Name: List of Top Disciplines of Biology sorted by peer-reviewed citations
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Published: 2026-09-12T08:13:12Z
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188.1K(top 1%)

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159(top 1%)

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174(top 1%)

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Top Disciplines (by peer-reviewed citations)

#	Discipline	Articles	Citations	A pos	C pos
1	Biology	267	38.7K	488	420
2	Ecology	531	35.8K	54	93
3	Science	178	35.3K	809	465
4	Pollution	421	32.5K	21	21
5	Physics	61	25.0K	3,251	660
6	Environment	186	22.5K	58	38
7	Natural history	34	19.8K	965	507
8	Biodiversity conservation	110	15.9K	8	9
9	environmental pollution	282	15.0K	16	20
10	Climate change	90	14.8K	3	5
10	Eutrophication	90	14.8K	3	5
12	Botany	236	12.9K	84	109
13	Environmental Health	158	9.9K	181	195
14	Environmental monitoring	102	7.5K	100	55
15	Animal Behavior	153	7.1K	32	73
16	Environmental Engineering	94	6.8K	178	178
17	Biochemistry	133	6.7K	2,031	1,767
18	Chemistry	66	6.5K	3,892	2,297
19	Evolution	117	6.3K	47	137
20	Zoology	167	5.9K	17	23
21	Molecular Biology	104	5.8K	1,632	2,097
22	Toxicology	122	5.6K	164	167
23	Earth Sciences	22	5.5K	620	55
24	Biodiversity	83	5.5K	29	39
25	Ethology	123	5.4K	27	77
26	environmental protection	67	5.4K	107	42
27	Plant physiology	83	4.8K	63	105
28	Environmental Policy	48	4.6K	132	97
29	Medicine	94	4.0K	1,803	3,172
30	Environmental Law	37	3.9K	73	56
31	Research	99	3.9K	1,054	1,415
32	Plant cells	36	3.8K	184	234
33	Animal ecology	89	3.8K	27	40
34	Biogeochemistry	72	3.7K	19	38
35	Environmental pollutants	82	3.6K	31	30
36	pollutants	80	3.4K	19	28
37	soil microbiology	50	3.1K	63	109
38	Plant Ecology	72	3.1K	46	120
39	biological evolution	51	3.0K	225	372
40	Molecular ecology	34	2.6K	121	133
41	sanitation	43	2.5K	185	387
42	Physiology	71	2.5K	604	971
43	Plants	42	2.4K	221	338
44	Marine Biology	64	2.4K	124	145
45	Environmental Chemistry	55	2.3K	48	346
46	ecosystem	42	2.3K	30	69
47	Anatomy	67	2.2K	115	373
48	plant communities	39	2.1K	47	98
49	Soil biology	31	2.1K	80	90
50	Biotechnology	30	1.9K	2,494	2,421
51	Cell Biology	32	1.9K	2,057	3,368
52	Microbiology	42	1.9K	2,716	3,410
53	Environmental Toxicology	38	1.9K	157	239
54	Endocrinology	34	1.9K	1,135	1,405
55	Molecular Genetics	35	1.8K	224	292
56	Population Genetics	35	1.8K	139	202
57	plant molecular biology	35	1.7K	231	452
58	Social behavior	44	1.7K	26	98
59	Biophysics	48	1.7K	1,873	2,079
59	Biogeography	28	1.7K	75	126
61	Wildlife conservation	35	1.6K	52	85
62	Conservation Biology	21	1.5K	144	120
63	human behavior	21	1.5K	670	805
64	Behavior	20	1.4K	1,239	1,008
65	Plant diseases	26	1.4K	307	183
66	Psychophysiology	22	1.4K	1,350	1,289
67	Cytology	26	1.4K	2,955	4,445
68	Biomass Energy	25	1.4K	440	544
69	Meteorology	9	1.4K	1,175	474
70	Microbial Ecology	32	1.4K	428	893
71	Bioengineering	14	1.3K	2,994	2,279
72	Computational Biology	8	1.3K	2,543	921
73	Analytical Chemistry	23	1.3K	2,405	1,645
74	environmental exposure	24	1.2K	192	142
