American Journal of Nursing

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ISSN: 0002936X, 15387488

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SCImago
Q3
WOS
Q2
Impact factor
2.0
SJR
0.318
CiteScore
1.2
Categories
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Nursing (miscellaneous)
Areas
Medicine
Nursing
Years of issue
1945-2025
journal names
American Journal of Nursing
AJN American Journal of Nursing
AM J NURS
Publications
97 346
Citations
50 041
h-index
71
Publications
2 276
Citations
16 298
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University (63 publications)
New York University
New York University (44 publications)
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania (41 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (2488 publications)
Canada (41 publications)
Australia (26 publications)
USA (169 publications)
Italy (4 publications)
United Kingdom (3 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Top-100

Citing journals

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Journal of Advanced Nursing
1111 citations, 2.22%
Journal of Nursing Education
780 citations, 1.56%
Journal of Clinical Nursing
703 citations, 1.4%
American Journal of Nursing
568 citations, 1.14%
Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing
556 citations, 1.11%
Journal of Gerontological Nursing
531 citations, 1.06%
Nursing Forum
516 citations, 1.03%
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services
433 citations, 0.87%
AORN Journal
324 citations, 0.65%
International Journal of Nursing Studies
313 citations, 0.63%
Nursing Clinics of North America
313 citations, 0.63%
Journal of Nursing Management
300 citations, 0.6%
British Journal of Nursing
295 citations, 0.59%
Nurse Education Today
278 citations, 0.56%
Journal of Professional Nursing
276 citations, 0.55%
Public Health Nursing
275 citations, 0.55%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
256 citations, 0.51%
PLoS ONE
249 citations, 0.5%
Journal of Nursing Administration
248 citations, 0.5%
Nursing Outlook
239 citations, 0.48%
Journal of Emergency Nursing
205 citations, 0.41%
Western Journal of Nursing Research
196 citations, 0.39%
Nursing
181 citations, 0.36%
BMC Nursing
180 citations, 0.36%
BMJ Open
175 citations, 0.35%
Journal of Nursing Care Quality
166 citations, 0.33%
Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing
163 citations, 0.33%
Nursing Inquiry
162 citations, 0.32%
Geriatric Nursing
162 citations, 0.32%
Nursing Ethics
159 citations, 0.32%
Nursing management
159 citations, 0.32%
Pain Management Nursing
147 citations, 0.29%
Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America
144 citations, 0.29%
Healthcare
141 citations, 0.28%
Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing
134 citations, 0.27%
International Journal of Nursing Practice
131 citations, 0.26%
Critical Care Nurse
126 citations, 0.25%
Rehabilitation Nursing
123 citations, 0.25%
BMC Geriatrics
113 citations, 0.23%
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
112 citations, 0.22%
Nurse Educator
107 citations, 0.21%
JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing
107 citations, 0.21%
Nursing Science Quarterly
107 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Pediatric Nursing
106 citations, 0.21%
Applied Nursing Research
105 citations, 0.21%
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
105 citations, 0.21%
Seminars in Oncology Nursing
102 citations, 0.2%
Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
99 citations, 0.2%
Psychological Bulletin
99 citations, 0.2%
BMC Health Services Research
97 citations, 0.19%
Nurse Education in Practice
97 citations, 0.19%
International Nursing Review
96 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing
94 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Nursing Scholarship
92 citations, 0.18%
Cureus
92 citations, 0.18%
Issues in Mental Health Nursing
90 citations, 0.18%
Perspectives in Psychiatric Care
90 citations, 0.18%
Nursing Open
89 citations, 0.18%
Revista brasileira de enfermagem
87 citations, 0.17%
Clinical Nurse Specialist
87 citations, 0.17%
Frontiers in Public Health
87 citations, 0.17%
Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice
84 citations, 0.17%
Contemporary Nurse
84 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Holistic Nursing
83 citations, 0.17%
JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports
81 citations, 0.16%
Nursing Philosophy
79 citations, 0.16%
Nurse Leader
79 citations, 0.16%
SSRN Electronic Journal
79 citations, 0.16%
Journal for Nurses in Staff Development
79 citations, 0.16%
