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Research in Baltimore

Science Explorer records 169 research institutions in Baltimore, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland, Baltimore and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Research institutions
169
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
379k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
16.3M
43.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
20.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Baltimore?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Johns Hopkins UniversityUniversity 236,602 #18
2University of Maryland, BaltimoreUniversity 58,713 #447
3University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyUniversity 17,042 #1,086
4Johns Hopkins HospitalHospital / health system 15,370 #1,865
5University of BaltimoreUniversity 12,715 #3,147
6Sinai HospitalHospital / health system 4,263 #7,709
7Space Telescope Science InstituteResearch facility 4,250 #7,587
8Morgan State UniversityUniversity 4,222 #2,082
9Loyola University MarylandUniversity 3,637 #6,611
10Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer CenterResearch facility 3,562 #1,065
11University of Maryland Medical SystemHospital / health system 3,049 #5,651
12Kennedy Krieger InstituteNonprofit 2,775 #2,485
13Mercy Medical CenterHospital / health system 1,870 #20,615
14Jensen Hughes (United States)Company 1,608 #16,945
15MedStar Union Memorial HospitalHospital / health system 1,591 #13,913
16McCormick (United States)Company 1,413 #14,514
17National Alliance on Mental IllnessNonprofit 1,265 #4,513
18Baltimore City Health DepartmentGovernment institution 801 #11,410 all time
19Greater Baltimore Medical CenterHospital / health system 772 #20,746
20Maryland Department of HealthGovernment institution 617 #6,709 all time
21Under Armour (United States)Company 544 #14,813 all time
22National Federation of the BlindInstitution 543 #21,955 all time
23Notre Dame of Maryland UniversityUniversity 535 #16,074
24Maryland Medical Research InstituteResearch facility 506 #13,757 all time
25University of Maryland ExtensionUniversity 489 #9,997
26Sheppard and Enoch Pratt HospitalHospital / health system 444 #13,810 all time
27MedStar Franklin Square Medical CenterHospital / health system 389 #22,099
28Levin Group (United States)Company 388 #12,683 all time
29Coppin State UniversityUniversity 362 #15,341
30Friends Research InstituteResearch facility 322 #20,698
31Maryland Institute College of ArtUniversity 267 #23,746 all time
32Synaptic Research (United States)Company 258 #12,074 all time
33Lieber Institute for Brain DevelopmentNonprofit 241 #16,733
34Johns Hopkins Center for Health SecurityUniversity 240 #18,195 all time
35Maryland State Department of EducationGovernment institution 231 #21,544 all time
36LifeBridge HealthHospital / health system 226 #20,516
37International Trauma Anesthesia and Critical Care SocietyNonprofit 216 #24,486 all time
38Community College of Baltimore CountyUniversity 209 #28,944 all time
39Bon Secours HospitalHospital / health system 201 #29,303 all time
40St. Mary's Seminary and UniversityUniversity 201 #34,680 all time
41Catholic Relief ServicesNonprofit 180 #28,543 all time
42Global Virus NetworkInstitution 177 #13,591
43MedStar Harbor HospitalHospital / health system 171 #32,865 all time
44Brimrose (United States)Company 139 #34,791 all time
45Institutes for Behavior ResourcesUniversity 117 not ranked
46Chesapeake Urology AssociatesHospital / health system 111 not ranked
47National AquariumNonprofit 107 not ranked
48Maritime Applied Physics Corporation (United States)Company 105 not ranked
49Baltimore City Public SchoolsUniversity 93 not ranked
50Annie E. Casey FoundationNonprofit 81 not ranked
51Brightwood CollegeUniversity 71 not ranked
52Robin Medical (United States)Company 70 not ranked
53Nephrology Center of MarylandHospital / health system 66 not ranked
54Life Sciences Research FoundationInstitution 66 not ranked
55Walters Art MuseumArchive 63 not ranked
56Center for Medical Technology PolicyNonprofit 63 not ranked
57Profectus Biosciences (United States)Company 56 not ranked
58Potomac Photonics (United States)Company 53 not ranked
59Center for Occupational and Environmental NeurologyHospital / health system 52 not ranked
60National Center on Institutions and AlternativesNonprofit 52 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Johns Hopkins University: 61.5%University of Maryland, Baltimore: 15.3%University of Maryland, Baltimore County: 4.4%Johns Hopkins Hospital: 4.0%56 others listed: 14.8%61%largest
Johns Hopkins University237k · 61.5%University of Maryland, Baltimore59k · 15.3%University of Maryland, Baltimore County17k · 4.4%Johns Hopkins Hospital15k · 4.0%56 others listed57k · 14.8%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Baltimore work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research in Baltimore is in Health Sciences, 17% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (44%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%), Social Sciences (7%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 28k fractional works · 49.8% of its workMedicine: 25k fractional works · 44.2% of its workSurgery: 3,201 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEpidemiology: 2,082 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1,948 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1,837 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1,541 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOncology: 1,352 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1,267 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 1,121 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 982 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 939 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 806 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 791 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 622 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 607 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 511 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 495 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOphthalmology: 412 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 389 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 351 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 347 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 323 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 269 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 263 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 251 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 231 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 200 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 187 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 178 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 178 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 172 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 165 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 138 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 113 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 666 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2,541 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1,613 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 277 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 156 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 130 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 366 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 363 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 294 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 69 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 192 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 67 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9,622 fractional works · 17.1% of its workEngineering: 2,901 fractional works · 5.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1,022 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 411 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 211 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 198 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 171 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 158 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 151 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 580 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science: 2,385 fractional works · 4.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1,015 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 443 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 286 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 172 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 139 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 329 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1,326 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 631 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 237 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 113 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 344 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1,112 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 346 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 185 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 178 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 403 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 565 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 335 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 229 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 474 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 181 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 293 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 361 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 136 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 225 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 354 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 174 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 180 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 95 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 50 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 9,579 fractional works · 17.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5,216 fractional works · 9.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 3,020 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGenetics: 782 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 483 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 303 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 125 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 502 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuroscience: 2,319 fractional works · 4.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 992 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 527 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 345 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSensory Systems: 132 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 323 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1,254 fractional works · 2.2% of its workImmunology: 885 fractional works · 1.6% of its workVirology: 122 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMicrobiology: 117 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 130 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 560 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 185 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 375 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 230 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 9,100 fractional works · 16.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4,080 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1,264 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 702 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 490 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 423 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 285 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 211 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 169 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 536 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 2,379 fractional works · 4.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1,066 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 555 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 361 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 221 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 122 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 54 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1,006 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 823 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFinance: 133 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 50 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 786 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhilosophy: 142 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 127 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory: 121 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 396 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 484 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 122 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 362 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 365 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 140 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 225 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKBaltimore56kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences50%Social Sciences16%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine25k44.2%
    2. Health Professions2,5414.5%
    3. Nursing3630.6%
    4. Dentistry1920.3%
    5. Veterinary670.1%
    1. Engineering2,9015.1%
    2. Computer Science2,3854.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy1,3262.4%
    4. Environmental Science1,1122.0%
    5. Materials Science5651.0%
    6. Mathematics4740.8%
    7. Chemistry3610.6%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences3540.6%
    9. Energy950.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering500.1%
  1. Life Sciences9,57917.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5,2169.2%
    2. Neuroscience2,3194.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology1,2542.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5601.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2300.4%
  2. Social Sciences9,10016.1%
    1. Social Sciences4,0807.2%
    2. Psychology2,3794.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1,0061.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities7861.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting4840.9%
    6. Decision Sciences3650.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Baltimore strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Baltimore is most concentrated in Transplantation, Family Practice and Virology (5.2× the world share in Transplantation).