75	Forest Ecology	29	1.2K	33	45
76	Water pollution	30	1.2K	421	621
77	sexual behavior	16	1.1K	99	72
78	Biogeochemical cycles	9	1.1K	75	73
79	Radiation effects	21	1.1K	14	19
80	Forest Management	23	1.1K	46	52
81	Biomass	21	1.0K	7	27
82	Geophysics	16	1.0K	1,609	1,123
83	Developmental Biology	17	1.0K	1,177	1,535
84	Birds	50	1.0K	84	128
85	Oceanography	20	1.0K	357	354
86	polar regions	35	991	9	14
87	Primates	31	978	65	88
88	Genomics	19	966	1,199	1,023
89	Ornithology	39	864	83	101
90	disease vectors	13	863	151	61
91	Environmental Management	22	801	462	923
92	Comparative Physiology	22	788	73	112
93	locomotion	11	734	118	84
93	posture	11	734	118	84
93	gait	11	734	118	84
93	walking	11	734	118	84
97	Geography	15	727	555	525
98	Agricultural Ecology	13	702	153	241
99	Agriculture	12	678	553	445
100	Biomedical Engineering	12	673	4,649	3,353
101	Biomechanics	4	626	1,498	475
102	Water	15	617	894	1,469
103	Neurology	14	602	8,129	9,829
104	Molecular evolution	19	601	320	689
105	Morphology	22	586	44	95
105	Atmospheric Physics	8	586	857	648
107	Geochemistry	11	565	827	759
107	Spectrum analysis	11	565	3,149	2,177
109	Pharmacology	22	561	4,056	5,846
109	Ecophysiology	19	561	1	12
111	Signal Transduction	9	547	596	889
112	Sustainable Development	4	541	1,190	475
113	Atmospheric Chemistry	7	536	558	516
114	Environmental Microbiology	10	517	456	794
115	Zoonoses	6	512	47	12
116	Parasitology	14	505	657	511
117	atmospheric models	11	493	154	198
118	Climatology	6	490	1,093	679
119	Parasites	13	486	342	303
120	Reproductive toxicology	3	482	393	98
121	Parasitic Diseases	12	478	490	515
122	Fisheries	3	475	1,276	323
123	Neurophysiology	8	468	4,623	4,547
124	Geochemical Modeling	3	463	142	55
124	geological modeling	3	463	286	61
126	Food	6	460	3,192	1,836
127	Nutrition	4	450	8,767	3,851
128	sustainability	3	440	556	332
129	Genetics	21	437	2,224	6,737
130	mammals	24	436	54	166
131	biological monitoring	8	427	86	73
132	Economic Development	2	426	1,673	550
133	Virology	7	415	3,749	6,252
134	Diet	3	410	3,798	2,016
135	Food additives	6	401	611	469
135	food contamination	6	401	366	88
137	Biosensors	3	384	2,181	1,230
137	Bioelectronics	3	384	1,689	1,037
139	Entomology	16	381	572	647
140	Geomorphology	9	378	467	507
141	Plant genetic engineering	7	375	381	432
142	Ecological Genetics	13	372	78	70
143	environmental indicators	10	369	183	293
144	Marine Pollution	12	367	159	373
145	Mass Spectrometry	7	342	686	524
146	Virulence	3	327	1,886	1,634
147	biological invasions	8	301	132	167
148	Ecological Engineering	8	296	87	173
149	soil management	4	291	230	174
149	freshwater biology	12	291	148	305
151	animals	18	287	112	266
152	Algae	12	285	203	360
153	Plant Genetics	4	276	571	627
154	Landscape Ecology	4	270	232	198
155	Alzheimer's disease	5	266	1,318	1,141
156	Phylogeny	7	265	366	557
157	Diabetes mellitus	1	263	9,132	3,545
157	Diabetes	1	263	9,672	3,702
159	Soil Science	11	254	614	1,138
160	gene mapping	7	247	1,808	3,028
161	Technology	3	241	7,420	3,611
162	Bioinformatics	2	236	6,231	3,079
163	silicon	5	235	122	49
164	Epigenetics	6	234	35	26