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
76 citations, 0.15%
Orthopaedic Nursing
76 citations, 0.15%
American Journal of Public Health
75 citations, 0.15%
Qualitative Health Research
74 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Infusion Nursing
74 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
74 citations, 0.15%
Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing
73 citations, 0.15%
American Journal of Critical Care
73 citations, 0.15%
Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
73 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Addictions Nursing
72 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Nursing Regulation
72 citations, 0.14%
Nursing in critical care
71 citations, 0.14%
Omega: Journal of Death and Dying
71 citations, 0.14%
Teaching and Learning in Nursing
70 citations, 0.14%
American Journal of Infection Control
70 citations, 0.14%
Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing
69 citations, 0.14%
Pediatrics
69 citations, 0.14%
Journal for Nurse Practitioners
69 citations, 0.14%
International Journal of Palliative Nursing
68 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Research in Nursing
66 citations, 0.13%
Research in Nursing and Health
66 citations, 0.13%
BMC Public Health
65 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing
64 citations, 0.13%
Scientific Reports
64 citations, 0.13%
Hospital Topics
63 citations, 0.13%
New England Journal of Medicine
62 citations, 0.12%
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
61 citations, 0.12%
Advances in Nursing Science
61 citations, 0.12%
Journal for nurses in professional development
61 citations, 0.12%
Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
61 citations, 0.12%
British Journal of Community Nursing
60 citations, 0.12%
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Citing publishers

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Elsevier
8496 citations, 16.98%
Wiley
8015 citations, 16.02%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
4707 citations, 9.41%
Springer Nature
4051 citations, 8.1%
SAGE
3601 citations, 7.2%
Taylor & Francis
3160 citations, 6.31%
SLACK
2428 citations, 4.85%
MDPI
1083 citations, 2.16%
Mark Allen Group
830 citations, 1.66%
American Psychological Association (APA)
745 citations, 1.49%
Cambridge University Press
548 citations, 1.1%
Frontiers Media S.A.
499 citations, 1%
Oxford University Press
480 citations, 0.96%
BMJ
373 citations, 0.75%
Emerald
343 citations, 0.69%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
293 citations, 0.59%
AACN Publishing
276 citations, 0.55%
JMIR Publications
246 citations, 0.49%
Mary Ann Liebert
214 citations, 0.43%
Hindawi Limited
183 citations, 0.37%
SciELO
181 citations, 0.36%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
172 citations, 0.34%
Oncology Nursing Society
155 citations, 0.31%
American Public Health Association
135 citations, 0.27%
Springer Publishing Company
115 citations, 0.23%
OpenEdition
115 citations, 0.23%
IGI Global
109 citations, 0.22%
American Academy of Pediatrics
100 citations, 0.2%
Walter de Gruyter
98 citations, 0.2%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
95 citations, 0.19%
Associacao Brasileira de Enfermagem
83 citations, 0.17%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
80 citations, 0.16%
RCNi
78 citations, 0.16%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
69 citations, 0.14%
Massachusetts Medical Society
66 citations, 0.13%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
65 citations, 0.13%
Joint Commission Resources Inc.
56 citations, 0.11%
American Medical Association (AMA)
53 citations, 0.11%
Scientific Research Publishing
53 citations, 0.11%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
52 citations, 0.1%
American Speech Language Hearing Association
51 citations, 0.1%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
49 citations, 0.1%
S. Karger AG
49 citations, 0.1%
American College of Physicians
47 citations, 0.09%
Medknow
45 citations, 0.09%
44 citations, 0.09%
Brieflands
44 citations, 0.09%
IOS Press
43 citations, 0.09%
Mallet Conseil
42 citations, 0.08%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
41 citations, 0.08%
IntechOpen
36 citations, 0.07%
AOSIS
35 citations, 0.07%
Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
34 citations, 0.07%
Baishideng Publishing Group
34 citations, 0.07%
IOP Publishing
32 citations, 0.06%
Duke University Press
31 citations, 0.06%
31 citations, 0.06%
Consortium Erudit
31 citations, 0.06%
Pleiades Publishing
30 citations, 0.06%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
