 publications, 0.61%
Italy, 7, 0.54%
Italy
7 publications, 0.54%
Switzerland, 7, 0.54%
Switzerland
7 publications, 0.54%
Belgium, 6, 0.46%
Belgium
6 publications, 0.46%
Botswana, 5, 0.38%
Botswana
5 publications, 0.38%
Ghana, 5, 0.38%
Ghana
5 publications, 0.38%
Denmark, 4, 0.31%
Denmark
4 publications, 0.31%
Zimbabwe, 4, 0.31%
Zimbabwe
4 publications, 0.31%
Israel, 4, 0.31%
Israel
4 publications, 0.31%
Portugal, 3, 0.23%
Portugal
3 publications, 0.23%
Malawi, 3, 0.23%
Malawi
3 publications, 0.23%
Morocco, 3, 0.23%
Morocco
3 publications, 0.23%
Tanzania, 3, 0.23%
Tanzania
3 publications, 0.23%
Zambia, 2, 0.15%
Zambia
2 publications, 0.15%
Spain, 2, 0.15%
Spain
2 publications, 0.15%
Lesotho, 2, 0.15%
Lesotho
2 publications, 0.15%
Mozambique, 2, 0.15%
Mozambique
2 publications, 0.15%
Namibia, 2, 0.15%
Namibia
2 publications, 0.15%
Senegal, 2, 0.15%
Senegal
2 publications, 0.15%
Turkey, 2, 0.15%
Turkey
2 publications, 0.15%
Sweden, 2, 0.15%
Sweden
2 publications, 0.15%
Japan, 2, 0.15%
Japan
2 publications, 0.15%
Russia, 1, 0.08%
Russia
1 publication, 0.08%
China, 1, 0.08%
China
1 publication, 0.08%
India, 1, 0.08%
India
1 publication, 0.08%
Jordan, 1, 0.08%
Jordan
1 publication, 0.08%
Iraq, 1, 0.08%
Iraq
1 publication, 0.08%
Ireland, 1, 0.08%
Ireland
1 publication, 0.08%
Cyprus, 1, 0.08%
Cyprus
1 publication, 0.08%
Malaysia, 1, 0.08%
Malaysia
1 publication, 0.08%
New Zealand, 1, 0.08%
New Zealand
1 publication, 0.08%
Norway, 1, 0.08%
Norway
1 publication, 0.08%
Solomon Islands, 1, 0.08%
Solomon Islands
1 publication, 0.08%
Finland, 1, 0.08%
Finland
1 publication, 0.08%
Ethiopia, 1, 0.08%
Ethiopia
1 publication, 0.08%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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South Africa, 107, 56.32%
South Africa
107 publications, 56.32%
USA, 13, 6.84%
USA
13 publications, 6.84%
United Kingdom, 9, 4.74%
United Kingdom
9 publications, 4.74%
Netherlands, 6, 3.16%
Netherlands
6 publications, 3.16%
Ghana, 5, 2.63%
Ghana
5 publications, 2.63%
Nigeria, 4, 2.11%
Nigeria
4 publications, 2.11%
Uganda, 4, 2.11%
Uganda
4 publications, 2.11%
Canada, 3, 1.58%
Canada
3 publications, 1.58%
Brazil, 2, 1.05%
Brazil
2 publications, 1.05%
Kenya, 2, 1.05%
Kenya
2 publications, 1.05%
Namibia, 2, 1.05%
Namibia
2 publications, 1.05%
Switzerland, 2, 1.05%
Switzerland
2 publications, 1.05%
Russia, 1, 0.53%
Russia
1 publication, 0.53%
Germany, 1, 0.53%
Germany
1 publication, 0.53%
France, 1, 0.53%
France
1 publication, 0.53%
China, 1, 0.53%
China
1 publication, 0.53%
Belgium, 1, 0.53%
Belgium
1 publication, 0.53%
Zambia, 1, 0.53%
Zambia
1 publication, 0.53%
Cyprus, 1, 0.53%
Cyprus
1 publication, 0.53%
Lesotho, 1, 0.53%
Lesotho
1 publication, 0.53%
Malawi, 1, 0.53%
Malawi
1 publication, 0.53%
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