164	Comparative Psychology	2	234	122	78
164	Epigenomics	6	234	34	25
167	Renewable Energy Sources	4	231	3,074	4,146
167	Chromosome mapping	6	231	1,706	2,437
169	Electrophoresis	6	229	1,281	1,069
170	tillage	3	228	225	188
171	Hydrology	10	227	1,127	1,837
171	Planets	5	227	1,221	1,456
173	Brain	5	225	5,500	5,334
174	Marine Ecology	5	224	311	171
175	Protozoa	8	223	94	165
176	Host-parasite interactions	3	221	2,007	2,616
177	Ecosystem management	10	211	121	362
177	Soil ecology	7	211	243	458
179	Oxidation-reduction	3	210	1,068	1,495
180	Immunity	2	208	6,240	6,022
181	Astrophysics	3	207	3,947	2,731
181	Geodesy	3	207	404	138
183	Geology	9	199	1,667	2,269
183	Wildlife management	13	199	83	149
185	Animal welfare	2	195	210	81
186	Restoration Ecology	6	192	113	200
187	heredity	9	189	220	363
187	Meteorites	4	189	677	939
189	Clinical Chemistry	4	186	5,111	4,719
189	Chromatography	4	186	1,788	1,067
189	Chromatographic analysis	4	186	2,219	1,227
192	Environmental risk assessment	3	185	125	79
192	environmental control	3	185	55	53
194	Neuropsychology	5	184	3,304	3,415
195	Ecohydrology	9	183	22	71
196	Microorganisms	2	182	1,830	1,744
197	Tropical Medicine	6	181	946	827
198	Chemical analysis	5	179	874	979
198	Japan	5	179	1,472	863
200	footwear	6	177	6	3
201	Cancer	2	172	15,895	11,957
202	Neurochemistry	3	171	7,216	6,141
203	Antioxidants	2	169	1,264	1,321
203	Cosmochemistry	4	169	497	527
205	Sports Medicine	4	168	2,744	2,555
205	Sports	4	168	1,793	1,715
205	body temperature	4	168	226	162
208	Plant tissue culture	5	167	295	461
208	Plant cell culture	5	167	293	461
210	Industrial Microbiology	5	163	1,874	2,991
210	Geobiology	6	163	129	237
212	Nanotechnology	4	161	12,681	14,645
213	Dementia	2	155	2,164	1,393
214	Aging	2	154	7,464	4,981
215	Biocompatible Materials	2	153	14,886	12,345
216	Organic Geochemistry	2	152	317	269
217	Aquatic ecology	11	149	139	418
218	Public Health	8	148	6,044	10,909
218	Plant hormones	7	148	71	213
218	Ethnology	4	148	514	392
221	Oncology	1	146	11,732	6,833
222	biofuels	1	141	698	510
223	Malaria	4	136	577	620
223	France	2	136	59	19
225	Microscopy	3	131	1,648	1,281
226	drug toxicity	2	130	547	320
227	Geriatrics	1	129	11,256	5,263
228	Infections	2	128	1,836	1,797
228	infection	2	128	3,240	2,426
228	Forest genetics	3	128	110	84
231	Medical Microbiology	2	127	5,467	5,200
232	Microbial Genetics	1	125	698	296
232	phytopathogenic bacteria	1	125	451	277
234	proteins	5	123	2,802	4,092
235	drug addiction	1	120	3,129	1,711
235	alcoholism	1	120	4,518	2,241
237	Surface Chemistry	6	119	5,047	8,066
237	Plant Biotechnology	2	119	1,040	843
237	Colloids	6	119	5,341	8,811
240	Genetic engineering	4	118	3,084	5,280
241	Hormones	2	116	3,241	2,755
242	soil conservation	4	115	400	549
243	Systems Biology	3	113	3,139	3,077
244	Pesticide residues	2	109	21	34
245	Neurobiology	3	106	4,689	6,591
246	energy conservation	2	104	3,848	4,053
247	Genetic Toxicology	1	102	894	589
247	mutation	1	102	1,332	887
247	Respiration	4	102	1,914	3,203
250	Proteomics	7	99	525	2,548
251	transgenic organisms	2	97	173	229
251	transgenic animals	2	97	165	223
251	soil pollution	3	97	312	305