29 citations, 0.06%
American Society for Microbiology
28 citations, 0.06%
CAIRN
28 citations, 0.06%
University of Chicago Press
27 citations, 0.05%
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
26 citations, 0.05%
Research Square Platform LLC
26 citations, 0.05%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
24 citations, 0.05%
AME Publishing Company
24 citations, 0.05%
Association for Vascular Access
24 citations, 0.05%
University of California Press
23 citations, 0.05%
Association for Perioperative Practice
23 citations, 0.05%
South Florida Publishing LLC
23 citations, 0.05%
AIP Publishing
22 citations, 0.04%
22 citations, 0.04%
F1000 Research
22 citations, 0.04%
Iron and Steel Institute of Japan
21 citations, 0.04%
Health Affairs (Project Hope)
21 citations, 0.04%
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
21 citations, 0.04%
Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishing
21 citations, 0.04%
Hans Publishers
21 citations, 0.04%
Society of Hospital Medicine
21 citations, 0.04%
IMR Press
20 citations, 0.04%
Edizioni Minerva Medica
20 citations, 0.04%
Japan Society of Civil Engineers
20 citations, 0.04%
EDP Sciences
19 citations, 0.04%
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
19 citations, 0.04%
Kyushu University
19 citations, 0.04%
American Thoracic Society
19 citations, 0.04%
Korean Society of Nursing Science
19 citations, 0.04%
Hogrefe Publishing Group
19 citations, 0.04%
18 citations, 0.04%
Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo
18 citations, 0.04%
SAE International
18 citations, 0.04%
American Physiological Society
17 citations, 0.03%
Tissue Viability Society
16 citations, 0.03%
CSIRO Publishing
16 citations, 0.03%
Royal College of Psychiatrists
15 citations, 0.03%
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
15 citations, 0.03%
Uniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz)
15 citations, 0.03%
XMLink
15 citations, 0.03%
American Diabetes Association
13 citations, 0.03%
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Johns Hopkins University
63 publications, 0.06%
New York University
44 publications, 0.05%
University of Pennsylvania
41 publications, 0.04%
Columbia University
35 publications, 0.04%
University of Rochester
35 publications, 0.04%
Old Dominion University
32 publications, 0.03%
University of Illinois at Chicago
27 publications, 0.03%
University of Washington
26 publications, 0.03%
Yale University
25 publications, 0.03%
University of California, San Francisco
23 publications, 0.02%
Boston Children's Hospital
20 publications, 0.02%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
19 publications, 0.02%
Massachusetts General Hospital
18 publications, 0.02%
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
18 publications, 0.02%
Boston College
17 publications, 0.02%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
15 publications, 0.02%
Oregon Health & Science University
14 publications, 0.01%
University of Michigan
14 publications, 0.01%
University of Minnesota
14 publications, 0.01%
George Washington University
13 publications, 0.01%
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
13 publications, 0.01%
University of Maryland, Baltimore
13 publications, 0.01%
Arizona State University
12 publications, 0.01%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
11 publications, 0.01%
University of Iowa
11 publications, 0.01%
Cornell University
10 publications, 0.01%
University of Adelaide
10 publications, 0.01%
Villanova University
10 publications, 0.01%
University of Tennessee
10 publications, 0.01%
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
9 publications, 0.01%
University of California, Davis
8 publications, 0.01%
University of Alabama at Birmingham
8 publications, 0.01%
University of Connecticut
8 publications, 0.01%
Saint Louis University
8 publications, 0.01%
University of Pittsburgh
8 publications, 0.01%
Drexel University
7 publications, 0.01%
Duke University Hospital
7 publications, 0.01%
University of California, Los Angeles
7 publications, 0.01%
University of Texas at Austin
7 publications, 0.01%
Emory University
7 publications, 0.01%
La Salle University
7 publications, 0.01%
Houston Methodist Hospital
7 publications, 0.01%
University of Florida
7 publications, 0.01%
Texas Woman's University
7 publications, 0.01%
Lehman College
7 publications, 0.01%
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
7 publications, 0.01%
California State University, Chico
7 publications, 0.01%
Michigan State University
6 publications, 0.01%
Edith Cowan University
6 publications, 0.01%