  1. TransplantationSubfield · 115.3 works5.2×
  2. Family PracticeSubfield · 96.1 works4.1×
  3. VirologySubfield · 108.8 works3.8×
  4. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 451.4 works3.8×
  5. Geriatrics and GerontologySubfield · 168.3 works3.2×
  6. HealthSubfield · 450.7 works3.1×
  7. Sensory SystemsSubfield · 115.0 works3.0×
  8. Developmental NeuroscienceSubfield · 74.1 works3.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 486 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.72× its world share, 4,512 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.20× its world share, 1,092 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.49× its world share, 1,987 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.14× its world share, 199 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.27× its world share, 46 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.42× its world share, 326 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 2,017 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 303 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 84 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 2,581 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 958 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 498 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.72× its world share, 417 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.06× its world share, 1,163 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.72× its world share, 172 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.76× its world share, 2,279 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.30× its world share, 22k worksMedicineNursing: 1.28× its world share, 310 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.85× its world share, 57 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 673 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 426 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 313 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.84× its world share, 887 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.39× its world share, 2,082 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 3,550 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience2.49×1,987 works
  2. Medicine2.30×22k works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.20×1,092 works
  4. Health Professions1.76×2,279 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.72×4,512 works
  6. Psychology1.39×2,082 works
  7. Nursing1.28×310 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.14×199 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy1.06×1,163 works
  10. Veterinary0.85×57 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.84×887 works
  12. Mathematics0.72×417 works
  13. Dentistry0.72×172 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.66×313 works
  15. Social Sciences0.57×3,550 works
  16. Computer Science0.53×2,017 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.47×673 works
  18. Chemistry0.42×326 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.39×303 works
  20. Environmental Science0.39×958 works
  21. Engineering0.35×2,581 works
  22. Materials Science0.29×498 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.27×46 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.27×426 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.21×486 works
  26. Energy0.19×84 works