251	Transgenic plants	2	97	466	518
255	Anthropology	5	96	913	1,687
256	Insects	4	94	1,026	1,330
257	Electron Microscopy	3	93	250	309
258	viruses	6	90	1,536	4,107
258	Scandinavia	2	90	727	488
260	Medical Laboratory Science	3	87	3,236	5,367
260	Evolutionary Genetics	4	87	219	488
260	Molecular Epidemiology	4	87	219	488
260	Europe	8	87	2,150	5,264
264	Wetland ecology	7	85	57	290
265	protein	2	83	2,650	2,395
266	herbicides	2	82	130	121
267	Animal breeding	2	81	1,080	826
267	movement	1	81	500	304
269	Risk assessment	1	80	1,047	357
269	ecological risk assessment	1	80	433	185
269	Health Risk Assessment	1	80	781	277
272	actuators	1	79	6,401	4,639
272	transducers	1	79	6,401	4,639
274	Biochemical Engineering	2	76	9,426	12,381
274	nucleic acids	1	76	8,107	7,385
274	Aquaculture	6	76	744	1,639
277	United States	5	72	7,480	11,333
278	Chemical Ecology	2	71	662	885
278	pheromones	2	71	573	841
278	natural disasters	3	71	1,020	1,814
281	animal diseases	2	69	727	601
282	Animal	3	68	63	97
283	Remote Sensing	2	66	1,797	1,237
283	Human evolution	3	66	453	966
283	Wetland conservation	5	66	59	277
283	Developing countries	2	66	3,175	3,028
283	Wetlands	5	66	59	277
288	Animal Biotechnology	1	65	290	195
288	food technology	2	65	5,524	6,577
288	Cognition	4	65	2,048	3,758
291	Phytochemistry	2	63	259	362
291	Phytoremediation	2	63	259	362
291	environmental remediation	2	63	322	412
291	Bioreactors	2	63	259	362
295	Environmental Geology	3	61	1,640	2,558
296	Psychology	2	60	12,362	12,690
296	Chemical Engineering	3	60	10,071	14,321
296	Leukemia	1	60	3,263	3,216
296	bats	2	60	77	83
300	Combinatorial chemistry	1	58	2,411	2,823
300	miniaturization	2	58	4,686	7,795
302	global environmental change	3	57	487	1,643
303	Analytical Biochemistry	4	52	2,087	4,505
304	Green Chemistry	2	50	3,936	6,373
304	Evolutionary Psychology	1	50	271	223
306	United Kingdom	3	49	2,527	5,792
307	Seaweed	4	48	377	1,256
308	Catalysis	3	47	7,218	11,683
308	Nanostructured Materials	3	47	6,776	12,329
310	Thrombosis	1	46	4,521	5,399
310	vascular diseases	1	46	3,098	4,506
312	environmental issues	2	43	240	615
313	Molecular cloning	2	42	3,034	4,503
313	Genetic recombination	2	42	2,913	4,391
313	Recombinant DNA	2	42	3,477	5,002
313	Population	5	42	466	2,054
313	transport vesicles	1	42	544	1,293
318	Oxidative stress	1	41	2,659	4,500
318	free radicals	1	41	5,539	7,587
320	Proteome	3	40	2,103	6,241
321	Fluid Mechanics	1	39	3,461	2,910
321	Land use	2	39	1,255	2,355
321	Socialization	1	39	828	974
321	role	1	39	682	884
325	Urban Policy	4	38	375	1,543
325	urban forestry	4	38	56	413
325	Insect biochemistry	1	38	864	1,055
328	Africa	8	37	452	2,065
329	Engineering Geology	1	36	2,851	2,924
329	California	2	36	460	583
331	Cybernetics	1	35	4,388	4,832
331	Artificial Intelligence	1	35	12,994	12,077
331	Agronomy	2	35	529	1,089
331	Sustainable agriculture	2	35	607	1,226
331	Breeding	4	35	1,193	3,463
336	Herpetology	2	34	277	276
336	Amphibians	2	34	176	187
336	Reptiles	2	34	214	242
339	Histology	1	33	9,843	11,063
340	Coastal zone management	1	32	905	1,000
340	Marine resources	1	32	863	1,030