West Virginia University
6 publications, 0.01%
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
6 publications, 0.01%
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
6 publications, 0.01%
Wayne State University
6 publications, 0.01%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
6 publications, 0.01%
Mayo Clinic
6 publications, 0.01%
University of Rhode Island
6 publications, 0.01%
Rhode Island Hospital
6 publications, 0.01%
University of Texas at Arlington
6 publications, 0.01%
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
6 publications, 0.01%
University of New Mexico
6 publications, 0.01%
Kent State University
6 publications, 0.01%
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
6 publications, 0.01%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
6 publications, 0.01%
California State University, Sacramento
6 publications, 0.01%
Duke University
5 publications, 0.01%
New York University Langone Health
5 publications, 0.01%
Brigham and Women's Hospital
5 publications, 0.01%
Rush University Medical Center
5 publications, 0.01%
Georgia State University
5 publications, 0.01%
University of South Florida
5 publications, 0.01%
Rockefeller University
5 publications, 0.01%
University of Cincinnati
5 publications, 0.01%
City of Hope National Medical Center
5 publications, 0.01%
Indiana University Health
5 publications, 0.01%
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
5 publications, 0.01%
University of Utah
5 publications, 0.01%
Texas Christian University
5 publications, 0.01%
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
5 publications, 0.01%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
5 publications, 0.01%
Medical University of South Carolina
5 publications, 0.01%
University of Iowa Health Care
5 publications, 0.01%
University of Oklahoma
5 publications, 0.01%
University of Virginia
5 publications, 0.01%
University of Alaska Anchorage
5 publications, 0.01%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
5 publications, 0.01%
Harvard University
4 publications, 0%
Ohio State University
4 publications, 0%
University of Chicago
4 publications, 0%
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
4 publications, 0%
Food and Drug Administration
4 publications, 0%
Virginia Commonwealth University
4 publications, 0%
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
4 publications, 0%
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
4 publications, 0%
University of Kentucky
4 publications, 0%
Miami University
4 publications, 0%
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
4 publications, 0%
University of Colorado Denver
4 publications, 0%
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
4 publications, 0%
University of Texas at Tyler
4 publications, 0%
Creighton University
4 publications, 0%
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Publishing organizations in 5 years

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Johns Hopkins University
36 publications, 1.58%
University of Washington
7 publications, 0.31%
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
6 publications, 0.26%
New York University
5 publications, 0.22%
Rush University Medical Center
4 publications, 0.18%
Rockefeller University
4 publications, 0.18%
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
4 publications, 0.18%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
3 publications, 0.13%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
3 publications, 0.13%
Columbia University
2 publications, 0.09%
University of Minnesota
2 publications, 0.09%
University of Rhode Island
2 publications, 0.09%
University of Alabama at Birmingham
2 publications, 0.09%
University of Tennessee
2 publications, 0.09%
University of Connecticut
2 publications, 0.09%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2 publications, 0.09%
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
2 publications, 0.09%
Al Ain University
1 publication, 0.04%
University Medical Center HCMC
1 publication, 0.04%
University of Manchester
1 publication, 0.04%
Michigan State University
1 publication, 0.04%
Yale University
1 publication, 0.04%
University of Queensland
1 publication, 0.04%
Griffith University
1 publication, 0.04%
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
1 publication, 0.04%
George Washington University
1 publication, 0.04%
University of Illinois at Chicago
1 publication, 0.04%
Duke University
1 publication, 0.04%
Towson University
1 publication, 0.04%
Mass General Brigham
1 publication, 0.04%
University of California, San Francisco
1 publication, 0.04%