Which keywords describe research in Baltimore?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Public Health, Risk Factors, Treatment, Cardiovascular Disease, Quality of Life and Mental Health.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4,971▲ 2.2×139 topics
  2. Inflammation2,290▲ 1.91×83 topics
  3. Public Health1,640▲ 2.0×73 topics
  4. Risk Factors1,469▲ 2.4×37 topics
  5. Deep Learning1,466▼ 0.75×83 topics
  6. Treatment1,430▲ 2.1×52 topics
  7. Quality of Life1,379▲ 1.69×58 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress1,366▲ 1.47×63 topics
  9. Mental Health1,353▲ 1.68×46 topics
  10. Machine Learning1,329▼ 0.71×92 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease1,323▲ 2.1×39 topics
  12. Cancer1,192▲ 1.57×58 topics
  13. Diagnosis1,094▲ 2.1×41 topics
  14. Immunotherapy1,044▲ 2.6×19 topics
  15. Depression1,011▲ 2.0×25 topics
  16. Biomarkers933▲ 2.4×18 topics
  17. Management894▲ 1.98×38 topics
  18. Neurological Disorders867▲ 2.7×20 topics
  19. Clinical Trials863▲ 2.3×19 topics
  20. Metabolic Syndrome813▲ 1.78×24 topics
  21. Aging797▲ 2.6×18 topics
  22. Chemotherapy794▲ 1.99×25 topics
  23. Genetics783▲ 1.97×27 topics
  24. Mortality756▲ 2.4×13 topics
  25. Obesity729▲ 1.68×28 topics
  26. Immune Response726▲ 2.3×23 topics
  27. Global Burden724▲ 2.4×12 topics
  28. Genetic Mutations700▲ 2.8×23 topics
  29. Heart Failure637▲ 2.5×14 topics
  30. Guidelines620▲ 2.3×13 topics
  31. Complications618▲ 2.2×17 topics
  32. Mortality Risk585▲ 4.3×6 topics
  33. Neuroimaging570▲ 3.7×11 topics
  34. Primary Care569▲ 2.7×15 topics
  35. Neuroprotection528▲ 2.6×16 topics
  36. Neuroinflammation523▲ 3.2×6 topics
  37. Antiretroviral Therapy498▲ 5.4×6 topics
  38. Global Burden of Disease491▲ 3.5×4 topics
  39. Health Disparities491▲ 3.4×8 topics
  40. Substance Use Disorders351▲ 8.3×2 topics

What research is done in Baltimore?

  1. 1 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 182 works
  2. 2 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 180 works
  3. 3 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 172 works
  4. 4 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 160 works
  5. 5 Health disparities and outcomes Health 150 works
  6. 6 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 150 works
  7. 7 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 150 works
  8. 8 Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 148 works
  9. 9 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 146 works
  10. 10 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 144 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%Baltimore18.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 32.1% in 2008.

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