340	Learning	2	32	2,177	3,887
340	Mites	3	32	199	432
344	Waste management	4	31	1,022	2,983
344	Water Purification	4	31	845	2,348
344	Water quality management	4	31	1,466	4,231
344	Materials	1	31	23,487	26,963
344	Optical materials	1	31	9,011	11,793
349	Membranes	1	30	5,919	7,385
349	Acarology	2	30	231	410
349	Ticks	2	30	224	410
349	Acari	2	30	224	410
353	Agricultural Chemistry	3	29	4,068	10,397
353	Nervous system	2	29	8,159	15,295
355	Photochemistry	2	28	2,924	5,351
355	Light	2	28	1,609	3,927
357	Immunology	2	27	13,954	24,048
357	bioclimatology	3	27	689	2,386
357	visualization	4	27	2,122	3,213
357	radioactive waste	1	27	1,545	3,276
357	industrial waste	1	27	1,671	3,292
357	Hazardous waste	1	27	1,932	3,554
357	Climate	2	27	553	1,542
357	weather	2	27	513	1,440
357	motor skills	2	27	208	448
366	Palynology	1	26	338	327
366	Radiation	3	26	2,202	5,112
366	Electrochemistry	2	26	7,985	11,046
369	Freshwater invertebrates	1	25	374	604
369	Medical innovations	2	25	2,347	8,430
369	biomimicry	2	25	167	491
369	rivers	3	25	156	554
373	Bioenergetics	1	24	2,236	3,389
373	Gene expression regulation	2	24	2,217	5,382
373	Molecular structure	1	24	8,111	9,395
376	Astronomy	1	23	6,030	6,705
376	Human genetics	1	23	11,733	18,120
376	Aquatic ecosystems	3	23	63	207
379	Mathematics	3	22	11,356	15,852
379	Hematology	1	22	11,577	15,548
379	Genetic variation	1	22	196	289
379	hazard mitigation	1	22	1,704	2,509
379	Stem cells	1	22	7,618	10,974
384	Plant breeding	4	21	519	2,487
384	plasma	1	21	215	198
386	Pathology	2	20	8,323	17,760
386	Public Policy	1	20	4,633	6,307
386	Metabolism	1	20	15,382	21,905
386	Systems Analysis	1	20	2,153	2,645
386	Fishery management	2	20	740	1,689
386	Ichthyology	1	20	621	560
386	Behaviorism	1	20	136	132
386	System analysis	1	20	6,808	7,807
386	Psychological adaptation	1	20	99	82
386	Bones	1	20	2,531	4,696
386	Fish	1	20	444	463
397	nanoscience	1	19	12,412	17,845
397	wetland management	2	19	84	384
397	eugenics	3	19	545	2,298
400	Paleontology	3	18	1,402	3,215
400	land degradation	1	18	852	1,563
400	degradation	1	18	852	1,563
403	Genetic regulation	1	17	4,724	8,088
403	forestry	2	17	133	527
403	amino acids	1	17	1,491	2,843
406	Materials Science	1	16	18,729	24,691
406	Electronics	1	16	11,617	13,672
406	Emerging infectious diseases	1	16	638	1,383
406	Reproduction	1	16	9,187	12,833
406	DNA polymerases	1	16	1,328	3,127
411	Paleoecology	1	15	1,779	2,614
411	Bryology	1	15	254	285
411	Serology	1	15	959	1,701
411	Plasma chemistry	1	15	722	1,261
411	Bacteriology	1	15	6,042	9,807
411	Plasma polymerization	1	15	433	828
411	bryophytes	1	15	105	134
411	Paleobotany	1	15	260	523
411	Vegetation dynamics	1	15	246	507
420	Primary health care	1	14	5,599	8,190
420	Arthropods	1	14	297	559
420	toxicity testing	1	14	1,549	3,087
420	Trace elements	1	14	681	1,530
424	Radiology	1	13	3,398	4,944
424	Social Psychology	1	13	4,856	7,302
424	emergency management	1	13	966	2,034
424	Radiobiology	1	13	4,982	7,964
424	Great Lakes	1	13	352	606
424	Sociobiology	1	13	486	752
430	Engineering	1	12	17,534	23,096
430	Developmental Toxicology	1	12	84	220