University of California, Davis
1 publication, 0.04%
Midwestern University
1 publication, 0.04%
DePaul University
1 publication, 0.04%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
1 publication, 0.04%
University of South Florida
1 publication, 0.04%
University of Michigan
1 publication, 0.04%
Boston College
1 publication, 0.04%
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
1 publication, 0.04%
National Institute on Aging
1 publication, 0.04%
University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh
1 publication, 0.04%
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
1 publication, 0.04%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
1 publication, 0.04%
Thomas Jefferson University
1 publication, 0.04%
University of Pennsylvania
1 publication, 0.04%
University of Alberta
1 publication, 0.04%
Houston Methodist Hospital
1 publication, 0.04%
Florida Atlantic University
1 publication, 0.04%
University of Kentucky
1 publication, 0.04%
University of Louisville
1 publication, 0.04%
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
1 publication, 0.04%
City of Hope National Medical Center
1 publication, 0.04%
Indiana University Bloomington
1 publication, 0.04%
Lurie Children's Hospital
1 publication, 0.04%
Jacksonville State University
1 publication, 0.04%
Huntsman Cancer Institute
1 publication, 0.04%
University of Utah Health
1 publication, 0.04%
Texas Woman's University
1 publication, 0.04%
Old Dominion University
1 publication, 0.04%
University of Nebraska Medical Center
1 publication, 0.04%
University of New Hampshire
1 publication, 0.04%
Wesleyan University
1 publication, 0.04%
Quinnipiac University
1 publication, 0.04%
San Jose State University
1 publication, 0.04%
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
1 publication, 0.04%
Singapore General Hospital
1 publication, 0.04%
Saint Louis University
1 publication, 0.04%
Georgia Southern University
1 publication, 0.04%
University of Virginia
1 publication, 0.04%
University of South Carolina Beaufort
1 publication, 0.04%
University of Kansas
1 publication, 0.04%
Chatham University
1 publication, 0.04%
State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University
1 publication, 0.04%
California State University, Sacramento
1 publication, 0.04%
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USA, 2488, 2.56%
USA
2488 publications, 2.56%
Canada, 41, 0.04%
Canada
41 publications, 0.04%
Australia, 26, 0.03%
Australia
26 publications, 0.03%
Chile, 18, 0.02%
Chile
18 publications, 0.02%
United Kingdom, 14, 0.01%
United Kingdom
14 publications, 0.01%
Italy, 12, 0.01%
Italy
12 publications, 0.01%
Panama, 11, 0.01%
Panama
11 publications, 0.01%
Iraq, 10, 0.01%
Iraq
10 publications, 0.01%
China, 6, 0.01%
China
6 publications, 0.01%
France, 4, 0%
France
4 publications, 0%
Iran, 3, 0%
Iran
3 publications, 0%
Netherlands, 3, 0%
Netherlands
3 publications, 0%
Germany, 2, 0%
Germany
2 publications, 0%
Portugal, 2, 0%
Portugal
2 publications, 0%
Afghanistan, 2, 0%
Afghanistan
2 publications, 0%
Vietnam, 2, 0%
Vietnam
2 publications, 0%
Israel, 2, 0%
Israel
2 publications, 0%
New Zealand, 2, 0%
New Zealand
2 publications, 0%
Republic of Korea, 2, 0%
Republic of Korea
2 publications, 0%
Saudi Arabia, 2, 0%
Saudi Arabia
2 publications, 0%
Switzerland, 2, 0%
Switzerland
2 publications, 0%
Sweden, 2, 0%
Sweden
2 publications, 0%
Japan, 2, 0%
Japan
2 publications, 0%
Bahamas, 1, 0%
Bahamas
1 publication, 0%
Bangladesh, 1, 0%
Bangladesh
1 publication, 0%
Belgium, 1, 0%
Belgium
1 publication, 0%
Brazil, 1, 0%
Brazil
1 publication, 0%
Greece, 1, 0%
Greece
1 publication, 0%
India, 1, 0%
India
1 publication, 0%
Ireland, 1, 0%
Ireland
1 publication, 0%
Spain, 1, 0%
Spain
1 publication, 0%
UAE, 1, 0%
UAE
1 publication, 0%
Turkey, 1, 0%
Turkey
1 publication, 0%
Uganda, 1, 0%
Uganda
1 publication, 0%
Czech Republic, 1, 0%
Czech Republic
1 publication, 0%
Ecuador, 1, 0%
Ecuador
1 publication, 0%
Jamaica, 1, 0%
Jamaica
1 publication, 0%
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USA, 169, 7.43%
USA
169 publications, 7.43%
Italy, 4, 0.18%
Italy
4 publications, 0.18%
United Kingdom, 3, 0.13%
United Kingdom
3 publications, 0.13%
Canada, 2, 0.09%
Canada
2 publications, 0.09%
Australia, 1, 0.04%
Australia
1 publication, 0.04%
Bahamas, 1, 0.04%
Bahamas
1 publication, 0.04%
Vietnam, 1, 0.04%
Vietnam
1 publication, 0.04%
India, 1, 0.04%
India
1 publication, 0.04%
Iraq, 1, 0.04%
Iraq
1 publication, 0.04%
UAE, 1, 0.04%
UAE
1 publication, 0.04%
Czech Republic, 1, 0.04%
Czech Republic
1 publication, 0.04%
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