430	Veterinary Immunology	1	12	727	1,286
430	Biometrics	1	12	3,320	4,513
430	zoos	2	12	18	99
430	mutagens	1	12	2,552	5,458
430	teratogens	1	12	84	220
430	Mollusks	2	12	151	407
438	Environmental Ethics	1	11	229	327
438	Microcirculation	2	11	605	2,633
438	Genetic markers	1	11	455	1,340
438	Blood vessels	2	11	417	1,940
438	biochemical markers	1	11	1,805	4,118
443	Plant Morphology	2	10	576	1,699
443	Molecular Spectroscopy	1	10	4,644	7,666
443	health planning	2	10	3,782	9,141
446	Urology	4	9	2,485	9,870
446	Chemical Oceanography	1	9	325	690
446	reforestation	1	9	114	334
446	Groundwater	1	9	1,221	2,481
446	afforestation	1	9	114	334
446	DNA	1	9	1,445	3,377
446	bees	1	9	577	1,159
453	Geriatric Psychiatry	1	8	2,643	4,933
453	plankton	1	8	227	555
453	rehabilitation	1	8	7,803	13,719
456	Cell differentiation	1	7	9,261	17,423
456	DNA methylation	1	7	806	2,461
456	violence	1	7	1,670	3,255
456	Aggression	1	7	921	2,016
460	Epidemiology	2	6	10,745	27,244
460	Higher Education	1	6	841	1,994
460	Cytogenetics	1	6	6,504	12,640
460	Educational Technology	1	6	2,920	6,306
460	North America	1	6	1,600	3,011
460	Autism	1	6	1,779	3,805
460	Instructional systems	1	6	140	485
467	Radiation Protection	1	5	815	1,511
467	Synchrotron Radiation	1	5	470	1,128
467	Paleopathology	1	5	660	1,148
467	Agricultural systems	1	5	423	1,143
471	Immunotherapy	1	4	9,003	17,381
471	Signal Processing	1	4	7,373	12,381
471	X-ray spectroscopy	1	4	187	488
471	Immunogenetics	1	4	1,853	4,317
471	Sarcopenia	1	4	983	3,078
471	Computational Complexity	1	4	2,085	3,725
471	radar	1	4	242	571
471	Antigens	1	4	2,294	5,235
471	Sonar	1	4	205	482
471	Muscles	1	4	2,695	6,485
471	Navigation	1	4	283	612
471	Marine algae	1	4	139	424
483	Ethics	1	3	2,079	4,752
483	Medical Physics	1	3	5,941	10,987
483	Bioethics	1	3	1,541	3,219
483	Medical Ethics	1	3	2,315	5,029
483	Animal genetics	1	3	1,162	2,641
483	Visual Perception	1	3	8,037	14,534
483	forest policy	2	3	178	1,083
483	ozone	2	3	101	629
483	Memory	1	3	8,782	15,879
483	Attention	1	3	8,236	14,977
483	Perception	1	3	8,660	15,475
494	Agricultural Engineering	1	2	652	1,663
494	Health Policy	1	2	8,473	17,521
494	Psychoneuroimmunology	1	2	2,190	5,412
494	Neonatology	1	2	1,459	3,718
494	Operations Research	1	2	4,556	7,649
494	Agricultural Biotechnology	1	2	160	724
494	Solid State Chemistry	1	2	5,680	10,050
494	Neuroimmunology	1	2	2,645	6,422
494	Child Development	1	2	6,007	12,253
494	management	1	2	5,712	11,844
494	Germany	1	2	714	2,024
494	enzymes	1	2	5,209	10,831
506	Health Services Research	1	1	5,460	12,125
506	Manufacturing Processes	1	1	5,343	9,700
506	Production Engineering	1	1	4,288	8,097
506	Coral reef biology	1	1	513	1,362
506	Health insurance	1	1	954	2,645
506	air quality	1	1	395	1,674
512	Archaeology	1	0	2,597	5,303
512	Planetary Science	1	0	693	1,557
512	Greenhouse gases	1	0	398	1,022
512	Biological Systems	1	0	1,321	4,163
512	preventive medicine	1	0	3,290	7,861
512	Travel	1	0	1,303	3,938
512	Nanoparticles	1	0	7,046	15,679
512	wildlife diseases	1	0	192	609
512	Genes	1	0	4,043	10,076

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